Education Coach, Family Childcare Network

Union Settlement Association; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 55.000 - 59.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Union Settlement Association in East Harlem, NY is seeking an Education Specialist to join the Family Childcare Network (FCCN). The role focuses on building strengths-based relationships with affiliated providers to support high-quality play-based instruction and DOE-aligned curriculum implementation.

The Education Specialist collaborates with the Education Director to deliver coaching, track progress, and coordinate professional learning days, while supporting families and providers to foster

Qualifikationen

• BA/BS in early childhood or infant/toddler studies (required).
• Experience teaching children under four (required).
• Experience working within a family childcare network (preferred).
• Excellent organizational skills and interpersonal skills.
• Overall flexibility and ability to work under pressure and meet many deadlines.
• Leading Others: Creates a sense of urgency throughout the organization on the importance of achieving outcomes. Inspires, influences, and enables team members to reach their goals
• Facilitating Change: Approaches challenges with creativity and flexibility. Demonstrates analytical thinking. Guides change to meet Union Settlement’s goals.
• Managing Performance: Evaluates and revises goals semi-annually with the team. Provides consistent supervision and documents performance highlights and concerns
• Applying and Developing Expertise: Embraces and leads the team to achieve milestones.Seeksand supports professional development opportunities for team members. Manages finances and budgets effectively
• Communicating and Collaborating: Listens well and actively engages with others with honesty and integrity and holds team accountable to the same standard

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with the Education Director to support the professional development needs of home-based childcare providers.
• Adapt and provide guidance to affiliated providers on the implementation of the educational curriculum by meeting with assigned childcare providers twice monthly.
• Deliver strength-based, practice-based coaching for up to 18 affiliated childcare providers as they implement a mixed-age curriculum.
• Review and adapt appropriate curriculum supports and documents with affiliated providers that foster hands-on developmentally appropriate and relationship-based interactions with all children.
• Complete an Ages and Stages Questionnaire with parents of all assigned childcare providers.
• Assist affiliated providers gathering observations of children and entering child assessment data in a timely manner and support its use for curriculum and lesson planning and using this data to guide conversations with parents.
• Assist with the referral process for special services and follow up with assigned services for children enrolled, as needed.
• Document and keep records of all coaching sessions aligned with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ).
• Support the Director of Curriculum, Training & Coaching in coordinating all required professional learning days throughout the year.
• Participate in FCC Education meetings with other Education Staff members as well as the Director of Curriculum, Training & Coaching to connect about individual childcare providers, families, and coordinate all needed services.
• Participate in biweekly individual supervision arranged by the Director of Curriculum, Training & Coaching.
• Participate in Network staff professional learning sessions.
• Other tasks as assigned by the Director of Curriculum, Training & Coaching.

Kenntnisse

Travel within Manhattan

Time management

Multitasking

Team player

Empathy for providers

Ausbildung

BA/BS in early childhood

Experience teaching under four

Jobbeschreibung

Union Settlement Association in East Harlem, NY is seeking an Education Specialist to join the Family Childcare Network (FCCN). The role focuses on building strengths-based relationships with affiliated providers to support high-quality play-based instruction and DOE-aligned curriculum implementation.

The Education Specialist collaborates with the Education Director to deliver coaching, track progress, and coordinate professional learning days, while supporting families and providers to foster