Child Care Assistant Director

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting the Program Director with oversight of the overall program and quality improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
• Mentoring, coaching and support to team members and guide professional development activities.
• Responsibilities include ensuring a developmentally appropriate curriculum that provides a safe, nurturing, and enriching environment while maintaining compliance with any and all applicable standards and mentoring staff on classroom implementation. (EEC, NAEYC, QRIS, CPPI)
• Works collaboratively with Program Administrators and Education and Training Coordinators to engage teaching staff in the implementation of the program’s mission, vision and educational goals.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships and regular communication with families; facilitates or directly provides mediation and resolution to parent-program conflicts which arise.
• Maintain ratios, conduct daily attendance, maintain a daily break schedule.
• Maintain the food program, daily counts and submission of billing.
• Administer and document medications.
• Promote a culture of professionalism in communicating with program staff and families.
• Ensure that the learning environment is conducive to learning through monitoring, maintaining and improving indoor and outdoor learning environments.
• Works with Education and Training Coordinators to develop individual professional development plans with targeted goals to enhance performance and promote commitment to the field.
• Conduct bi-monthly observations as required by EEC.
• Review ITERS/ECERS/SACERS within the program as needed.
• Works with Program Administration and Education and Training Coordinators in implementing a cohesive, program wide approach to promoting social and emotional development, preventing challenging behavior and addressing challenging behavior that does occur.
• Assist Program Director with NAEYC reaccreditation process.
• Assist Program Director in EEC licensing process.
• Participate in the implementation of Family Engagement Events.
• Conduct staff team meetings one time a month.
• Meet with the Education and Training Coordinator regularly for review of observations.
• Substitute in classrooms as needed.
• In the absence of the Program Director, assume full responsibility of the program.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Must meet EEC requirements for Lead Teacher, Director preferred. Associates or Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Must also have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a child care setting.
• Extensive MS Office experience (Word, Excel, Team, PPT)
• Have a passion for children, their development and well-being, and the early childhood education profession.
• Must be warm and have a friendly personality, be sensitive to the feelings and needs of others, and be able to relate well to children and co-workers.
• Have the ability to supervise and manage multiple staff members.
• Maintain 20 hours of professional development annually.
• Must be willing to fulfill his/her responsibilities in accordance with the center’s educational philosophy, goals, and mission.