Assistant Director

Director Position at Kiddie Academy

Kiddie Academy has an exciting leadership opportunity for an energetic, organized and inspiring educator to join us as our Director. This position allows you to mesh your experience in early childhood education and small business management with your communications and creative skills to guide a passionate team of child care professionals who make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families in our community every day. This could be the job for you.

Responsibilities include:

• Creates an exceptional parent/child experience using operational tools, excellent communication skills and personal leadership. Anticipates their needs and considers the impact of all decisions and actions. Ensures management is available to greet parents during peak hours (6:30-9:00 AM and 3:00 -6:00 PM).
• Assumes responsibility for academy management in the director’s absence.
• Prepare and maintain weekly schedule. Make adjustment on schedule as needed on daily basis. When extra staff, send them home or utilize for lesson planning. Be sure to document schedule changes in schedule change document.
• Maintain student files, forms. Reach out to the parents for updating the expiring forms.
• Promptly attempts and handles Accident and incident reports.
• Response to parent emails as needed.
• Takes an active role in planning and participating in academy activities and events which occurs off work hours including weekend.
• Accepts temporary work assignments in the event regularly scheduled staff is absent.
• Assists in daily supervision of classroom ratios and staffing needs.
• Implement music and more program in classrooms and oversee it.
• Oversee Classroom organization, cleanliness, observations. Ensure staff is following daily schedules and playground schedules. Make runs few times a day around the academy and on cameras for observation.
• Assume kitchen duties in absence of Food manager.
• Assists with mentoring teachers to ensure the highest quality of care is being implemented.
• Performs Bus runs, classroom coverage.
• Takes an active role in managing inquiries, conducting tours, managing enrollment, follow ups, and reaching out to potential future customers.
• Assists in recognizing parental concerns, evaluation of the course of action to respond professionally to these parent needs.
• Assists in training staff to plan and implement developmentally appropriate classroom activities.
• All other duties as assigned.

Daily tasks include:

• Work alongside the director to manage the daily schedule and classroom ratios.
• Monitoring classroom materials and teacher needs to incorporate daily lessons.
• Inventory tracking of supplies and Oversee cabinet cleaning.
• Placing Monthly Food orders and supply orders after Owner’s approval.
• Mentor new staff
• Assemble Tour Packets and Welcome Packets for enrolling families (inventory maintenance and restock)
• Assist with maintaining up to date student files and paperwork.
• Project internal transitions with children
• Manage a monthly calendar of daily activities for classrooms per the lesson plan themes.
• Assist with maintaining up to date Evidence of Learning Boards
• Lesson Plan and curriculum assistance with Infants/toddler program

Qualifications include:

• Must have a four year degree in Early Childhood Education or a related area of Child Development
• Must have two years of experience as a Director or Assistant Director in a child care school
• Must meet all requirements stipulated by the state for this position
• Pleasant/friendly demeanor and an outgoing personality
• Highly professional and dependable
• Must be able to interact appropriately with students of all ages and skill levels as well as with parents, coworkers, and management
• Must be able to lift no less than 40 pounds on a consistent basis throughout the workday to at least waist high