Educational Specialist​/Asst FDC Coordinator - Family Child Care

Location:

176 Eldridge Street – New York, NY 10002
Position Type:
Full Time
Salary Range: $25.00 – $26.00 per hour

The primary role of the Education Specialist/Assistant Family Coordinator is to build strengths‑based relationships with affiliated providers to support them as needed and in implementing high‑quality play‑based instruction.

• Collaborate with all staff—including the FCC Education Director, FCC Family Support Worker, and FCC Monitors, Coordinators, and other staff—to meet the needs of all children and families.
• Provide strengths‑based practice coaching to affiliated providers as they implement a mixed‑age curriculum.
• Adapt and provide guidance to affiliated providers on the implementation of an evidence‑based curriculum for mixed‑age group settings that meets the individual needs of all children.
• Review and adapt appropriate curriculum support and documents with affiliated providers that foster hands‑on, developmentally appropriate, and relationship‑based interactions with all children.
• Assist affiliated providers with gathering observations of children and entering child assessment data in a timely manner, and support its use for curriculum and lesson planning.
• Review and enter ASQ and ASQSE data into the database.
• Document all coaching sessions aligned with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ).
• Enter data in the Network tracking tool on a timely basis.
• Assist in ongoing outreach, enrollment, and other administrative tasks.
• Support the FCC Education Director in coordinating all required professional learning days throughout the year.
• Maintain relationships with community partners who provide mental health, special needs, and other support services for all affiliated providers and families, and make referrals as needed.
• Create and regularly update the Community Partner Resource Guide within the FCC Network.
• Participate in all FCC Network staff meetings to connect about individual providers, families, and coordinate all services.
• Participate in individual supervision on a regular basis.
• Monitor and generate reports in the database (TSG, Salesforce, others as needed).
• Participate in Network staff professional learning sessions delivered.
• Other tasks as assigned by the FCC Education Director.

• BA/BS in early childhood or infant/toddler studies required.
• Experience teaching children under six required.
• Experience working in family childcare and/or with infants and toddlers required.
• Position requires travel within the FCC Network catchment area.
• Experience with Salesforce required.
• Excellent writing and communication skills required.
• Excellent time management and multitasking abilities required.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills—including the ability to work as part of a team—required.
• Appreciation for the unique needs of all providers and families required.

Full time, Monday‑Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., 35 hours per week.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.