Careers Job Description
General Description
The Child Development Center is a campus based program serving children of undergraduate and graduate students, staff/faculty and academic departments in need of practical experience opportunities for their students. Children between the ages of 30 months and 10 years of age are served through a licensed early childhood and after school program. The Center operates 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM, M-Th and Frdiays 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM during the Spring and Summer semesters and M-Th 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM during the summer.
The Acting Master Teacher / Educational Director will be responsible for leading the teaching staff, articulating good early childhood practices, providing a model classroom for students and general supervision/management of the educational program. This position reports to the Executive Director.
Other Duties
- Planning and supervising all children’s programs, including the design and implementation of curriculum in accordance with the Centers policies and good early childhood practice.
- Preparing a warm and safe learning environment that is orderly, clean, safe ad appealing to children and parents.
- Supervision of group teachers as well as other classroom staff pertaining to training, evaluation, coordination of weekly planning meetings and providing opportunities for all team members to participate in planning and implementing curriculum.
- Collaborating with the Office Manager to determine classroom assignments of individual children.
- Observing and assessing each child’s level of development in conjunction with all other classroom staff, including regular parent-teacher meetings.
- Overseeing the development and use of all classroom records, including daily child attendance forms.
- Consulting with the Office Manager on issues pertaining to scheduling, tuition, policies and procedures for staff, children and parents.
- Following all Center emergency and accident procedures as well as assisting all classroom staff with same.
- Intervening as needed to address disagreements between staff as well as staff and parents
- The design and implementation of regular parent training and / or support groups
- Assuming an equal share of the classroom housekeeping responsibilities
- Participating in public relations/fund raising events sponsored by the Center
- Attending staff meetings and participating in mandatory NYC DOH trainings
Qualifications
- Maintaining a professional attitude via utilizing Center policies and generally accepted good early childhood practice in relating to staff, parents, children and students at Queens College
- Coordinating students performing field work/student teaching in the Center, including interviewing/selecting/scheduling students and acting as a contact on behalf of the CDC with students’ instructor/advisor.
- Interviewing/selecting/scheduling work-study students in conjunction with the Executive Director
- Serving as a resource to the classroom staff
- Serving as a head teacher for the 3–5-year-old group
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Child Development Center
Full Time
$55,508.00 - $71,662.00
Mar 01, 2024 (Or Until Filled)