EDUCATION DIRECTOR

Job Details

Description Position: Early Childhood Education Director Department: Early Childhood

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Hours: 35 Hours/Week; Exempt

Reports to: Vice President of Education and Community Services

Responsibilities Provide Early Head start education staff with instructional leadership through design, delivery and coordination of intensive professional development; facilitation of interdisciplinary collaboration; and administrative support.

• Report to the FirstStepNYC Center Director
• Build relationships with FirstStepNYC staff, families and children in order to lead School Readiness Efforts
• Provide Early Head Start staff with reflective supervision to develop, and evaluate their performance and support their professional development
• Collaborate with EHS Social Services Supervisor, Director, and others to provide the home visitors and teachers with individualized coaching to develop their performance and support their professional development
• Collaborate with the Family Support to meet the needs of children and families
• Lead the Early Head Start staff in developing and implementing an evidenced-based, responsive, intentional and developmentally appropriate curriculum, instruction, and teacher-child interactions
• Monitor and ensure education plans, family partnership agreements, and other required documentation are completed
• Collaborate with SCO and FirstStepNYC staff to meet Early Head Start performance standards
• Gather and analyze community information and facilitate planning efforts to determine design options, recruitment efforts and enrollment guidelines for Early Head Start
• Participates in Early Head Start ongoing monitoring activities and reporting; health and safety, comprehensive services, fiscal, school readiness, ERSEA, Self-Assessment and PIR
• Creates, facilitates, and reports on School Readiness Goals
• Attend trainings pertaining to Early Head Start programming
• Participate in the development of program policies, service delivery plans, and ongoing monitoring of program quality
• Establish strong working relationships and continuous collaboration with community partners
• Represent FirstStepNYC at inter-agency meetings, open houses, trainings, etc
• Liaise with external regulatory bodies as needed, including the Office of Head Start (OHS) , Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and others
• Responsible for administrative tasks critical to the daily operations of the SCO Family of Services Early Head Start Home Based and Center Based Program
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications And Skills

• Master’s Degree or higher in early childhood education and NYS certification in early Childhood Education
• Infant/ toddler program experience
• NYS teaching certification required