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About the Role

The Education Director provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Youth Department’s educational, instructional, and youth support initiatives. This senior role ensures programming, staff development, and services are high-quality and responsive to youth and families.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of the department’s educational vision and instructional strategy.
• Ensure curriculum alignment with YWCA theory of change, DYCD COMPASS/SONYC models, and school day priorities.
• Ensure SONYC programs deliver required structured programming and content-area minimums.
• Oversee creation of lesson plans, pacing guides, assessment rubrics, and curriculum showcases.
• Monitor program quality through observations, PMT indicators, data review, and continuous improvement cycles.
• Monitor fidelity to required content areas and ensure youth voice/choice in program design.
• Develop and manage department-wide professional development and training frameworks.
• Supervise and coach Content and Activity Specialists through observations, modeled instruction, and coaching cycles.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, leadership development, and succession planning.
• Oversee youth support systems and ensure strong integration between educational programming and social-emotional services.
• Ensure trauma-informed, youth-centered practices and accommodations for students with IEPs/504s/IAPs.
• Collaborate with Development to identify and pursue youth-focused grants and funding opportunities.
• Build and maintain partnerships with schools, community organizations, higher education institutions, and content providers.
• Manage subcontract, partnership / community partnership agreements.
• Ensure programs meet DYCD COMPASS/SONYC and SACC licensing requirements.
• Oversee data systems, track KPIs, and produce program evaluations and reports.
• Support budgeting, resource allocation, vendor management, and logistics for curriculum materials.
• Design family engagement strategies and lead community outreach initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of instructional leadership, curriculum development, or program management experience.
• Experience in DYCD/SONYC or COMPASS programs strongly preferred.
• Proven experience supervising instructional staff.
• Strong data literacy and experience using data to drive program improvement.
• Excellent communication, partnership building, and grant-writing support skills.
• Ability to travel across program sites.
• Experience working in school settings and collaborating with NYC DOE/NYCPS staff and community providers.
• Commitment to anti-oppressive, ADEI practices and culturally responsive care.
• Experience with DYCD COMPASS/SONYC frameworks and NYCPS partnership processes preferred.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred.
• Maintain throughout employment clearances through DCJS Sex Offender Registry (SOR) check, DOHMH, NYS Central Register (SCR) clearance, NYS Staff Exclusion List (SEL), Criminal History Review.

Skills

• Instructional leadership
• Curriculum development
• Program management
• Staff supervision
• Data analysis
• Communication
• Partnership building
• Grant writing support
• Trauma-informed practices
• Youth-centered practices
• Culturally responsive care

Location

• Brooklyn
• Queens
• Manhattan

Work Type

• Full-time
• Salary Exempt

Experience Level

• 5+ years of instructional leadership, curriculum development, or program management experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree required
• Master's in Education, Special Education, Youth Development, Curriculum, or related field preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $85K-$95K

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance (fully funded by the YWCA NYC)
• Paid time off
• Voluntary insurance (additional life, life AD&D, dependent life)
• FSA, Transit and employer-funded HRA dollars toward out-of-pocket health costs
• YWCA Retirement Plan (fully funded by YWCA)
• 403(b) Plan

About the Company

• The YWCA of the City of New York (YW-NYC) is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
• We are a social justice organization dedicated to addressing issues that emerge at the intersection of race, class and gender.
• Founded in 1858, the YW-NYC is the first YW in the United States and part of an international movement of YWs worldwide.
• We currently serve 1,500 New York City school children by providing leadership and advocacy training for young women through our high school Girls Initiatives and Out-of-School Time (OST) programs for elementary and middle school students in diverse communities in Manhattan and Brooklyn.