Center Manager - Early Childhood Education; ECE

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The Center Manager carries out the blended Early Childhood Development Programs utilizing Head Start Performance Standards Bright From The Start, and NAEYC guidelines as best practice.

SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Vice President, Early Education and Care, the Center Manager manages the daily operations of the Easter Seals Child Development Center ensuring that all services are delivered in a comprehensive, coordinated, cost effective manner. This position ensures the center framework operates at optimal capacity to promote an environment conducive for families and staff to be actively engaged, and to ensure that children are ready for school.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (include, but are not limited to):

Behavior Standard – 50% of Position
• Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers, and management.

Attendance Standard
• Maintains excellent punctuality and attendance

Communications/Public Relations
• Assists in the development of center marketing plans
• Implements center marketing plan
• Leads and facilitates regular meetings with the center staff to review policies, procedures and their implementation
• Participates in monthly center manager, staff, and parent meetings to ensure the coordination of services and to ensure that there is regular communication (Participates in specialist team meetings as needed)
• Participates in monthly parent committee meetings assisting in the facilitation of these meetings and assisting parents in establishing and achieving program goals as well as committee goals
• Greets, tours, and enrolls visitors at the center
• Participates in and supports community activities
• Initiates and maintains collaborative relationships with local area schools and community partners
• Organizes, coordinates and publicizes center special events
• Serves as an advocate for Easter Seals Child Development Centers
• Communicates with parents on a regular basis
• Participates in community partnership meetings
• Contributes to, proofs, and edits and ensures dissemination of monthly program newsletter MONITORING
• Monitors staff schedules to ensure compliance with mandated ratios
• Monitors program implementation and outcomes via Child Plus and Teaching Strategies GOLD.
• Conducts regular safety inspections
• Monitors staff time and attendance records, and addresses and documents attendance concerns Monitors all center budgets
• Monitors record keeping and reporting for education, children’s health, nutrition, safety, and family services component RECORD KEEPING
• Maintains child attendance records
• Writes and compiles all reports
• Maintains all program forms
• Maintains records for Head Start, Pre-k and licensing
• Maintains confidentiality of all sensitive child, family and staff records
• Implements and supervises record keeping and reporting system as it relates to center program policies and procedures, education, children’s health, nutrition, safety, and family services component Plans and monitors center budgets to ensure compliance with fiscal policies and procedures COMPLIANCE:
• Develops correction plans for all non-compliance issues
• Works in conjunction with training specialist and education specialist to meet mandated training
• Works with education specialist to ensure that the facilities achieve and maintain Georgia licensure and NAEYC accreditation
• Ensures that center meets all Head Start performance standards, Georgia licensing regulations, Pre-k standards and NAEYC accreditation standards
• Ensures that center maintains all required licenses and accreditations
• Collects data and compiles reports for the Easter Seals Early Education and Care program LEARNING AND…