Director of Curriculum, Training & Coaching, Family Child Care Network Union Settlement Union S

Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit organization founded in 1895. For 128 years, Union Settlement has provided critical and innovative programming to children, youth, families, and older adults. As a pioneer of the settlement house movement, Union Settlement continues to meet the needs of the ever-changing East Harlem community through its core programs. Through these programs, New Yorkers gain opportunities, develop skills, and become empowered to pursue and achieve their dreams.

Today, Union Settlement provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations. Union Settlement’s current programmatic portfolio includes 8 core program areas:
Early Childhood Education, Youth Services (including after school programs), Family Services (including the Family Enrichment Center and the Family Childcare Network), the East Harlem Community Partnership, Adult Education, Mental Health Services, Older Adult Centers, and Economic Development. Union Settlement serves more than
10,000 individuals and nearly 1,000 businesses every year.

Strengthened by a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative workforce of more than 350 employees, Union Settlement also serves as a connector, convener, and advocate for East Harlem and its partners. To learn more about Union Settlement, visitwww.unionsettlement.org.

Position: Director of Curriculum, Training and Coaching

Department: Family Child Care Network

Reports to: Family Child Care Network Director

Hours: Full-time

Salary: $80,000– $90,000

FLSA: Exempt

Location: On-site

Positions Reporting to this Role: None

The Director of Curriculum, Training & Coaching leads the Family Child Care Network’s curriculum development and implementation. Informed by the NYCDOE’s Let’s Play! Curriculum, this position oversees the provision of professional learning and coaching to the Network’s affiliated family childcare providers. The Director supervises the provision of Practice-Based Coaching to advance affiliated providers’knowledge and skills in meeting the individual needs of children enrolled in their home-based programs.

In collaboration with the Network’s Director and staff, this position leads to professional learning for affiliated providers. In coordination with monitoring staff, this position works closely with monitoring staff to ensure adherence to health and safety regulations by affiliated providers. This position supports family engagement in collaboration with program staff and other internal & external partnerships.

• Lead the implementation and supervision ofthe Network’scurriculum by affiliated providers through the provision of professional learning and coaching.
• Supervise Educational Specialists in the provision of Practice-Based Coaching to affiliated providers
• Advance thecapacityof affiliated providers by building on their strengths to enhance their planning and practices in supporting children’soptimumdevelopment.
• Maximize the strengths of home-based programs and providers by advancing relationship-based practices that honor families and children’s culture, language, and experiences.
• Build on the continuity of care of family childcare to support affiliated providers in responding sensitively to the needs of children informed by an understanding of brain development and trauma.
• Implement formal assessments of affiliated providers using standardized tools to support ongoing improvement plans and coaching.
• Use data to inform coaching, curriculum, and professional development to target specific areas in need of development.
• Use child outcome data to inform planning, professional learning, and coaching to support strong child outcomes in collaboration with affiliated providers.
• Collaborate with the team in designing and implementing family engagement activities that connectthe program and the family’s home through the continuity of learning opportunities athome.
• Support families and affiliated providers in meeting the needs of children with developmental delays or disabilities by providing direct support in navigating and interacting with special education providers,modifyinglesson plans to meet the individual needs of children,…