Red sun preschool Hiring for Education Director of Childhood Job at Flushing, NY Full Time

Education director:

Every child care program must designate a certified group teacher as the education director, who shall be in charge of staff training, educational and child development programs and shall supervise all teaching staff at each permitted child care program.

(1) Coverage for education director. Except as provided herein, a program’s education director must be on site at all times while the program is caring for one or more children. At any time when the education director is not on the premises to supervise a child care program, the permittee must designate an individual to act as education director. Except as provided in Section 47.15 or 47.17, such individual must be a certified group teacher or a group teacher whose application for certification is fully submitted and pending certification by the NY State Education Department or other accreditation organization, or whose application for certification is fully submitted and pending approval by the Department, provided that the permittee has complied with criminal justice and SCR screening requirements for staff set forth in this Article. In addition, the permittee must notify the Department in writing within 5 business days of the separation from service of the education director. When the education director is separated from service or will be on leave for more than 5 business days, the permittee must notify teaching staff and the Department in writing of the certified teacher who has been designated as education director and make this written communication available to the Department for inspection upon request.

(2) Teaching duties. The education director shall have no teaching duties when the attendance at a child care program is greater than 40 children.

(3) Qualifications. Except as provided by Section 47.15 or 47.17, the education director shall have the following qualifications, documentation of which shall be kept on site and made available to the Department upon request:

(A) A baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or a related field of study approved by the Department and at least two years of documented experience as a group teacher in a program for children under six years of age; and

(B) Valid certification issued by the NY State Education Department, pursuant to 8 NYCRR.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $55,000.00 – $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Full Time Opportunity:

• Yes

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19