Education Director

Early Childhood 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 First

StepNYC Center Director

· Build relationships with First

StepNYC 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 First

StepNYC staff to meet Early Head Start performance standards

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

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

· Creates, facilitates, and reports on School Readiness Goals

· Attend trainings pertaining to Early Head Start programming

· Participate in the development of program policies, service delivery plans, and ongoing monitoring of program quality

· Establish strong working relationships and continuous collaboration with community partners

· Represent First

StepNYC at inter-agency meetings, open houses, trainings, etc

· Liaise with external regulatory bodies as needed, including the Office of Head Start (OHS), Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and others

· Responsible for administrative tasks critical to the daily operations of the SCO Family of Services Early Head Start Home Based and Center Based Program

· Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills:

· Master's Degree or higher in early childhood education and NYS certification in early Childhood Education

· Infant/ toddler program experience

· NYS teaching certification required

Travel Required:

Yes. Yes, 25 % of the Time