Child Care Director

Job Overview

The Director is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and quality of education for all children within the center’s care. The Director is directly accountable for the overall operational management, and in accordance collaborates with well-established guidelines, including curriculum development, staff and facilities management, legal and budgetary considerations, and long-range planning. The Director ensures that the curriculum and classroom activities are properly delivered and that both the needs of the students and the goals of the center are met appropriately.

Responsibilities

Establishing a quality vision for the center. Managing adherence to quality standards in accordance with the vision and with state and local requirements. Maintaining quality effectiveness measurements

• Developing general educational curriculum; collaborating with staff to develop positive learning activities; managing adherence to state and local regulations
• Maintaining communications with parents of current and prospective students through direct conversation, emails, Brightwheel messages, newsletters, and parent handbooks; implementing community outreach activities to maintain and promote positive community relationships
• Maintaining student records in accordance with established enrollment procedures and guidelines
• Providing input for assessment of children’s development
• Driving the bus
• Supporting classroom teachers to reach professional goals by performing classroom observations, teacher/ director conferences and annual performance reviews
• Collaborating with staff to ensure adherence to quality standards in accordance with center guidelines and state and local requirements; implementing improvements where needed.
• Maintaining staff files to meet DHS and STARS requirements
• Maintaining positive relationships with regulatory agencies; ensuring legal and financial compliance
• Overseeing all office functions including payroll, accounts payable and receivable, tuition billing and payment, human resources, and personnel management (staff supervision), scheduling, and purchasing
• Resolving conflicts (including corrective action when necessary) to ensure a positive experience for everyone
• Managing budget planning and review
• Editing the Emergency Plan on a yearly basis to keep emergency procedures updated and sharing the plan with the required agencies as outlined in the DHS regulations
• Ensuring staff are trained in the Emergency Plan yearly
• Editing the Parent and Staff Handbooks on a yearly basis and ensuring parents and staff are notified of the changes
• Maintaining STARS standards
• Ensuring that DHS guidelines are followed center-wide
• Implementing strategic plan and goals in keeping with mission of program, DHS, and STARS
• Maintaining personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement
• Approving menus and food purchases
• Attending Monthly Childcare Board Meetings o If unable to attend, director must notify board chair and the assistant director will attend in their place
• Attending Yearly Childcare Sunday o If unable to attend, director must notify board chair and have a written summary to be presented at the Childcare Sunday service
• Working with members of the Childcare Board concerning the running of the program

Educational Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university in ECE, child development, special education, elementary education, or the human services field. (See DHS and STARS regulations for full clarification). including 30 credit hours and 3 years’ experience working with children.
• Enroll in a Directors’ Credentialling program within two years of hire

Additional Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience
• 5 years of direct professional experience in a childhood setting
• Clearances (Fingerprinting, background check, child abuse, NSOR)
• Health screening
• Ability to work well with others and foster a team environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills
• A strong understanding of child development
• Strong finance and budgeting skills
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Pediatric CPR and First Aid certification

Physical Requirements

• Requirements include the ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools, or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels. May also be required to kneel, bend, squat, or crawl.
• A specific vision ability is required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pay: $43,000.00 - $46,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Salary : $43,000 - $46,000