The Bureau of Child Care routinely monitors childcare centers, home-based programs, after-school programs and summer camps to protect the health and safety of children while in the childcare environment. The Bureau seeks to hire Early Childhood Education Consultants to monitor and make recommendations to child care programs throughout New York City to ensure that child care services operate within regulatory compliance.
Duties will include but not be limited to:
Position requires travel throughout the five boroughs using mass transit or a personal vehicle and carry/use mobile inspection equipment weighing approximately 15 pounds
Minimum Qualifications
1. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 12 semester hour graduate credits in early childhood or elementary education and three years of full-time satisfactory experience in one or a combination of the following:
(a) as the director or education director of a licensed school or a licensed program which is devoted largely to pre-school and/or kindergarten groups and which employs at least two licensed teachers of early childhood education; or
(b) as the teacher director of a licensed school or licensed program which is devoted largely to preschool and/or kindergarten groups and which employs at least one other licensed teacher of early childhood education; or
(c) as a consultant in early childhood education who evaluates such programs and/or provides expert advice for such programs; or
(d) as a consultant in early childhood education who evaluates such programs and/or provides expert advice for such programs in a public agency; or
2. A baccalaureate degree in education from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by student teaching in early childhood education (pre-K to 2nd grade) in an acceptable licensed program in a licensed school and a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in education, social work, psychology, or counseling and three years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "1" above.
Special Note: Five years of full-time satisfactory teaching experience as a licensed teacher of early childhood education may be substituted for the three years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in “1” above.
Preferred Skills
Professional Certification in Early Childhood Education; Strong communication, analytic, and observational skills; Ability to deduce potential impacts of conditions or assess risk; Writing skills including the ability to adequately describe observations in detail; Computer skills including the use of mobile computing devices;
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Residency Requirement
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
Vaccine Requirement
All new hires must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been granted a reasonable accommodation for religion or disability. If you are offered city employment, this requirement must be met by your date of hire, unless a reasonable accommodation for exemption is received and approved by the hiring agency.