The Child Care Director is responsible for planning, promoting, staffing, and providing leadership for and evaluating the Child Development Center; providing leadership and support to the teachers, children, and parents at all existing sites; continuing program growth and program quality in the Keystone STARS and Association policy and procedures.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Plan, supervise, and implement the program in accordance with the policies and philosophy of the Y, ensuring the well-being and safety of the children and staff at all times.
- Maintain operation of the program consistent with DPW regulations in preparing for state licensing inspections.
- Maintain Keystone STARS and continue in the STARS Quality Program.
- Coordinate, plan and implement daily/monthly activities for the Child Care Program
- Submit monthly lesson plans, weekly and specialized reports, and supply in a timely manner.
- Supervise all staff assigned to site and arrange coverage to meet required ratios; provide written evaluations quarterly.
- Prepare attendance records and time sheets for each staff person.
- Compile daily enrollment and attendance statistics for each child in the program.
- Organize and update children’s files while protecting the confidentiality of this information.
- Document parent conferences, discipline problems, and staff concerns.
- Interact daily with all children in the program.
- Ensure that proper care is taken of all equipment and that the site location is kept clean and well-ordered.
- Prepare and distribute written communication with the parents (e.g. monthly newsletters) and assist in Y sponsored events.
- Provide branch coordination to all departments to ensure successful communication, special events and program growth.
- Provide staff support to at least one board committee.
- Maintain knowledge of Association policies and procedures, risk management, safety practices and applicable laws.
- Participate as a member of an Association staff team on assigned quality teams.
- Coordinate/train volunteers that work specifically in areas of assignment.
- Actively campaign for the Annual Campaign and work to develop donors and volunteers.
- Lead by example at all times. Interact with a high level of professionalism and accountability.
- Serve as a member of the management team and Director on Duty for the facility.
- Attend staff meetings and trainings as required
- Develop and implement the Department Budget
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education (either Associates or Bachelor’s Degree) as required by NAEYC/YMCA and DPW.
Skills/Experience:
- Ongoing Training: depending on Keystone stars designation; fulfill required number of hours for ongoing trainings as deemed necessary. Each star designation has different number of required hours. (This is in ECE, aside from those listed below in Health and Safety).
- Exhibit strong leadership skills; possess a passion for member service, building and maintaining a culture of member service excellence
Compensation/Benefits:
Salary: $30,300.00 - $38,800.00
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Nov 28 2018
Active Until:
Dec 28 2018
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit