EDUCATION DIRECTOR

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 FirstStepNYC Center Director

· Build relationships with FirstStepNYC 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 FirstStepNYC staff to meet Early Head Start performance standards

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

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

c. Creates, facilitates, and reports on School Readiness Goals

d. 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 FirstStepNYC 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