Job Title: Daycare Director

Company: CEI Preschool

Growing Spanish Immersion Daycare is in need of a Director. The ideal candidate will have experience in Daycares, preferably as a teacher/caregiver as well as Director of a Daycare. Additionally, the ideal candidate will need to be fully bilingual (English / Spanish) as well as have good administrative skills.

Minimum requirements:

- Meet all DFPS requirements for Daycare Director
- Bilingual (English / Spanish), including good writing skills in both languages
- Good people skills (customer service as well as working with employees)
- Minimum 2 years experience as Daycare Director (we will also consider someone who has 5 years experience as an Assistant Director.
- Good problem-solving, administrative, and organizational skills.
- An attitude of willingness to learn and grow
- A sense of fun!

Additional preferred skills

- At least 5 years of experience as a teacher/caregiver (in a Spanish immersion or bilingual setting is strongly preferred)
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
- Familiar with the use of technology within classrooms and daycare settings

Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

Director is a key member of an administrative team that works together to support the mission and values of the daycare and is responsible for the operation and administration of the school. A Child Care Director, or Daycare Director, is responsible for overseeing a daycare facility to ensure that children have a safe and fun environment to learn and socialize with others. Their duties include hiring qualified childcare staff, setting budgets for toys and supplies, and proactively communicating with parents to accommodate their child’s needs. The CEI Preschool Spanish Immersion School is committed to sustaining a high-quality childcare program that values partnerships between families and staff. The Director creates an open and honest working environment that inspires professionalism and rewards creative, innovative teaching.

• Respond promptly and appropriately to parent concerns, involving teachers, administrators, families, or external support personnel as needed.
• Work in coordination with the other administrative staff to hire, train, mentor, and supervise all school classroom early learning program staff. This specifically includes:

- Recruiting and interviewing prospective employees.

- Providing orientation for new staff members.

- Ensuring efficient scheduling to maintain required staff: child ratios.- Provide ongoing mentoring and coaching to school classroom staff through spending time in classrooms to introduce and support new ideas, strategies, etc.

- Work with school classroom staff in moving along the continuum of implementing appropriate aspects of Creative Curriculum inspiration, Emergent Curriculum, and extended projects

.- Work with school classroom staff on understanding and implementing documentation as part of their curricular work.

- Work with school classroom staff on learning about and implementing increased technology for communication.

- Work with classroom staff to have an understanding of progressive early childhood education and to continually learn and grow in adapting the ideas of progressive education at CEI.

- Scheduling and documenting regular staff meetings.- Conducting written performance reviews and performance review conversations of all school classroom teachers at least annually.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Early Childhood Education: 3 years (Required)
• Daycare Director: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Required)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)
• Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person