What are the responsibilities and job description for the Center Manager - Early Childhood Education / Child Development (Head Start Program) position at Easterseals North Georgia?
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
The Center Manager carries out the blended Early Childhood Development Programs utilizing Head Start
Performance Standards Bright From The Start, and NAEYC guidelines as best practice.
SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Vice President, Early Education and Care, the Center Manager manages the daily
operations of the Easter Seals Child Development Center ensuring that all services are delivered in a
comprehensive, coordinated, cost effective manner. This position ensures the center framework operates at
optimal capacity to promote an environment conducive for families and staff to be actively engaged, and to
ensure that children are ready for school.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (include, but are not limited to):
Behavior Standard 50% of Position
- Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with
Attendance Standard
- Maintains excellent punctuality and attendance
Communications/Public Relations
- Assists in the development of center marketing plans
- Implements center marketing plan
- Leads and facilitates regular meetings with the center staff to review policies, procedures and their
- Participates in monthly center manager, staff, and parent meetings to ensure the coordination of services
- Participates in monthly parent committee meetings assisting in the facilitation of these meetings and
- Greets, tours, and enrolls visitors at the center
- Participates in and supports community activities
- Initiates and maintains collaborative relationships with local area schools and community partners
- Organizes, coordinates and publicizes center special events
- Serves as an advocate for Easter Seals Child Development Centers
- Communicates with parents on a regular basis
- Participates in community partnership meetings
- Contributes to, proofs, and edits and ensures dissemination of monthly program newsletter
MONITORING
- Monitors staff schedules to ensure compliance with mandated ratios
- Monitors program implementation and outcomes via ChildPlus and Teaching Strategies GOLD.
- Conducts regular safety inspections
- Monitors staff time and attendance records, and addresses and documents attendance concerns
- Monitors all center budgets
- Monitors record keeping and reporting for education, childrens health, nutrition, safety, and family
RECORD KEEPING
- Maintains child attendance records
- Writes and compiles all reports
- Maintains all program forms
- Maintains records for Head Start, Pre-k and licensing
- Maintains confidentiality of all sensitive child, family and staff records
- Implements and supervises record keeping and reporting system as it relates to center program policies
- Plans and monitors center budgets to ensure compliance with fiscal policies and procedures
COMPLIANCE
- Develops correction plans for all non-compliance issues
- Works in conjunction with training specialist and education specialist to meet mandated training
- Works with education specialist to ensure that the facilities achieve and maintain Georgia licensure and
- Ensures that center meets all Head Start performance standards, Georgia licensing regulations, Pre-k
- Ensures that center maintains all required licenses and accreditations
- Collects data and compiles reports for the Easter Seals Early Education and Care program
LEARNING AND GROWTH:
- Participates in all mandatory Easter Seals trainings to include pre-service, in-service and other
- Completes the minimum number of training hours required by Bright from the Start, Georgia Pre-K and
CENTER MANAGEMENT:
Financial
- Develops a plan for achieving in-kind contributions at the center level
- Assist in the development of the center budgets
- Completes and approves all center purchase requisitions for supplies and equipment in a timely manner
- Ensures USDA and CACFP policies and procedures are implemented and reports submitted
- Reviews and approves staff attendance records (punch detail)
- Meets budgeted center enrollment
- Completes all required reports within specified timelines
Human Resource Management
- Conducts monthly Protected Time Forums
- Participates in staff selection interviews and make hiring recommendations
- Completes probationary reviews and annual performance appraisals on all center staff
- Addresses and documents inappropriate center staff conduct and recommend disciplinary action, when
- Provides on-going performance based feedback to center staff
- Serves as a role model to all center staff
Physical Requirements
- The ability to stand for sustained periods of time.
- The ability to sit for sustained periods of time.
- The ability to walk for sustained periods of time including responding quickly to safety concerns
- The ability to use hands and fingers to feel, operate a computer, and perform picking, pinching and
- The ability to climb stairs.
- The ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, sit on the floor, or crawl as needed when interacting with small
- The ability to reach, extending arms in any direction.
- The ability to push or pull objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
- The ability to lift and carry a child up to age 5
- The ability to talk in order to accurately exchange information.
- The ability to hear in order to accurately exchange information.
- The ability to see clearly in order to maintain child safety and supervision, use a computer, and for
- The ability to work in both indoor conditions and outdoor conditions.
OTHER DUTIES:
Performs other duties as assigned by management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Center Manager:
Must possess a Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education, or related area and a minimum of four (4)
years experience in the area of Early Childhood Education.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITES:
- Must have knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the assigned functions responsibly.
- Must possess excellent communications skills.
- Must possess training, experience, and knowledge that include theories and principles of child growth
- Must possess the ability to work independently.
- Must possess the knowledge and ability to supervise staff and provide program continuity.
- Must possess knowledge of record management techniques.
- Must possess knowledge of basic budget management.
