Education Specialist (Family Child Care Network)

div h4Job Details/h4 divstrongLevel/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Experienced/div divstrongJob Location/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Multiple Locations - New York, NY/div divstrongPosition Type/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Full Time/div divstrongEducation Level/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;4 Year Degree/div divstrongSalary Range/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;$24.73 - $26.93 Hourly/div divstrongJob Shift/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Day and occasional weekends and evenings/div divstrongJob Category/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Education/div /div h4 /h4pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:29px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Founded in 1965, the Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. (CPC) aims to promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities. Today, CPC is the nation#39;s largest Asian American social services agency and offers more than 50 programs at over 35 sites throughout New York City, including early childhood education, school-age care, youth services, workforce development, community services, and senior services. CPC strives to be the premier social service and leadership development organization. In 2017, CPC launched Advancing Our CommUNITY, its organization-wide strategy to expand services to address persistent needs and emerging trends and to improve leadership skills among staff and community members. In 2022, our core programs and emergency services reached 200,000 people living in all five boroughs and all 51 city council districts. In the summer of 2022, CPC was recognized as the number one Chinese American organization in New York City to recommend to a Chinese immigrant looking for in-language and culturally competent resources according to a recent survey. This accomplishment is a testament to the incredible work and dedication of our staff. (For more information, please visit: a href="https://www.cpc-nyc.org/"https://www.cpc-nyc.org//aspan style="color:blue")/span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:29px"nbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongPROGRAM SUMMARY/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:29px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"The Family Child Care Network is a component of the Early Childhood Learning amp; Wellness Services (ECLW) division at CPC. The goals are to promote childrenrsquo;s holistic development with high-quality learning in safe, healthy home environments; help families access childcare that meets their diverse needs; support staff to understand affiliated child care providersrsquo; needs, monitor program delivery; and increase the capacity of providers to provide children with a high-quality education through training on childcare regulations and research-supported curricula./span/span/p pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongJOB SUMMARY/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:29px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"CPC FCC Networks and Department of Education (DOE) view family child care 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 child care as birth-4 programs that promote continuous and responsive relationships, strengthen early learning skills, build resilience, and lay the foundation for all future learning./span/span/p p style="margin-left:29px"nbsp;/p p style="margin-left:29px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="background-color:white"Reporting to the Education Director, the full-time Education Specialists will build strengths-based relationships with affiliated providers to support them as needed, particularly with implementing high-quality play-based instruction./span/span/span/p pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Manage a caseload of 15 to 17 affiliated family child care providers/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Conduct home/program visits/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Provide strength-based coaching visits to all affiliated providers to ensure adherence to curriculum guidelines and implementation/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Be part of a team in assessing the quality of affiliated family child care programs and support developmentally appropriate practices for mixed age groups in affiliated family child care programs/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Collaborate with the Education Director, Family Workers, and Monitor Specialists to meet the needs of all children and families/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Plan and implement an evidence-based curriculum within a mixed-age setting that supports 3-K children/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Provide support and guidance on teaching and instruction, responsive practices, family engagement, mental health, and additional areas related to the care and instruction of all children in the program/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Develop consistent, stable and supportive relationships with affiliated family child care providers/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Work closely with the Educational Director on curriculum development, implementation, coaching and program improvement/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Support providers with developing and implementing individualized family/child plan to address childrenrsquo;s social-emotional development needs/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Support all providers who are working toward the completion of a CDA certification or other higher early childhood education degree/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Coordinate parent/family involvement with family workers for workshops and information sessions/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Design and deliver workshops and information sessions for families/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Support family workers to refer to appropriate services to families/children based on the developmental needs of children/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Assist with the recruitment of family child care providers and families/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Maintain documentation on FCC programs and enrolled children as required by the Department of Education and Network/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Provide required data and monthly reports set forth by the Network and funding source promptly/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Other duties as requested by Network and Educational Directors/span/span/li /ul h4 /h4brpspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongQUALIFICATIONS/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:24px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongEducation and Experience:/strong/span/span/p ul style="margin-left:40px" lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Bachelorrsquo;s in early childhood, infant/toddler studies or elementary education required./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Experience teaching children under six required./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Knowledge of child development birth to three and assessment tools (ECERS-R, FCCERS-R, ITERS-3, CLASS) preferred./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Two to three years of experience working in an early childhood center-based or family childcare setting preferred./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Knowledge in administering DECErsquo;s FCC Provider Selection Interview preferred./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Experienced or Credential Trainer in family child care and early childhood education field preferred/span/span/li /ul p style="margin-left:72px"nbsp;/p p style="margin-left:24px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongSkills and Competencies:/strong/span/span/p ul style="margin-left:40px" lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office, Word, and Excel/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Excellent verbal and written communication skills/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Effective time management skills/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Bilingual in English and either Chinese, Spanish, or Korean preferred/span/span/li /ul p style="margin-left:72px"nbsp;/p p style="margin-left:24px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongAdditional Requirements:/strong/span/span/p ul style="margin-left:40px" lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Must meet all applicable federal, state and city requirements to work with children in an early childhood setting/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Willingness to travel within FCC Network catchment area/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Able to work on some Saturdays and evenings/span/span/li /ul pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongCOMPENSATION amp; BENEFITS OVERVIEW/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"$24.73 - $26.93 per hour ($45,000 - $49,000 annual equivalent salary); 35 hours per week with occasional evenings and weekends/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"CPC offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to generous paid time off (holiday, sick and vacation time), Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance Coverage, Commuter Benefits, and a 403(b) Retirement Plan/span/span/li /ul pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongCOVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:29px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"CPC has been committed to two goals: 1) keeping staff and community members healthy and safe and 2) continuing to safely provide services to community members. CPC no longer mandates COVID vaccination, but vaccines and boosters are highly encouraged for all our staff and community members. /span/span/p pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongHOW TO APPLY/strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:29px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Interested individuals should submit their resume, along with a cover letter addressed to Sumon Chin, when applying online via CPCrsquo;s website: a href="https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs?clientkey=4D1879D5004C5B7778BD5E6084A5AFFD"https://www.cpc-nyc.org/jobs/a or selected online job boards. All documents should be submitted as one single file. Applicants may reach out to a href="mailto:careers@cpc-nyc.org"careers@cpc-nyc.org/a with any questions or further inquiries./span/span/p p style="margin-left:29px"nbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"emCPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CPC values a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages women, BIPOC, immigrants, LGBTQ+, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply./em/span/span/p