Education Specialist
About The Position
The Education Specialist supports family childcare providers affiliated with WHEDco and the New York City Department of Education’s Family Child Care (FCC) Network. The role establishes strengths-based relationships with providers and offers support, particularly with high-quality, play-based instruction for children from birth to age four. The position provides coaching and curriculum guidance tailored to mixed-age groups and the individual needs of children, and supports providers in using observations and assessment information to inform instruction. The Education Specialist collaborates with FCC colleagues, supports professional learning and network coordination, and maintains connections to community services that assist providers and families. The role also includes documentation, outreach, enrollment, and other administrative responsibilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or Infant/Toddler Studies.
- Experience teaching children under six years of age.
- Strong time management skills.
- Willingness to travel within the FCC Network catchment area.
- Ability to multitask effectively.
- Ability to work as a team player.
- Appreciation for the unique needs of providers and families.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in family childcare, particularly with infants and toddlers.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the FCC Education Director, FCC Family Support Worker, and FCC Monitors to meet the needs of children and families.
- Provide strengths-based, practice-based coaching twice monthly to approximately 17 affiliated providers implementing a mixed-age curriculum.
- Adapt and guide providers in implementing an evidence-based mixed-age curriculum tailored to the individual needs of children.
- Review and adapt curriculum supports and documents with providers to foster hands-on, developmentally appropriate, relationship-based interactions.
- Assist providers in gathering observations of children and entering assessment data in a timely manner, and support use of that information for curriculum and lesson planning.
- Document coaching sessions in alignment with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ).
- Assist with ongoing outreach, enrollment, and other administrative tasks.
- Support the FCC Education Director in coordinating required professional learning days throughout the year.
- Maintain relationships with community partners providing mental health, special needs, and other support services for providers and families.
- Create and regularly update the FCC Network Community Partner Resource Guide.
- Participate in twice-monthly FCC Network staff meetings to discuss providers and families and coordinate services.
- Participate in professional learning sessions delivered to Network staff.
- Perform other tasks as assigned by the FCC Education Director.
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Job Type
Full-time
