The Informal Family Child Care Project (IFCC), a project of the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute at the City University of New York, endeavors to elevate the quality of care and education for children in home-based (family child care) settings in New York City by assessing and supporting the needs of, advocating for, and increasing the skills and capacity of home-based child care providers through a comprehensive array of professional development opportunities.
The Institute is a dynamic public-private partnership that works to ensure that all early childhood practitioners have access to a comprehensive, high-quality system of professional development.
The Informal Family Child Care Project will hire 1 part-time (19 hours a week) bilingual (Spanish/English speaking) Trainer-Coach. The Trainer-Coach will be responsible for facilitating or co-facilitating weekly professional development workshops and providing regular onsite coaching support in providers’ homes to support the integration of training content in daily practice. The trainer-coach will report to IFCC’s Project Coordinator, and work closely with IFCC’s Training Coordinator/Curriculum Developer and other project staff.
Coaching and facilitating adult learning is an interactive process of observation, discussion, and reflection in which the coach promotes each participant’s ability to grow toward identified goals. An effective trainer-coach must be able to build relationships with participants based on mutual respect, demonstrate effective communication skills, practice conflict resolution skills, have an on-going commitment to learning, possess excellent observation skills and model best practices working with young children. The trainer-coach will have an understanding and ability to put into practice and advocate for the following guiding principles:
Salary:
$30/hour
Please submit a cover letter and resume via Research Foundation website at:
https://www.rfcuny.org/careers/postings?pvnID=VA-1701-001610
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT EMPLOYER