Child Care Center Director

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: • Enrolls children into the program. Maintains children's records, making sure all information is up to date. • Responsible for tracking tuition payments and reporting deposits to Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School business office. • Maintains updated staff records • Supervises and evaluates the childcare center staff and high school students working within the program. • Adheres to all EEC regulations, policies, and procedures, including staffing regulations. • Responsible for performing children's evaluations, providing written reports, and offering parent conferences twice a year. • Attends a minimum of 20 hours of staff training/development per school year. • Responsible for promotion of the program through Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School Open House and Career Awareness Night. • Responsible for ordering teaching materials as well as grocery shopping for the childcare center classroom • Encourages adequate parental participation in the form of visits, volunteering in the classroom, and/or conferences. • Maintains adequate communication with parents. • Assures childcare facilities both indoors and outdoors are clean and safe. • Collaborates with center staff to plan curriculum and implement lesson plans appropriate for the needs of the individual children. • Sets up and cleans the classroom daily. • Supervises children at play, setting limits, helping children resolve conflicts, interacting, and participating in play or activities. • Provides a friendly and encouraging environment for Early Childhood Education students to learn hands-on experiences with children. • Models appropriate instruction and teaching methods for Early Childhood Education students to observe while teaching preschoolers. • Responsible for grading and evaluating Early Childhood Education students to provide helpful feedback on activities and daily performance while in the preschool classroom. • Responsible for maintaining communication with Early Childhood Education Ch. 74 instructors for grading, scheduling, and planning. • Performs other duties assigned by the Superintendent-Director. WORK ENVIRONMENT: This position requires the ability to move continuously throughout the center, bend, stoop, sit on the floor, and rapidly respond to emergency building evacuations. This position also requires long periods of standing as well as the ability to lift and carry children or equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. The environment is often fast-paced and noisy. The director must remain calm under pressure, adapt to changing priorities, and mediate conflicts among children, parents, and staff. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Full year, twelve-month position. Salary and benefits based on Non-Union Personnel Policy. EVALUATION: Annually