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  • Family Child Care Network Educational Specialist
    Family Child Care Network Educational Specialist
    2 days ago
    Full-time
    West Bronx, The Bronx

    MARC Academy and Department of Education (DOE) view family childcare as a respected and valued profession within the early care and education system in New York City. We seek to support and enhance the existing strengths of family childcare as birth-4 programs that promote continuous and responsive relationships, strengthen early learning skills, build resilience, and lay the foundation for all future learning. The primary role of the Education Specialist/Coach is to build strengths-based relationships with affiliated providers to support them as needed and, in particular, with implementing high quality play-based instruction. Responsibilities: ● Collaborate with the FCC Education Director, FCC Family Support Worker, and FCC Monitors to meet the needs of all children and families. ● Provide twice monthly strength-based practice-based coaching to a cohort of affiliated providers as they implement a mixed-age curriculum. ● Adapt and provide guidance to affiliated providers on the implementation of an evidence-based curriculum for mixed-age group settings that meets the individual needs of all children. ● Review and adapt appropriate curriculum supports and documents with affiliated providers that foster hands-on developmentally appropriate and relationship-based interactions with all children. ● Assist affiliated providers gathering observations of children and entering child assessment data in a timely manner and support its use for curriculum and lesson planning. ● Document all coaching sessions aligned with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ). ● Assist in ongoing outreach, enrollment, and all other administrative tasks. ● Support FCC Education Director in coordinating all required professional learning days –ongoing. ● Maintain relationships with community partners who provide mental health, special needs, and other support services for all affiliated providers and families. ● Create and regularly update Community Partner Resource Guide within FCC Network. ● Participate in twice-monthly FCC Network staff meetings to connect about individual providers, families, and coordinate all services. ● Participate in Network staff professional learning sessions delivered. ● Other tasks as assigned by FCC Education Director/FCC Director. ● Travel within FCC Network catchment area is REQUIRED Skills: ● Time management skills are essential * Ability to multitask *Must be a team player * Must be flexible with changing schedules and priorities. *Skilled Communicator * Appreciation for the unique needs of all providers and families. Qualifications ● BA/BS in early childhood or infant/toddler studies (required) ● Experience teaching children under six (required) ● Experience working in family childcare and/or with infants and toddlers (preferred)

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  • Family Child Care Network Education Director
    Family Child Care Network Education Director
    2 days ago
    Full-time
    West Bronx, The Bronx

    [Network Name] and Department of Education (DOE) view family child care as a respected and valued profession within the early care and education system in New York City. We seek to support and enhance the existing strengths of family child care as birth-4 programs that promote continuous and responsive relationships, strengthen early learning skills, build resilience, and lay the foundation for all future learning. The primary role of the Education Director is to oversee all of the Network educational services for families and affiliated providers. Responsibilities: ● Oversee all educational services in affiliated Family Child Care (FCC) settings to ensure compliance with Department of Education and the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). ● Supervise the work of all FCCN education staff (e.g. Educational Specialist and Family Worker). ● Develop, adapt, and provide guidance to affiliated providers on the implementation of an evidence-based curriculum for mixed-age group settings that meets the individual needs of all children. ● Create, review, and adapt appropriate curriculum supports that foster hands-on developmentally appropriate and relationship-based interactions with all children by affiliated providers. ● Provide strength-based coaching visits to all affiliated providers to ensure adherence to curriculum guidelines and implementation. ● Ensure that all affiliated provider home visits are documented in a timely manner and are aligned with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ). ● Ensure education staff have the knowledge and skills to assist affiliated providers in entering child assessment data in a timely manner and support its use for curriculum and lesson planning. ● Coordinate and implement all required professional learning days throughout the year in partnership with the Department of Education for all affiliated providers and education staff. ● Participate in Network staff professional learning sessions delivered by the Department of Education. ● Support all providers who are working toward the completion of a CDA certification or other higher early childhood education degree. ● Facilitate twice monthly Network staff meetings to connect about individual providers, families, and coordinate all services. ● Provide consistent and timely reflective supervision to education staff to ensure their ability to engage affiliated providers in practice-based coaching using a strength-based approach. ● Oversee and ensure the timely documentation of all coaching sessions. ● Support the FCC Network Director in all recruitment, enrollment, payment, and other administrative tasks in support of all affiliated providers. ● Maintain relationships with community partners who provide mental health, special needs, and other support services for all affiliated providers and families. ● Other special projects as they arise. Skills: ● Willingness to travel within FCC Network catchment area. ● Time management skills are essential. ● Ability to multitask ● Must be a team player ● Appreciation for the unique needs of the family child care community. Qualifications: ● MSED in Early Childhood Education (required) ● Teacher certification in the early childhood or childhood grades (required) ● Experience working in family child care and/or with infants and toddlers (preferred)

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  • Lead Teacher
    Lead Teacher
    2 days ago
    Full-time
    West Bronx, The Bronx

    Primary Purpose Provide a safe and nurturing environment for children that encourage their social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. Design and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum according to guidelines established by MARC Academy. Review important decisions with his/her supervisor, and maintain positive relationships with families, children, and colleagues. Functions/Responsibilities  Interact frequently, affectionately, and respectfully by smiling, touching, and holding children.Speak in a friendly, calm, soft, courteous manner within close proximity of the child.  Respect and observe children's interests. Intervene when needed to maintain safety. Enhance children's play with language, toys and activities.  Communicate directly with each child at the child's level.  Be available and responsive to children's needs, questions, and requests.  Encourage and model social behavior and expectations which are developmentally appropriate.  Acknowledge feelings with sensitivity and demonstrate appropriate expression of emotions.  Practice positive discipline techniques in guiding children's behavior accordingly.  Be attentive, flexible and supportive of children and their families during transitions to and from classrooms. Curriculum  Implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum which reflects observations and assessments of individual children.  Design an environment which responds to children's individual developmental levels, physical and emotional needs and current interests by consulting appropriate ECE guidelines.  Provide a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities which foster social skills and encourage children to think, problem solve, question, and experiment.  Plan and implement child-oriented, self-initiated activities while limiting large group, staff-initiated activities.  Provide more than one option for group activity and maintain flexibility in changing planned activities, according to children's interests.  Create documentation of children's accomplishments through anecdotal notes, documentation panels and/or portfolios. Family Communication  Respond to family comments and concerns with sensitivity, interest, and respect. Maintain confidentiality.  Communicate verbally and in writing with families daily regarding the development and specific activities of the children in their primary care.  Plan and facilitate in regular family conferences to discuss orientation, transitions, and developmental goals for their child based on appropriate assessment tools.  Share resources with families through discussions, articles, family boards, newsletters, and community contacts. Physical Environment, Health, Safety and Nutrition  Maintain and follow all safety and health rules of the location  Always supervise children. Demonstrate awareness of entire group  Know the number of children in your group and maintain accurate attendance records throughout the day.  Complete appropriate paperwork (i.e., accidents, medication etc)  Organize a variety of materials on low, open shelves for children to use independently. Qualifications: NYS Teaching Certification (Birth -2 nd ), Masters or Bachelors in Degree Early Childhood Masters/Bachelor’s Degree in ECE or related field and must agree to study plan as required by DOH&DOE.

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  • Teaching Assistant
    Teaching Assistant
    2 days ago
    Full-time
    West Bronx, The Bronx

    The Teacher Assistant is responsible for assisting the Teacher with providing children ages 3 to 5 years old with a learning environment and experiences which will helps them develop socially, physically, and emotionally in a manner appropriate to their age and stage of development. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Supports the implementation of the agency’s school readiness goals and CLASS., • Ensures proper care and supervision of children at all times, the practice of head counts,classroom arrangement, general safety rules,monitoring equipment and working knowledge of wclassroom management., • Assists Teacher with teaching responsibilities and other classroom responsibilities, as assigned, • Ensures child-adult ratio is met at all times, • Prepares snacks and meals for children, as needed., • Cleans and sanitizes all areas of the classroom, including food preparation and eating areas, • Helps children practice good hygiene, including personal cleanliness and diapering, as needed, • Provides input in planning lessons and activities for children, • Assists in gathering classroom observations and other documentation for developmental assessments of children., • Assist with child observation, individualization, lesson plans, attendance, lunch count, parent participation, in-kind contributions, and others as directed, using proper spelling and accurate calculations., • Assists in organizing and maintaining instructional and classroom supplies, • Sets up classrooms for various purposes., • Maintains an organized and developmentally appropriate classroom environment, • Collects documents from parents during drop-off/pick-up time, • Assist parents to organize and implement parent activities; encourage, facilitate, and support parental involvement in all aspects of the Head Start Program., • Provides appropriate customer service to parents, children, and community representatives/members,, • Ability to attend in-service trainings, home visits, parent conferences, etc., • Must have exceptional organizational and time management skills, • Implements agency policies and procedures, • Cooperates with Site Director/CDS and other Service Area Coordinators in planning, supervision and implementation of overall program., • Substitute as needed and when appropriate as instructed by Site Director., • Other duties as assigned within the scope of the position to maintain a quality program Professional and Ethical Standards, • Maintain confidentiality in accordance with Agency policy and legal requirements., • Be honest, reliable and dependable., • Respect and maintain rights and privacy of all staff, parents, and children., • Attend mandated trainings and meetings, and seek out staff development opportunities., • Work as a team member with all staff and maintain a positive work ethic., • Act conscientiously in performing routine duties Qualifications/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • Ability to effectively communicate with community members and groups, managers, regulatory agencies, and families both individually and in group settings., • Ability to work as a positive team member., • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations, • Knowledge of various software programs such as MS Word, Excel, Power-Point, Publisher and ChildPlus. Education/Certifications: BA/BS/AAS/CDA preferred. Strong written and oral communication skills. Displays effective time management and multi-tasking skills. Self-motivated, energetic, team player. “MARC Academy and Family Center is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status”

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