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Job Description
Under the direction of the Head Start and Early Head Start Education Director, has responsibility for the daily oversight of center operations, including assurance of compliance with Head Start Performance standards, EEC Licensing regulations and standards established to ensure a high-quality program. This position also has an oversight of facility health and safety standards and works with facility staff to ensure compliance.
Qualifications
At least one year’s experience in one of the following areas:
- Early childhood education, child health, mental health, or fields of disabilities services
- At least one-year experience as a preschool or infant/toddler teacher or supervisor.
- Two years’ related experience preferred as a coordinator or supervisor of childcare programs.
- Two years’ demonstrated experience in budget management, staff supervision, and training and program development.
- Prefer experience with Head Start.
- Experience with connecting to community resources and parent involvement in early ed programs.
- Experience with early education licensing standards as well as standards of other regulatory bodies preferred.
- Experience with Developmentally Appropriate Practice, cultural diversity, and inclusion.
- Experience working in Bilingual settings (Spanish/English) preferred.
Essential Functions
- Recruit, hire, train, support, schedule, supervise, evaluate & develop, staff, complying with applicable laws and regulations.
- Ensure all documentation is forwarded to EHS/HS Education Director and/or human resources.
- Ensure teaching staff progress towards educational requirements as mandated by the Head Start Performance Standards.
- Arrange and facilitate regular meetings with staff and provide mandated training and updates to policies and procedures.
- Monitor, report, and provide feedback for all employee-related accidents.
- Monitor, evaluate and provide training of classroom volunteers.
- Ensure program compliance with codes of all state and local licensing agencies and grant requirements.
- Attend case management meetings, consultations, and staff meetings as necessary.
- Observe children and provide suggestions for behavior management and education programming to meet the individual needs of all children.
- Monitor home visiting component.
- Monitor and manage center inventory, financial operations, annual budgets. Assist with budget development.
- Arrange for services in all functional areas, utilizing internal and external resources to provide medical, social, mental health, educational, and special services as deemed appropriate, as well as facility maintenance.
- Monitor and manage the maintenance and safety of facilities and availability of supplies. Request facility maintenance/repairs in a timely fashion and communicate critical needs immediately.
- Identify & assure remediation of any federal, state, local non-compliances or risk management health & safety concerns found in Ongoing Monitoring and self-assessment and incorporates recommendations into planning for the improvement of the program.
Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies
At the Y, strengthening community is our cause. Every day, we work side by side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income, or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. · Our drive: We enthusiastically give our hearts, minds, and efforts to advance our cause. We are determined, nurturing, genuine, hopeful, and welcoming. We attract and engage others to further our cause, even in challenging circumstances. · Our leadership: We encourage and equip people to contribute their talents to move communities forward together. We support people to: to advocate for their community to motivate and develop all community members to do their best or succeed in their community-building efforts to constantly strive to be better leaders.
Required Certifications
- EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CERTIFICATION: INFANT TODDLER/LEAD TEACHER
- CERTIFIED DIRECTOR 1 & 2
- CPR & FIRST AID