Education Specialist (Family Child Care Network)

Description

ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION

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’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: https://www.cpc-nyc.org/ )

PROGRAM SUMMARY

The Family Child Care Network is a component of the Early Childhood Learning & Wellness Services (ECLW) division at CPC. The goals are to promote children’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 providers’ 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.

JOB SUMMARY

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.

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.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a caseload of 15 to 17 affiliated family child care providers
• Conduct home/program visits
• Provide strength-based coaching visits to all affiliated providers to ensure adherence to curriculum guidelines and implementation
• 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
• Collaborate with the Education Director, Family Workers, and Monitor Specialists to meet the needs of all children and families
• Plan and implement an evidence-based curriculum within a mixed-age setting that supports 3-K children
• 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
• Develop consistent, stable and supportive relationships with affiliated family child care providers
• Work closely with the Educational Director on curriculum development, implementation, coaching and program improvement
• Support providers with developing and implementing individualized family/child plan to address children’s social-emotional development needs
• Support all providers who are working toward the completion of a CDA certification or other higher early childhood education degree
• Coordinate parent/family involvement with family workers for workshops and information sessions
• Design and deliver workshops and information sessions for families
• Support family workers to refer to appropriate services to families/children based on the developmental needs of children
• Assist with the recruitment of family child care providers and families
• Maintain documentation on FCC programs and enrolled children as required by the Department of Education and Network
• Provide required data a…