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NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION

HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES

765 BROAD STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102

ROGER LEÓN, SUPERINTENDENT

EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIALIST – TEMPORARY

Office of Early Childhood

(Contingent on Grant Funding Availability and Board of Education approval)

The Superintendent invites qualified and interested persons to apply for the position of Early Childhood Specialist – Temporary within the Office of Early Childhood.

NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION

HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES

765 BROAD STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102

ROGER LEÓN, SUPERINTENDENT

EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIALIST – TEMPORARY

Office of Early Childhood

(Contingent on Grant Funding Availability and Board of Education approval)

The Superintendent invites qualified and interested persons to apply for the position of Early Childhood Specialist – Temporary within the Office of Early Childhood.

This title is governed by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission (NJCSC). The candidate’s appointment will be temporary contingent on grant funding availability.

DEFINITION: Under direction, provides services to day care centers, with regard to teaching techniques, to aide teachers in communication with children and staff; edits an in-house newspaper; does other related duties as required.

Note: The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

Qualifications And Requirements

Note: Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester-hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience.

Five (5) years of professional experience in coordinating programs in early childhood education on an administrative level.

OR

Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and one (1) year of the above-mentioned professional experience.

OR

Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and two (2) years of professional experience as a teacher.

Note: "Professional experience" refers to work that is analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range of basic knowledge of the profession's concepts and practices; and is performed with the authority to act and make accurate and informed decisions.

License: Appointee will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Basic Functions And Responsibilities

• Visits day care centers in the county to observe educational programs.
• Assesses and identifies needs to staff development, curriculum, assistance, and program enrichment, for long range and short term planning to needs.
• Discusses content of observation with day care staff.
• Plans and develops training and programs for workshops to meet needs of day care centers.
• Maintains a Child Care Director of private and public programs serving children.
• Maintains community resources that can be used by day care centers containing libray books, filmstrips, records, pamphlets, and flyers.
• Edit in-house paper.
• Collects information from the day care centers and other units concerning new programs, attitudes, and special projects.
• Helps to implement health and nutrition education workshops with the Head Coordinator.
• Provides assistance to the advisory council in the development of specific programs.
• Confers with parent and community groups to get them involved with day care centers.
• Attends meetings to discuss program goals and objectives.
• Prepares written reports of activities for submission to the Director.
• Keeps records and files.
• Will be required to learn utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the…