Child Care Program Director

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS

Responsibilities:

• Provide management & leadership to program staff. Ensure program policies and procedures remain up to date with current best practices and compliance with all Federal, State, Local and company requirements. Drive growth with positive, proactive, consistent communication, reporting and conduct, utilizing available staff training tools and incentives, staff and client feedback and data analysis.
• Responsible for the oversight of the overall program and quality improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
• Oversees and manages all elements of center enrollment including tours in liaison with the enrollment office, and ensures the smooth integration of new children into the center.
• Mentoring and coaching 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.
• Promote a culture of professionalism in communicating with program staff and families.
• Maintain payroll, staff schedules and time off requests.
• Maintain and enter ordering of center materials (not classroom based).
• Maintain and enter maintenance requests.
• 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.
• Participate in NAEYC reaccreditation process.
• Participate in EEC licensing process.
• Participate in the implementation of Family Engagement Events.
• Conduct staff team meetings one time a month.
• Meet with Education and Training Coordinator regularly for review of observations.
• Provide feedback to Assistant Director on all aspects of operations on a daily basis.
• Is an active, contributing member of LPC’S Management Team, providing input to Senior Management on policy and other matters affecting LPC. Communicates key messages on decisions made by the Management Team to staff on an ongoing basis.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Must meet EEC requirements for Director. 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.
• Must be willing to fulfill his/her responsibilities in accordance with the center’s educational philosophy, goals, and mission.