Join a Movement with a long history of caring about the development of children.
The Director of Early Learning is the onsite Center Director andis responsible to plan, organize, implement, coordinate the services of the early learning center, including budget, policies, procedures, and staff supervision. Under the supervision of the VP of Child Development, the Director focuses on providing children with meaningful learning experiences through emergent curriculum and extensive enrichment opportunities, with a strong family-centered approach.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Ensures the appropriate application of curriculum in all classrooms.
- Oversees social, academic and emotional development of the students
- Plans, develops, schedules, and provides in-service training and evaluation of child care staff.
- Recruit, retain and engage a highly qualified staff team.
- Ensure that the center and staff conform to federal, state, and local rules, regulations, and licensing requirements.
- Recruits and schedules children for the child care centers; maintains accurate records on children enrolled in the program to include their development, attendance, immunization and general health; conducts program registration, and maintains appropriate files and waiting lists.
- Responsible for ensuring that program operates within budgetary parameters established; if circumstances cause the budget to exceed or create the potential for the budget to be exceeded, plan and implement cost reduction strategies.
- Confer with parents on a regular basis to discuss the development of their enrolled children
- Orders and maintains child care supplies and equipment.
- Prepares and maintains administrative and business reports and records of the child care center; records all fee payments and prepare billing late payments and follow-up actions when necessary; reviews income and expense, statistical, and budget status reports to develop and maintain sound financial status of program; analyzes problems in these areas and makes recommendations to resolve them or take corrective action; prepare billing reports on child care center use.
- Implements contracts with child care funding agencies.
- Assists child care center staff in preparing for and presenting early childhood programs and activities; direct the organization and follow-up of special activities such as off-campus field trips; assist as necessary with duties of instructional assistants.
- Ensures that problems encountered by staff are resolved; alter policies or procedures to ensure smooth operation of program.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or closely related field of study.
Skills/Experience:
- Three or more years of Early Childhood Education experience.
- Ability to direct all operations through volunteer development, supervision of staff, development and monitoring of branch budget, marketing and public relations, and program development.
- Experience in management and development of staff.
- Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
- Proven track record of developing authentic relationships with others.
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborations with community organizations.
- Strong computer skills professional communication.
Compensation/Benefits:
Salary: $45,000.00 - $50,000.00
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Listing Stats
Post Date:
Oct 31 2019
Active Until:
Dec 1 2019
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit