Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: Mary Holland Campus (Headquarters) - Omaha, NE 68132Title: A.W. Clark Site Director - Early Childhood Education
Salary: $70,000+ (Determined on Education Level and Experience)
Job Purpose:
Provide oversight for the day-to-day operations of an Early Childhood Education program. Monitor quality of programming, engage in quality improvement activities, and participate in program development.
Essential Job Duties:
•    Provide oversight to assigned Early Childhood Education program by ensuring compliance with licensing, Council on Accreditation, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Title XX, and Nebraska Department of Education requirements.
•    Provide first and second level supervision to Center staff, including: hiring, orientation, and performance management in accordance with CSI policies and procedures.
In addition, supervision includes:
o    Monthly in-office supervision of staff that addresses the primary challenges experienced by the staff in collaborating with each client.
o    Monthly meetings with staff groups, informing them of common issues and facilitating joint discussion and problem-solving.
o    Careful monitoring of the work of the Early Childhood Education Senior Specialists, including monitoring of coaching activities.
o    Annual performance reviews for assigned staff and 90-day reviews for new staff.
o    Working with the Director of Early Childhood Education to improve retention of staff.
o    Following hiring procedures to fill staff vacancies; and
o    Following agency procedures for disciplinary action.
•    Provide oversight and training of personnel and volunteers. Conduct program orientation for new hires. Plan, schedule, and monitor ongoing staff development.
•    Meet individually with parents who have concerns or complaints, representing the Early Childhood Education division and the agency and problem-solving with parents regarding the care of their children.
•    Complete tours and orientations and facilitate group parent meetings.
•    Complete staff schedule and ensures teacher/child ratio is maintained.
•    Assist Director of Early Childhood Education in development and implementation of programs and projects. Provide Director of Early Childhood Education with input for program direction.
•    Maintain fiscal accountability for assigned Center by assisting in the development of the annual budget and monitoring adherence to the budget. Supervise the program components of billing and collection.
•    Oversee food and dietary program, including menu planning, consultation with dietician, completion of program records, purchasing of food items. Completes monthly supply inventory.
•    Monitor facility and notify maintenance of maintenance needs.
•    Complete required duties for contracted partners.
•    Input program data and forward to CQI coordinator.
•    Schedule and ensure timely completion of employee physicals, personnel file documentation, etc.
•    Oversee maintenance of Early Childhood Education records and files. Maintain confidentiality as appropriate to information.
•    Purchase program supplies.
Other Duties:
•    Complete other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
•    Complete training necessary to perform position and necessary for professional growth.
•    Facilitate a team atmosphere by working in partnership with other agency staff and promote a positive working environment; and,
•    Represent the agency and programs in a positive manner to clients, community organizations and the public, in general
•    Attend agency team meetings and committee meetings as assigned.
QualificationsJob Requirements:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood or equivalent.
•    4+ years childcare experience.
•    2+ years supervisory experience.
•    Ability to respond and be sensitive to cultural differences in the agency’s client population.
•    Ability to interact with clients with sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics in the service population.
•    Strong direct service professional skills, including:
o    Commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.
o    Belief in a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a person and that people have the capacity to grow and change.
o    Ability to develop respectful relationship with persons served to help them gain skills and confidence.
o    Ability to collaborate with coworkers and other professionals, and service providers; and,
o    Ability to maintain a helping role, intervene appropriately to meet service goals, and set appropriate limits.
•    Knowledge of the following:
o    Developmental stages.
o    Effective childcare discipline management.
o    Appropriate parent and child communication.
o    Effective classroom environments specific to ages/stages.
o    Standards for high quality care, and licensing and accreditation requirements; and,
o    Basic First Aid and CPR or abilities to attain certificates in those areas.
•    Skills in the following areas:
o    Patience
o    Nurturing
o    Flexibility
o    Ability to communicate
o    Leadership, and
o    Multi-task/strong organizational skills.
•    Communication/Language
o    Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation, safety, and program manuals.
o    Ability to write daily reports and lesson plans.
o    Ability to speak effectively with parents and other employees of the agency; and,
o    Ability to establish effective relationships with children, parents, and co-workers.
•    Mathematical Skills
o    Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
•    Reasoning Ability
o    Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; and,
o    Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral and schedule form.
Vehicle Requirements:
•    Own transportation that meets agency vehicle inspection requirements.
•    Valid driver’s license with no more than 6 points.
•    Proof of insurance.
Environment
•    While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather condition. The noise level in the center is usually noisy due to the number of children
Physical Requirements:
•    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
•    The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
•    Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
•    Position often involves running after children, reaching, bending, stooping, etc.
Child Saving Institute (CSI) is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals and takes steps to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.