Job Description

• Responsible for the mental and physical development of 2-5 year old children enrolled in the facility. Plans, directs, manages and coordinates both academic and extracurricular activities for the center, managing its resources and providing administrative guidance and supervision of its child specialists and early learning educators who use play-to-learn teaching methods

• Plan and develop the school's learning methods with inputs from the faculty and external education officials and consultants to ensure quality program success

• Discussing the children's progress with other teachers and parents

• Developing activities and teaching programs that are culturally appropriate. Adapting the available teaching methods to meet the interest and needs of the children. Promoting early education and literacy

• Recruit, evaluate and hire primary and early education teachers as well as support administrative staff and provide opportunities for career training and advancement

• Other duties as assigned

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.