Education Coordinator

Location: 1220 Gerard Ave., Bronx, New York 10452
Reports to: After-School Program Director, PS/MS 218

About Us

The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) is a community development organization founded on the radically simple idea that all people deserve to live in healthy, vibrant communities. We build award-winning, sustainable, affordable homes – but our work is not over when our buildings are complete. WHEDco believes that to be successful, affordable housing must be anchored in strong communities of which residents can be proud. WHEDco’s mission is to create and bridge access to resources in the South Bronx that support thriving neighborhoods – from high-quality early education and after-school programs, to fresh, healthy food, cultural programming, and economic opportunity. See www.whedco.org for more information.

About the role

The Education Coordinator supports the development, implementation, and ongoing quality of academic programming within WHEDco’s Elementary After-School Program at PS/MS 218. The Education Coordinator oversees ELA, STEM, and homework support programming, ensuring that educational activities are engaging, developmentally appropriate, responsive to the needs and interests of participating youth, and aligned with WHEDco’s commitment to fostering curiosity and a lifelong love of learning. The Education Coordinator directly supervises ELA and STEM Activity Specialists and supports their development as educators through collaborative planning, lesson-plan review, regular observations, coaching, modeling, and professional development. Working closely with program leadership and instructional staff, the Education Coordinator helps guide the academic curriculum and establishes consistent expectations for high-quality, hands-on learning experiences. The Education Coordinator also strengthens homework support by training and coaching Group Leaders and Youth Workers in effective academic-support practices and promotes the integration of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) principles throughout educational programming. In addition to providing academic leadership, the Education Coordinator supports general program supervision and operations, participates in weekly supervisory and program leadership meetings, and contributes to the ongoing professional development of program staff.

Responsibilities

• Guide the academic vision and curriculum for ELA, STEM, and homework support programming, ensuring activities align with program goals, youth needs, and WHEDco’s educational approach.
• Directly supervise ELA and STEM Activity Specialists, including facilitating regular planning meetings, reviewing lesson plans, conducting observations, and providing ongoing coaching, feedback, modeling, and support.
• Support staff in developing engaging, hands-on, and developmentally appropriate lessons that build academic skills while encouraging curiosity, creativity, problem-solving, exploration, and student choice.
• Identify, develop, and share curriculum and instructional resources and facilitate collaborative planning and lesson-planning workshops to strengthen instructional practices and staff capacity.
• Oversee the quality of homework support and coach Group Leaders and Youth Workers on effective strategies that strengthen students’ academic skills while building independence, confidence, and positive learning habits.
• Promote the integration of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) principles and WHEDco’s strength-based, whole-child approach throughout academic programming and staff interactions with youth.
• Develop and facilitate professional development opportunities for program staff in areas such as lesson planning, instructional strategies, youth engagement, classroom management, SEL, homework support, and other identified areas of need.
• Model effective instructional, classroom-management, and youth-development practices and provide hands-on coaching and support to staff based on observations, supervision, program evaluation, and identified areas for improvement.
• Maintain and oversee the program library, mobile book carts, and K–2 Centers Cart, ensuring that books, materials, and activities are organized, accessible, developmentally appropriate, engaging, and regularly refreshed.
• Collaborate with the Program Director and Assistant Director to support the overall quality and consistency of academic and enrichment programming and participate in weekly supervisory and program leadership meetings.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with school administrators, teachers, and other school-based partners to support alignment between after-school academic programming and the needs of participating students.
• Assist with general program supervision, student engagement, behavior management, transitions, special events, and other program activities as needed.
• Support program assessment, documentation, reporting, and evaluation, using observations and available program data to identify opportunities to strengthen program implementation and staff practice.
• Fulfill the responsibilities and expectations associated with the DYCD Content Specialist designation, including supporting program quality through content oversight, observation, coaching, professional development, lesson-planning support, and collaboration with program leadership.
• Perform other related duties and assignments as directed by the Program Director or other appropriate supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field required; Master’s degree or current enrollment in a graduate Education program a plus.
• Minimum of three years of teaching, classroom, or related educational experience.
• Experience supervising, coaching, mentoring, or providing instructional leadership or support to educators or youth-development staff.
• Experience developing and delivering engaging, developmentally appropriate lesson plans and experiential learning activities in formal or informal educational settings.
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective instructional practices, youth development, and strategies for supporting the academic and social-emotional development of children.
• Strong organizational, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback, coach staff, and support the ongoing development of instructional practice.
• Creative, flexible, and able to adapt to the changing needs and priorities of an after-school program environment.
• Experience working with children and families in low-income and/or historically underserved communities preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.