Early Childhood - Assistant Director

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

The Assistant Director is responsible for assisting the Center Director in ensuring the health, safety, and quality of education for all children within the center's care. Under the direction of the Director of Operations and Center Director, the Assistant Director collaborates with staff to ensure that curriculum and classroom activities are properly delivered, and that the needs of the students and the goals of the center are met appropriately.

Duties

• Assume duties of Center Director and Teachers as needed during their absence.
• Collaborate with staff to ensure adherence to quality standards in accordance with Center guidelines and state and local requirements; implement improvements where needed.
• Maintain communication with families and community through appropriate outreach activities.
• Follow all center policies and state regulations.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Closely supervises the teachers to ensure that quality care and education is administered.
• Monitors students’ progress and provides students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.
• Confers with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students’ behavioral or learning problems.
• Sets educational standards and goals and helps establish policies, procedures and programs to carry them out.
• Plans, directs and monitors instructional methods and content of educational or student activity programs and services.
• Establishes a relationship of mutual trust and good communication with parents.
• Works with families by providing parent meetings, workshops, training opportunities and other parent involvement activities.
• Models appropriate interactions with children individually and in groups.
• Manages and participates in the development of lesson plans and individual goals for each child.
• Coordinates and schedules meal preparation, service and clean-up that complies with all regulations.
• Ensures that records in the classroom such as daily attendance, meal counts, portfolios and education files are maintained.

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Benefits