Educational Director Union Settlement
Eastharlemalliance, Union, NJ, United States
Overview
Education Director
— Education Director, Early Childhood Education Department, reporting to the Director of Early Childhood Education. Hours: Full-Time. Salary: $90,000 – $95,000. FLSA: Exempt. Location: On-site. Organization: Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit founded in 1895. It provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations, with a portfolio including Early Childhood Education, Youth Services, Family Services, East Harlem Community Partnership, Adult Education, Mental Health Services, Older Adult Centers, and Economic Development. Union Settlement serves more than 10,000 individuals and nearly 1,000 businesses annually. For more information, visit www.unionsettlement.org. Position Summary: The Educational Director leads the center’s development, implementation, and supervision of the program’s curriculum. The director provides coaching and supervision to teaching teams as they plan classroom-learning activities, develop lesson plans, and implement instruction informed by children’s interests and individual needs. The role promotes developmentally appropriate practices and ensures staffing of classrooms according to regulations and contractual requirements. Under supervision of the Director of Early Childhood Education, this position provides daily guidance, coaching, and support to teaching teams to ensure high-quality practices sensitive to the needs of children and families, and collaborates with the Associate Director of Social Services to support family engagement and school-home connections. The role ensures staff are trained to meet health and nutritional needs and that training aligns with regulatory and contractual requirements. Responsibilities
Responsible for ensuring teaching teams provide responsive care, effective teaching, and an organized learning environment that promotes healthy development and children’s skill growth aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, including for children with disabilities. Support and coach teaching teams in developing and using effective teaching practices that emphasize nurturing and responsive practices, interactions, and environments that foster trust and emotional security; are communication and language rich; promote critical thinking and problem-solving; social, emotional, behavioral, and language development; provide supportive feedback for learning; motivate continued effort; and support all children’s engagement in learning experiences and activities. Design, implement and supervise the planning of organized activities, schedules, lesson plans, and the implementation of high-quality early learning experiences that are responsive to and build upon each child’s individual pattern of development and learning. Ensure that teaching teams are integrating child assessment data in individual and group planning. Support and coach teaching teams in meeting the social-emotional and wellness needs of children in collaboration with families and other team members or providers such as disabilities and mental health providers. Support and coach teaching teams in including developmentally appropriate learning experiences in language, literacy, social and emotional development, math, science, social studies, creative arts, and physical development that are focused toward achieving progress outlined in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five. Ensure teaching teams are completing developmental screenings to identify concerns regarding a child’s developmental, behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills within 45 calendar days of when the child first attends the program. Support and coach teaching teams in conducting standardized and structured assessments for each child that provide ongoing information to evaluate the child’s developmental level and progress in outcomes aligned to the goals described in the Head Start Early Learning Child Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five. Actively monitor Teaching Strategies Gold (TSG) Assessment system; support and train teachers in the utilization of TSG system for supporting instruction, assessment, and planning. Collaborate with other senior staff in offering opportunities for parents and family members to be involved in the program’s education and family services. Collaborate with the management team in implementing annual program self-assessment, staff evaluations, professional development, and monitoring compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards and Article 47 regulations. Obtain required training to maintain compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards and Article 47. Additional duties as assigned by the Associate Director of Education & Curriculum and the ECE Program Director. Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or equivalent if degree awarded prior to 2014 (minimum). Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education (preferred). Active Certificate Holder for Classroom Teacher (Birth to Grade 2 or Nursery to Grade 6) or PreK to Grade 6 via New York State Education Department required. At least two years of lead teacher experience in a program for children under six years old. Five years of classroom and/or supervisory, and coaching experience preferred. Strength-based leader with experience coaching and training teaching teams. Effective communication, problem solving, analytical, writing and technical skills (Must be comfortable with daily utilization of Microsoft Word, Excel, and related software). Knowledge of Head Start Program Performance Standards and Article 47 (preferred). Core Competencies
Leading Others, Facilitating Change, Managing Performance, Applying and Developing Expertise, and Communicating and Collaborating. Union Settlement’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment Union Settlement is an equal opportunity employer. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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Education Director
— Education Director, Early Childhood Education Department, reporting to the Director of Early Childhood Education. Hours: Full-Time. Salary: $90,000 – $95,000. FLSA: Exempt. Location: On-site. Organization: Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit founded in 1895. It provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations, with a portfolio including Early Childhood Education, Youth Services, Family Services, East Harlem Community Partnership, Adult Education, Mental Health Services, Older Adult Centers, and Economic Development. Union Settlement serves more than 10,000 individuals and nearly 1,000 businesses annually. For more information, visit www.unionsettlement.org. Position Summary: The Educational Director leads the center’s development, implementation, and supervision of the program’s curriculum. The director provides coaching and supervision to teaching teams as they plan classroom-learning activities, develop lesson plans, and implement instruction informed by children’s interests and individual needs. The role promotes developmentally appropriate practices and ensures staffing of classrooms according to regulations and contractual requirements. Under supervision of the Director of Early Childhood Education, this position provides daily guidance, coaching, and support to teaching teams to ensure high-quality practices sensitive to the needs of children and families, and collaborates with the Associate Director of Social Services to support family engagement and school-home connections. The role ensures staff are trained to meet health and nutritional needs and that training aligns with regulatory and contractual requirements. Responsibilities
Responsible for ensuring teaching teams provide responsive care, effective teaching, and an organized learning environment that promotes healthy development and children’s skill growth aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, including for children with disabilities. Support and coach teaching teams in developing and using effective teaching practices that emphasize nurturing and responsive practices, interactions, and environments that foster trust and emotional security; are communication and language rich; promote critical thinking and problem-solving; social, emotional, behavioral, and language development; provide supportive feedback for learning; motivate continued effort; and support all children’s engagement in learning experiences and activities. Design, implement and supervise the planning of organized activities, schedules, lesson plans, and the implementation of high-quality early learning experiences that are responsive to and build upon each child’s individual pattern of development and learning. Ensure that teaching teams are integrating child assessment data in individual and group planning. Support and coach teaching teams in meeting the social-emotional and wellness needs of children in collaboration with families and other team members or providers such as disabilities and mental health providers. Support and coach teaching teams in including developmentally appropriate learning experiences in language, literacy, social and emotional development, math, science, social studies, creative arts, and physical development that are focused toward achieving progress outlined in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five. Ensure teaching teams are completing developmental screenings to identify concerns regarding a child’s developmental, behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills within 45 calendar days of when the child first attends the program. Support and coach teaching teams in conducting standardized and structured assessments for each child that provide ongoing information to evaluate the child’s developmental level and progress in outcomes aligned to the goals described in the Head Start Early Learning Child Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five. Actively monitor Teaching Strategies Gold (TSG) Assessment system; support and train teachers in the utilization of TSG system for supporting instruction, assessment, and planning. Collaborate with other senior staff in offering opportunities for parents and family members to be involved in the program’s education and family services. Collaborate with the management team in implementing annual program self-assessment, staff evaluations, professional development, and monitoring compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards and Article 47 regulations. Obtain required training to maintain compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards and Article 47. Additional duties as assigned by the Associate Director of Education & Curriculum and the ECE Program Director. Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or equivalent if degree awarded prior to 2014 (minimum). Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education (preferred). Active Certificate Holder for Classroom Teacher (Birth to Grade 2 or Nursery to Grade 6) or PreK to Grade 6 via New York State Education Department required. At least two years of lead teacher experience in a program for children under six years old. Five years of classroom and/or supervisory, and coaching experience preferred. Strength-based leader with experience coaching and training teaching teams. Effective communication, problem solving, analytical, writing and technical skills (Must be comfortable with daily utilization of Microsoft Word, Excel, and related software). Knowledge of Head Start Program Performance Standards and Article 47 (preferred). Core Competencies
Leading Others, Facilitating Change, Managing Performance, Applying and Developing Expertise, and Communicating and Collaborating. Union Settlement’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment Union Settlement is an equal opportunity employer. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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