Education Specialist

The Educational Specialist is responsible for providing academic support services to youth in the New York Foundling family foster care (FFC) program and reports to the Educational Program Manager who in turn reports to the Education Department Assistant Vice President. The Educational Specialist meets with youth and collaborates with other stakeholders including foster parents, birth parents, school staff and agency staff to ensure that students are receiving all of the supports needed to reach their full academic potential. Educational Specialists manage a caseload of students that require direct and intensive intervention while also providing consultation to case planning teams for indirect intervention so that all FFC students within the assigned region receive educational...