Center Director

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Required:

High School diploma, GED, or equivalency. Associate’s degree preferred.

• Must obtain State Center Director certification within the first three weeks of employment.
• Must complete a Child Development Certificate (CDA) in the age group most prevalent in the center you will lead. If not completed on the first attempt, a second attempt may be taken at the employee’s expense within 60 days. Failure to complete will result in separation from employment.

Required:

Experience in supervision of staff in a licensed childcare center or licensed childcare home. Experience in early childhood programs preferred.

• Ensure staff, consultants, contractors, and volunteers protect the physical and mental health and safety of our children and no child is left alone or unsupervised while under our care in your facility. (HSPPS 1302.90)
• Hire, train, manage, and evaluate program personnel to support individual staff professional development and continuous program quality improvement. (HSPPS )
• Manage the delivery of high-quality program services that comply with state and federal standards through implementation, monitoring, and feedback of program policies and procedures. (HSPPS )
• Monitor compliance of record-keeping systems for all physical and electronic program files (e.g., personnel, client, accounting, and incident records), including compliance with confidentiality. (HSPPS )
• Ensure center staff (including contractors) follow appropriate practices to keep children safe during all activities, including reporting at a minimum suspected or known child abuse and neglect, appropriate supervision of children at all times, and all standards of conduct. (HSPPS 1302.47, 1302.90)
• Track and monitor child outcomes and quality assessment results on a center-wide basis, including compliance with positive adult-child interactions as measured by the CLASS Pre‑K instrument. (HSPPS 1304.16)
• Support staff development, including completion of minimum training requirements as specified in state and federal standards (HSPPS 1302.92), continuing professional development, and staff wellness initiatives.
• Monitor and address attendance for each assigned child, including direct contact with parents and intensive case management. (HSPPS 1302.16)
• Engage families in a partnership that identifies needs, interests, strengths, goals, and services and resources that support family well‑being, including safety, health, and economic stability. (HSPPS 1302.50, 1302.51)
• Meet with families to establish Family Service Plans (FSP) and review individual progress, evaluate/revise goals, and provide resource referrals based on the urgency and intensity of identified needs and goals as applicable. (HSPPS 1302.52, 1302.53)
• Coordinate new and existing community referrals to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort or services as applicable. (HSPPS 1302.52, 1302.53)
• Ensure physical and electronic child files are current and organized.
• Monitor the facility to be certain it is free from physical and environmental hazards.
• Report incidents within the time frames designated in program policy and protocol.
• Establish weekly staff meetings to ensure effective command, control, and coordination.
• Prepare and submit reports prior to deadlines.

• Provide timely communication as the first point of contact for the Head Start center for center personnel, support staff, families, and community partners.
• Analyze program, financial, and child data and make program development recommendations to program leadership team.
• Participate in program efforts and events designed to actively inform, recruit, and engage families with eligible and/or enrolled children in the service area.
• Ensure teachers understand, generate and document in‑kind contributions from parents and others and other allowable costs applied toward the non‑federal share requirement.
• Support development of grant applications, budgets, and required reports in accordance with INK and Office of Head Start timelines and criteria…