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Education Director

With strong leadership an Education Director:

  • Makes sure educational staff meet program standards
  • Organizes staff workshops
  • Plans and executes training sessions for teachers and other staff
  • Helps teachers in planning and assessment
  • Provides immediate performance feedback to teachers

An Education Director:

  • Helps teachers and assistants to work as a team
  • Ensures that daily classroom routines and physical set-up of classrooms are emotionally, socially, physically and cognitively appropriate
  • Serves as a resource to classroom teams as needed
  • Visits public schools to create and manage relationships with Head Start programs and support children's transition to public school

An Education Director has:

  • The ability to develop and maintain relationships with parents
  • The teaching skills to plan and carry out parent workshops
  • Experience in a human services setting, including working with low-income children and families
  • Awareness of and sensitivity to cultural issues and local community practices

Setting: Day Care/Childcare Center (Programs with less than 40 Children)

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The Education Director cannot have any teaching duties when there are more than 40 children enrolled in the program.

Academic and Experience Requirements

Master's Degree in Education

AND

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education/Special Education

AND

NYS Teaching Certificate in Early Childhood Education/Elementary Education

AND

Courses mandated by NYC Health Code:

  • A semester course in the sociological, philosophical, or historical foundations of education, and
  • A semester course in educational developmental psychology, at least one of which shall be in child development, and
  • A semester course in instructional methods and materials including instructions in teaching the basic skills, at least one of which shall be on the pre-kindergarten or kindergarten level, and
  • A semester course in parent education and community relations

AND

2 years of classroom experience as a Group Teacher

Ongoing Training/Professional Development

  • Written training plans are in place at individual childcare centers

Setting: Head Start, Early Head Start

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Academic and Experience Requirements

Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education

AND

Permanent NYS Teaching Certificate

AND

Minimum 2 years teaching experience with children 2-5 years of age

Ongoing Training/Professional Development

  • Written training plans are in place at individual Head Start and Early Head Start centers

NOTE:

  • In a Head Start setting, either the Director or Educational Director is required to have a NYS Teaching Certificate. Contact individual Head Start location you are applying to.
  • Current and former Early Head Start and Head Start parents must receive preference for employment vacancies for which they are qualified.
  • Staff qualifications are for NYC Head Start/Early Head Start programs and are required by the NYC Department of Health and exceed Federal Head Start/Early Head Start staff qualifications.
  • Contact individual Head Start/Early Head Start location you are applying to for specific site position qualifications and requirements.