Education Director

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

a. Gather and analyze community information and facilitate planning efforts to determine design options, recruitment efforts and enrollment guidelines for Early Head Start

b. Participates in Early Head Start ongoing monitoring activities and reporting; health and safety, comprehensive services, fiscal, school readiness, ERSEA, Self-Assessment and PIR

c. Creates, facilitates, and reports on School Readiness Goals

d. Attend trainings pertaining to Early Head Start programming

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS :

Qualifications Education

Required

Masters

Equal Opportunity Employer

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