Private School Assistant Director

Are you passionate about childhood education and excited to help children grow, learn, and thrive in a fun and rewarding environment? We invite you to join us at Absolute Excellence Preparatory Academy, located near Rock Lake between Tampa Avenue and W Washington St. We're a private Christian school dedicated to nurturing academic success, moral character, and compassion in every student. Our enriching college-prep education spans from Pre-K through 8th grade, seamlessly blending faith with purpose to cultivate future leaders. Since we opened our doors in 2018, we’ve been on a mission to equip our students with the skills, character, and motivation they need to succeed and make a difference both locally and globally.
Your child’s safety and well-being are our highest priorities! We are committed to maintaining a safe, clean, and secure environment, and we keep parents fully informed about our health and safety practices to ensure your peace of mind. If you’re excited about making a positive impact in the lives of young learners, we can't wait to hear from you!

This is a full-time position scheduled Monday – Friday, ideally 7a – 3:30p shifts during centers operational hours. The pay is $19 -21 per hour depending upon experience and qualifications. This position is onsite at our center located: 1815 W. Washington St. Orlando, FL 32805

Why You’ll Love Working for Us:

• Paid holidays in accordance with Centers Calendar
• Continuing Education Assistant: Professional Development Opportunities
• Membership to industry associations
• Health and Dental coming soon

The Assistant Director plays a meaningful role in turning children's goals into reality and helping Absolute Excellence Prep become the best it can be. You'll have the opportunity to utilize your natural interpersonal and sales skills while bringing enthusiastic energy to the staff and facility. The Assistant Director is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and quality of education for all children within the center’s care. The goal of this position is to collaborate 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 while we send our students off to kindergarten feeling academically prepared, socially confident, and personally happy. If you would like to make a difference in young lives, we'd love to hear from you!

What You’ll Do:

• Manage adherence to quality standards in accordance with both center’s vision and state and local requirements
• Lead by example and encourage teaching team success through modeling and coaching
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Maintain a personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement
• Ensure all Center policies and state regulations are met
• Provide Testimony on Christian Values
• Ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
• A strong understanding of child development and appropriate engagement strategies.
• Prepare a weekly report for the Senior Director outlining the details of your contacts, tours, and resulting enrollments
• Collect information, assess applications, handle application documentation, enter data into files, make recommendations, and provide customer service to families as needed
• Assist with administrative duties including budget management, personnel record keeping, childcare management systems, and daily reporting and inspection.

What We Need from You:

• Minimum of 2 -3 years of professional early childhood education preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field of study
• FL DCF 45 Hours, VPK Endorsement required with CDA and Directors Credential Highly preferred
• FL DCF Transcript – Please send transcript to Dbrown@source2.com. You can retrieve the transcript from https://childcaretraining.myflfamilies.com/studentsite/admin/signin
• CPR and First Aid Certification required
• Must clear a full level II DCF background check
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and basic computer skills
• Strong understanding of children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development to ensure a safe and stimulating classroom environment where students are engaged and encouraged to succeed
• Effective in communicating with both students and adults to meet the needs of the children, effectively guide teacher assistants and resolve parental concerns
• Demonstrate empathy and patience in difficult situations while being Cheerful, enthusiastic, and engaging in the workplace

Absolute Excellence Preparatory Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in and seek diversity in our applicants.