Director of Early Childhood Accreditation

FPWA seeks an early childhood professional with strong management experience to direct its early childhood accreditation program and to coordinate the work of Quality New York partners - Bank Street College of Education, Child Care Inc. and FPWA — in a nationally recognized program to improve the quality of early care and education programs in New York City. In addition to managing the accreditation facilitation work of FPWA staff, the Director coordinates the work of the QNY partners with regard to development of fundraising proposals and reports, production of the QNY newsletter and other outreach mechanisms; serves as primary liaison with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the national accrediting body. With the QNY partners, the Director represents the project in the early childhood education community and provides vision and planning for the project.

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in Early Childhood Education, Administrative/Leadership credential
  
• At least five years of employment history in a leadership role with an Early Childhood Education not-for-profit organization or an educational institution
  
• Familiarity with the current NAEYC Accreditation system; ability to train others in the Standards and Criteria for Early Childhood Programs
  
• Good knowledge of Early Childhood policy and administrative issues in New York City
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills; excellent writer and public speaker, experienced fundraiser and grant writer and reporter.
  
• High degree of independence, integrity, flexibility, initiative and commitment
  
• Computer literate in all Microsoft Office programs