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Early Childhood Center Responsibilities: In collaboration with the ECAE Department Chair, the ECC director and the Early Childhood Program faculty liaison, the Educational Director and Coach will lead the ECC by:

• Providing high quality early childhood services to all children and families enrolled,
• Providing leadership in the development and implementation of a progressive early childhood curriculum,
• Implementing laboratory initiatives such as early intervention and dual language education,
• Coaching, mentoring and evaluating the ECC teachers and staff
• Providing opportunities for staff development i.e. workshops, conferences, visitations, demonstration lessons and sessions.
• Working with outside agencies, EI/ECSP providers, ECC teachers and staff in providing quality services to infants, toddlers and young children with disabilities
• Planning parent meetings, workshops and family engagement initiatives,
• Hiring and assigning teachers and staff to classrooms,
• Assisting educational staff in the creation and implementation of individualized Professional Improvement Plans (PIP),
• Providing orientation for families, students and staff, and
• Participating in local, state, and/or federal meetings and conferences.

Early Childhood and Art Education (ECAE) Department Responsibilities: The Educational Director and Coach will:

• Work closely with the ECAE Chair and faculty to design and develop laboratory school initiatives and research, including research and training grants,
• Assist in the creation of long-term and short-term strategic ECC program goals,
• Attend ECAE departmental and Early Childhood Program meetings and events,
• Assist and participate in ECAE department faculty and graduate student research to enhance understanding of child development and program practices and quality,
• Coordinate and manage ECAE fieldwork experiences, student-teaching interns and volunteers, including providing orientations and ongoing professional development,
• Provide outreach to BC academic departments and programs to support faculty research and create additional clinical partnerships (e.g., Speech Communications Arts and Sciences, Psychology, Puppetry in Practice), and
• Other related duties as assigned by the ECAE Chair and ECP Faculty Liaison.

Skills Needed:

• Strong understanding of child development, developmentally appropriate principles, and curriculum design, planning and implementation
• Reflective supervision and coaching
• Working with families and parent-child dyads
• Working with multiple stakeholders, administration, teachers and parents
• Collect and analyze data to make decisions
• Assist in research design and implementation
• Effective oral and written communication and organizational skills
• Knowledge of NYCDOMH, NYCDOE, and OCFS contractual childcare regulations