Director of Early Childhood Professional Development

Cardinal McCloskey Community Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

403(b) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CMCS (Cardinal McCloskey Community Services) seeks a Director of Professional Development to lead training across the ECED division, including Head Start and UPK programs. You will coordinate coaching, calendar management, and budget oversight to support staff development and program quality.

You will oversee data systems (Teaching Strategies Gold, Aspire, ChildPlus), monitor compliance training, and collaborate with the PD team on agency-wide learning initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Training, Early Childhood Education, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience.
• Knowledge of Head Start, UPK, ECE, and developmentally appropriate practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop educational and training plans to provide on-site support for all ECED staff and providers.
• Create and implement coaching plans in collaboration with CLASS Coaches for staff development.
• Assist with divisional CLASS reviews preparation.
• Organize and manage the ECED professional development calendar across program areas.
• Monitor TT&A budget and ensure timely vendor payments.
• Identify staff for professional conferences and development opportunities.
• Provide monthly TT&A budget updates to senior leadership.
• Collaborate with CMCS PD Team to create ECED training topics and agency-wide initiatives.
• Administer ECED educational assessment databases (Teaching Strategies Gold, Aspire, ChildPlus).
• Aggregate, analyze, and report child outcome data.
• Track all trainings, including 15 hours of ECED training, per requirements.
• Assist with OPP planning and ECED Self-Assessment coordination.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Collaboration with families

Education

Master's Degree in Training/ECE or related field

Tools

Teaching Strategies Gold

Aspire

ChildPlus

Job description

CMCS (Cardinal McCloskey Community Services) seeks a Director of Professional Development to lead training across the ECED division, including Head Start and UPK programs. You will coordinate coaching, calendar management, and budget oversight to support staff development and program quality.

You will oversee data systems (Teaching Strategies Gold, Aspire, ChildPlus), monitor compliance training, and collaborate with the PD team on agency-wide learning initiatives.