Early Education Specialist in Queens

Job Title:
Early Education Specialist in Queens
Status:
Full-time

Department:
Early Care and Education Non-exempt

Reports to:
ECEI Director
Updated: 6/25/26

The mission of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families (CHCF) is to bring a relentless focus on positive child and family outcomes to close the achievement gap and build a better future for children, families, and communities served by the Head Start program.

The Early Care and Education Institute (ECEI) provides culturally informed, bilingual professional development to Family Child Care educators, to strengthen the quality of early care and learning for children in New York City.

• CHCF provides culturally informed, community based academic and enrichment programs in elementary, middle and high schools in New York City to strengthen the support systems, and empower students, for school success.
• CHCF advocates for improved policies and legislation around access to education from birth to adulthood, heightened public awareness of the social and institutional frameworks that hinder opportunity for Latino communities, and the empowerment of these communities to directly mobilize for change.

• Child Growth and Development
• Environment and Curriculum
• Relationships
• Business Administration and Management

The Early Education Specialist will work with a team to manage a caseload and provide training and technical assistance to home-based childcare providers in Queens County.

• In accordance with NYSAEYC’s Coaching Competencies, uses positive interpersonal skills to develop a respectful and responsive relationship with each childcare provider
• Demonstrates respect for an interest in the individual abilities of each childcare provider
• Partners with childcare providers to identify learning and communicating styles and preferences
• Demonstrates feelings of care and empathy that are strength-based and focused on positive changes when working with childcare providers
• Demonstrates cultural competence and understands its relevance to the coaching relationship (i.e., employs practices that are gender-neutral, racially and ethnically inclusive, etc.)
• Demonstrates appreciation for the childcare provider’s perspective, even when it is different from one’s own
• Remains focused on the childcare provider’s needs when disagreements or conflicts surface

• Completes initial, midpoint, and final assessments with a total of 15 caseload providers using evidence-based tools (FCCERS-3, CLASS, etc.) in line with CHCF and ECEI’s intended outcomes
• Partners with each assigned childcare provider to develop an individualized coaching plan based on a combination of sector best practices, assessment results, and provider self-diagnosed needs
• Facilitates intensive site visits (2-4 hours each) with each of the 15 providers within caseload (visits will correspond to the provider’s coaching plan, and will center around domains of quality development)
• Coordinates additional quality improvement services and resources for caseload providers as needed
• Evaluates provider progress through consistent documentation (case notes, informal assessment, photos, work products, phone calls, visit logs) to be shared with Director for ECEI

• Bring some content knowledge/formal learning in at least one of ECEI’s four content areas, with the goal of developing expertise in one content area and working knowledge in all four (through a combination of in-office learning and PD)
• Explain and model the change process consistently
• Works with providers to set shared SMART goals for program quality improvement
• Demonstrates a commitment to the concept of shared learning by using strategies that encourage shared decision-making, joint problem-solving, and partnership development
• Uses active listening and powerful questions to understand the provider’s intent in the context of their values and goals, and to support provider’s self-expression

• Provides needed resources to programs within caseload (links, phone numbers, contact information for…