Center Director

Salary: BS $29.00/hour

MA $31.00/hour

FLSA Status : This is an Exempt position.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
This position works 240 days per year, 8 hours per day. Schedules may vary due to work assignments and projects.

Department: Early Learning

Location: Avondale Head Start Center, Cedar Hill Head Start Center, or Daisy Head Start Center

May be assigned or reassigned to any division within the department.

SUMMARY:
Chattanooga Head Start is a grant-funded program, and is subject to reapplication every 5 years.

The Center Director is responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of the assigned center and the supervision of the Education Staff, Center Clerk, and Volunteers. In addition to ensuring a developmentally appropriate curriculum for children in assigned classrooms, the Center Director is responsible for observing, monitoring, supporting, and training teaching staff in these duties and responsibilities. An important function of this position is to develop positive and productive relationships with enrolled families. The Center Supervisor will ensure that documentation on children and families is submitted and maintained in a timely manner.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Provides daily leadership and supervision of center staff; acts as a liaison between components; conducts center meetings and provides information, solves problems; and plans and evaluates the center activities to ensure smooth operations.

Monitors each classroom to ensure a safe, healthy and cognitively oriented environment. Monitors all Health procedures and Active Supervision and Transition procedures.

Monitors and supports all Disability and Mental Health Services to ensure comprehensive care is provided to children with special needs.

Monitors, observes and provides feedback to classroom staff to ensure appropriate implementation of the curriculum to support the development of individual children, socially, emotionally, intellectually and physically. Monitors lesson planning and individualization of children development through the on-going assessment instrument.

Supervises education staff, center clerk and volunteers, conducts orientation and training of staff and parents, and completes performance appraisal on assigned personnel.

Prepares and maintains records and reports, exercises administrative direction over the record keeping and reporting for the center's operations.

Demonstrates work habits which comply with agency personnel policies and procedures,completes special assignments from immediate supervisor or Head Start/EHS Director.

Supervises children as a fill-in for educators to prevent classroom closure and/or undue hardship on center.

Must accomplish the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, in a timely manner.

Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field required.
Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field preferred.
Any combination of equivalent experience and education to perform the essential functions of the position will be considered.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCES:

Early Childhood classroom experience
Head Start/Early Head Start Experience
Experience training adult learners

LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS: None.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Knowledge of Early Childhood Development; Early Childhood Best Practices; Appropriate Early Childhood Environments; Head Start Performance Standards; State of Tennessee Child Care Licensing Requirements; developing and maintaining a cohesive team; supervision and coordination of staff efforts to achieve goals and objectives; successfully working with culturally diverse staff and clients

Ability to present a positive image of the organization to members of the community; effectively train and instruct center staff in necessary elements such as, curriculum, lesson planning, adult/child interaction developmentally appropriate practices; plan, organize, and implement position requirements; solve problems with tact, good judgment and in a respectful manner

Skilled in effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; proficient use of computer applications, including word processing, data-entry into web-based software applications, and email communication

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Positions in this class typically require: walking, standing, reaching, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
MEDIUM WORK - exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Safety Sensitive: N
Department of Transportation - CDL: N
Child Sensitive: Y

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

All employees must maintain Tennessee residency from the date of hire.

This position requires a pre-employment background check, physical, drug screen, and TB screening questionnaire and/or test depending on results of TB screening questionnaire.

The City of Chattanooga, Tennessee is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer .

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