Early Education Specialist in Queens
About The Position
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. 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, psychology or related field.
- Full professional fluency in English and Spanish required (writing, reading, academic level).
- Will complete the Aspire credentialing process within 6 months of hire.
- Will complete the T-TAP credentialing process within two years of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Strong preference given to those who come with a valid Aspire credential.
Responsibilities
- Uses positive interpersonal skills to develop a respectful and responsive relationship with each childcare provider.
- Demonstrates respect for and 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.
- 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 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.
- Coordinates additional quality improvement services and resources for caseload providers as needed.
- Evaluates provider progress through consistent documentation 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.
- 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 in alignment with program’s quality improvement goals.
- Supports caseload programs with targeted on-the-spot solutions and support based on the program’s needs.
- Connects caseload providers with grants and other CHCF incentives and supports in alignment with coaching plan and ECEI’s contract deliverables.
- Facilitate a minimum of two training/workshops per month.
- Participation in, and/or preparation for, ECEI events: Provider Resource Days and ECEI Annual Conference.
- CHCF inter-agency collaboration, as appropriate and needed.
- Maintenance of files and documentation for all program providers in caseload.
- Data entry and other reporting as needed by Director for ECEI, and other stakeholders.
- Team meetings.
- Resource management—contribute to an agency resource list for supporting services for providers.
- Participate in in-house professional development opportunities, keep certifications and credentials up to date.
Benefits
- A comprehensive employee benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
