Director of the Nursery School

Description

Nursery School Director

FLSA Classification

Exempt, Full-Time

Reports to

VP for Finance

Date

03/19/2025

Job Description 

Summary/objective

The Nursery School Director oversees the day-to-day operations of the Nursery School, ensuring a high-quality program for preschool children. This position is perfectly suited to someone who has a passion for early childhood education and who is eager to serve in a leadership capacity.

Essential functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Oversees the hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of staff and work study students
• Provides support for teachers and assists with professional development plans
• Encourages and provides opportunities for team building and staff collaboration
• Ensures guidelines for ratios of staff to children are met, filling in for teachers or assistants when there is no substitute available
• Oversees curriculum and evaluation procedures
• Promotes the nursery school in a positive manner, giving informative tours to prospective families and others who visit
• Handles parental concerns and communications including any policy changes, happenings, injuries, or other incidents that occur
• Conducts periodic family surveys of program effectiveness
• Manages enrollment, tuition payments, and billing
• Ensures that the organization is in full compliance with all licensing and safety regulations, maintaining status as a fully licensed child care facility by the Virginia Department of Education
• Develops and manages the annual budget
• Develops, reviews and revises policies related to admission, program and daily operation of the nursery school.
• Implements strategies to recruit and maintain enrollment
• Supervises application and admission policies and procedures.
• Develops the school year calendar
• Communicates program and budget needs to VP of Finance.
• Works with the various college officials to determine long-range needs and roles of the program
• Works with faculty to provide quality educational experiences for college students
• Maintains all child and staff records
• Provides community outreach, becoming involved in relevant organizations and educational programs
• Acts as a liaison with community preschool programs by attending meetings

Supervisory responsibilities

Lead Teachers, Assistant Teachers, College Workers

Work environment

Preschool-age children learn best in environments where they can have secure relationships with caring and responsive adults and where they feel free to explore and learn. Our play-based program strives to create such an environment by keeping class sizes small, providing excellent staffing, and by creating a safe and happy place to learn.

Physical demands

Lifting, standing, sitting on the floor, walking and bending.  

Travel required

 None

Required education and experience

[Indicate requirements that are job-related and consistent with business necessity]

• An endorsement or bachelor’s degree in a child-related field such as elementary education, nursing or recreation from a college or university, and one year of programmatic experience.   

Preferred education and experience

[Indicate requirements that are job-related and consistent with business necessity]

•  A graduate degree in a child-related field such as elementary education, nursing, or recreation from a college or university and six months to one year of programmatic experience.

Additional eligibility requirements

All staff must pass both a Criminal and Central Registry background check, and provide references.

Work authorization/security clearance requirements

Must be authorized to work in the United States. Pre-employment criminal and credit background checks.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

Randolph College is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, political beliefs, or any other classification protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, promotion, termination, placement, transfer, layoff, recall, compensation, and training.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications