What are the responsibilities and job description for the Education Manager Early Education position at Comprehensive Community Action?
Description
CCAP Mission Statement - To empower all people and communities, challenged by poverty as well as social and cultural barriers, through advocacy, education, and access to high-quality health and human services.
Job Summary:
The Educational Manager is responsible for all aspects of classroom and educational program requirements. The manager supervises specified teaching staff and provides training for competency and professional staff development. The manager must be knowledgeable of Head Start performance standards, licensing standards, RIDE standards. Their role is to ensure that children are safe while in our care and teaching staff prepares them for Kindergarten.
Work Schedule Demands:
- Full time, full year position with hours ranging from 37.5-40 hours a week.
- Hours will be decided by VP of Child Development.
- Due to the nature of the job, this individual must be flexible with their schedule to accommodate the client population.
- Evenings/weekends as needed.
- May be required to work at any CCAP location.
Requirements
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood, Human Development, or related field.
- Knowledge of HS or ECE standards; preferred.
- 5 year experience in education field
- Bilingual; preferred.
- Must have physical exam upon hire
- Valid driver’s license and proof of liability insurance
- Provide/maintain all required immunizations and/or vaccinations?
- Complete all required background checks?
Key Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Work with leadership team to design a training plan that meets the needs of all staff.
- Evaluate education staff based on their job description, performance, and Individual Professional Development Plan.
- Provide reflective supervision to education staff.
- Assign classroom staffing and child placement in conjunction with leadership.
- Track home visits and conferences to ensure all standards are met.
- Assist in the development of the educational program design based on the community needs assessment.
- Plans and assists ERSEA manager and teams to create and implement family engagement activities.
- Collaborate with the public schools regarding transitioning children to the public school. Oversee transitions from 0-3 to 3-5 classrooms.
- Attend RI HS Education Manager meetings and conduct internal staff meetings.
- Collect, analyze, and aggregate data to support child outcomes and improve program practice.
- Provide a quarterly school readiness report to Policy Council.
- Facilitate family engagement thru education activities to promote school readiness.
- Supervise staff and oversee adherence to all aspects of licensing, HS Performance and State Pre-K Standards. Ensure staff are utilizing active supervision techniques to keep children safe.
- Other job duties as assigned.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION:
Has access to all confidential administrative information within the organization. Will maintain the confidentiality of all materials in accordance with State and Federal law and CCAP policies and procedures.
Physical Effort / Environment:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and to talk to hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands, fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 40 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Potential exposure to blood borne pathogens, respiratory diseases and other infectious diseases, and other biohazardous material requiring universal standard precautions. This position requires the individual to have their own transportation, a current unrestricted license to drive, documented auto insurance and the individual must be willing to work in schools, health offices and the community.
CCAP is dedicated to the goal of building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce committed to caring for patients in a manner that is respectful of cultural difference. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Our Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package includes 403(b), health insurance, vision and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement accounts, tuition reimbursement up to $1,000 annually, Employee Assistance Program, generous vacation, sick and personal days, and 12 paid holidays for all full-time and some benefits are included for part-time employees.
Salary : $66,000 - $70,000
