What are the responsibilities and job description for the Educational Director position at Union Settlement?
Education Director
Job Description Organizational Summary Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit organization founded in 1895. For 128 years, Union Settlement has provided critical and innovative programming to children, youth, families, and older adults. As a pioneer of the settlement house movement, Union Settlement continues to meet the needs of the ever-changing East Harlem community through its core programs. Through these programs, New Yorkers gain opportunities, develop skills, and become empowered to pursue and achieve their dreams.
Today, Union Settlement provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations. Union Settlements current programmatic portfolio includes 8 core program areas: Early Childhood Education, Youth Services (including after school programs), Family Services (including the Family Enrichment Center and the Family Childcare Network), the 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 every year.
Strengthened by a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative workforce of more than 350 employees, Union Settlement also serves as a connector, convener, and advocate for East Harlem and its partners. To learn more about Union Settlement, visit www.unionsettlement.org
Position: Education Director
Department: Early Childhood EducationReports to: Director of Early Childhood EducationHours: Full-TimeSalary: $90,000 - $95,000
FLSA: ExemptLocation: On-site
Position Summary:The Educational Director leads the center's development, implementation, and supervision of the program's curriculum. The Educational Director provides direct coaching & supervision to teaching teams as they plan classroom-learning activities, develop lesson plans, and implement instruction informed by children's interests while keeping the individual needs of children in mind. This position is responsible for promoting developmentally appropriate practices in the classrooms by teaching teams that advance children's social-emotional, cognitive, language, and physical development. This position is responsible for ensuring staffing of classrooms as outlined by regulations and contractual requirements. Under the supervision of the Director of Early Childhood Education, this position provides daily guidance, coaching and support to teaching teams to ensure high quality practices that are sensitive to the needs of children and celebrate children and family's diversity, language, and culture. This position works closely with the Associate Director of Social Services to support family engagement and strong school-home connections that extends learning from the center to the children's home. This position ensures staff are professionally trained to meet the individual health and nutritional needs of children. This position is responsible for ensuring teaching teams receive all required training as per 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 childrens 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 childrens engagement in learning experiences
Job Description Organizational Summary Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit organization founded in 1895. For 128 years, Union Settlement has provided critical and innovative programming to children, youth, families, and older adults. As a pioneer of the settlement house movement, Union Settlement continues to meet the needs of the ever-changing East Harlem community through its core programs. Through these programs, New Yorkers gain opportunities, develop skills, and become empowered to pursue and achieve their dreams.
Today, Union Settlement provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations. Union Settlements current programmatic portfolio includes 8 core program areas: Early Childhood Education, Youth Services (including after school programs), Family Services (including the Family Enrichment Center and the Family Childcare Network), the 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 every year.
Strengthened by a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative workforce of more than 350 employees, Union Settlement also serves as a connector, convener, and advocate for East Harlem and its partners. To learn more about Union Settlement, visit www.unionsettlement.org
Position: Education Director
Department: Early Childhood EducationReports to: Director of Early Childhood EducationHours: Full-TimeSalary: $90,000 - $95,000
FLSA: ExemptLocation: On-site
Position Summary:The Educational Director leads the center's development, implementation, and supervision of the program's curriculum. The Educational Director provides direct coaching & supervision to teaching teams as they plan classroom-learning activities, develop lesson plans, and implement instruction informed by children's interests while keeping the individual needs of children in mind. This position is responsible for promoting developmentally appropriate practices in the classrooms by teaching teams that advance children's social-emotional, cognitive, language, and physical development. This position is responsible for ensuring staffing of classrooms as outlined by regulations and contractual requirements. Under the supervision of the Director of Early Childhood Education, this position provides daily guidance, coaching and support to teaching teams to ensure high quality practices that are sensitive to the needs of children and celebrate children and family's diversity, language, and culture. This position works closely with the Associate Director of Social Services to support family engagement and strong school-home connections that extends learning from the center to the children's home. This position ensures staff are professionally trained to meet the individual health and nutritional needs of children. This position is responsible for ensuring teaching teams receive all required training as per 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 childrens 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 childrens engagement in learning experiences
Salary : $90,000 - $95,000