Educational Director - Family Child Care

Family Child Care Network and Department of Education (DOE) view family childcare as a respected and valued profession within the early care and education system in New York City. We seek to support and enhance the existing strengths of family childcare as birth-4 programs that promote continuous and responsive relationships, strengthen early learning skills, build resilience, and lay the foundation for all future learning. The primary role of the Education Director is to oversee all of the Network educational services for families and affiliated providers.

Responsibilities:

Oversee all educational services in affiliated Family Child Care (FCC) settings to ensure compliance with Department of Education and the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).

Supervise the work of all FCCN education staff (e.g. Educational Specialists and Health Monitors).

Develop, adapt, and provide guidance to affiliated providers on the implementation of an evidence-based curriculum for mixed-age group settings that meets the individual needs of all children.

Create, review, and adapt appropriate curriculum supports that foster hands-on developmentally appropriate and relationship-based interactions with all children by affiliated providers.

Provide strength-based coaching visits to all affiliated providers to ensure adherence to curriculum guidelines and implementation.

Ensure that all affiliated provider home visits are documented in a timely manner and are aligned with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ).

Ensure education staff have the knowledge and skills to assist affiliated providers in entering child assessment data in a timely manner and support its use for curriculum and lesson planning.

Coordinate and implement all required professional learning days throughout the year in partnership with the Department of Education for all affiliated providers and education staff.

Participate in Network staff professional learning sessions delivered by the Department of Education.

Support all providers who are working toward the completion of a CDA certification or other higher early childhood education degree.

Facilitate twice monthly Network staff meetings to connect about individual providers, families, and coordinate all services.

Provide consistent and timely reflective supervision to education and health monitor staff to ensure their ability to engage affiliated providers in practice-based coaching using a strength-based approach.

Oversee and ensure the timely documentation of all coaching sessions.

Support the FCC Network Director in all recruitment, enrollment, payment, and other administrative tasks in support of all affiliated providers.

Assist with program self-assessment

Maintain relationships with community partners who provide mental health, special needs, and other support services for all affiliated providers and families.

Perform other related duties as requested by supervisor

Qualifications:

MSED in Early Childhood Education (required)

Teacher certification in the early childhood or childhood grades (required)

Experience working in family childcare and/or with infants and toddlers (preferred)

Willingness to travel within FCC Network catchment area

Time management skills are essential.

Ability to multitask

Must be a team player

Appreciation for the unique needs of the family childcare community

Bilingual in Spanish or Chinese languages is preferred