Education Director

Job Posting

Are you a socially conscious, dedicated individual who is committed to building a better future for children, families, and their communities? If so, join us as we support early childhood education programs across the country to create positive outcomes for the children and families served.

This is a direct hire for our partner Fort George Community Services

Onsite location: 125 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY

The Education Director ensures full implementation of all aspects of her assigned site policies/procedures and tools, with the goal of supporting all children to achieve School Readiness Goals.

Supports teaching staff in coaching related to educational quality including fidelity of curriculum implementation and meeting Ft. George's School Readiness Goals.

• Provide monthly coaching and support for quality improvement and professional growth through regular observation and formal and informal feedback.
• Provide feedback in all areas of educational quality, including but not limited to CLASS, Learning Environments, Curriculum Assessment, Meeting All Children's Needs, Working with Families, Professional Growth and Collaboration.
• Provides guidance to support the needs of children with developmental, social emotional and behavioral concerns.
• Work with teaching staff to create and maintain quality improvement plans; identify and obtain resources to support them in successfully executing quality improvement.
• Supports quality of implementation and use of assessment cycle during assessment work groups.
• Assist all education staff in understanding child outcomes data and using results to plan and individualize.
• Track child outcomes and program quality assessment results on a center- and program-wide basis, analyze data and make program development recommendations to Chief Operating Officer.
• Plan and implement comprehensive, differentiated and sequential professional development.
• Assist in collaboration and coordination within education team and across service areas (Family Services, Mental Health and Health, Nutrition) and initiative.
• Conduct and lead the interviewing and on-boarding of teaching staff as needed.

Participate in team and 1-1 meetings, regularly scheduled and as needed, to ensure coordination of education services across the Head Start program.

Communicate effectively in written or verbal format to groups of all sizes and individuals.

Actively participate in the Head Start community, including staff meetings, mandated trainings, committee meetings, and other program-wide functions as needed, including some evening activities.

Maintain documentation of monitoring, coaching and training activities, adhering to Ft. George's existing systems (Master Binders, Shine Insight, etc.) whenever applicable.

Complete monthly reports on area activities and progress toward goals with recommended modifications to plans.

Meet with education team at least once per month to monitor, provide ongoing verbal and written feedback consistent with their individual development plans for performance improvement, ensure adherence to Head Start performance standards, and to plan and direct work.

Comply with the program employee recruitment and selection procedures to ensure consistency and compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), legal hiring practices and internal policies and procedures.

• Master's Degree in Early Childhood and Permanent Certificate, B-2 N-6
• Minimum of three years of experience supervising/coaching in an early childhood setting
• Obtain and maintain certification in CPR and First Aid
• Ability to multitask, work independently, efficiently organize and communicate effectively
• Ability to communicate effectively in written or verbal format to groups of all sizes and individuals

• Prior Head Start experience
• Experience with Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies Gold assessment system
• Reliability in CLASS and ECERS-R

Ability to make an impact in the lives of the children, families, and…