Director Academy of Arts & Recreation

The Academy of Arts & Recreation Director is responsible for the development and leadership of the Academy of Arts & Recreation (AAR) program. The AAR is a person-centered program that provides social, emotional, and workforce skill development for individuals with disabilities through visual, digital, and performing arts, as well as through recreation, and social skills training. The Director plays an instrumental role in the program’s curriculum development and provides oversight for the strategic accomplishment of program goals.

The role supervises/manages the AAR team members, oversees the program budget, and conducts community partner tour/volunteer/training site recruitment, as well as manages all related contracts, policies, procedures, regulations, and accreditation standards to ensure compliance and develops and promotes effective and efficient systems and processes to ensure such. The Director ensures high-quality, person-centered services by designing, facilitating, and overseeing service and support delivery, including Intake/Assessments, Individual Support/Transition Plans and Strategies, Lesson Plans, Activity Schedules, and Curriculum Implementation.

Ensures appropriate staffing patterns. The Director manages AAR team and staff development through hiring, training, leading, and evaluating performance. The Director manages the AAR site and participates in planning and implementing safety, disaster preparedness, and evacuation process.

Position Purpose

The Academy of Arts & Recreation Director is responsible for the development and leadership of the Academy of Arts & Recreation (AAR) program. The AAR is a person-centered program that provides social, emotional, and workforce skill development for individuals with disabilities through visual, digital, and performing arts, as well as through recreation, and social skills training. The Director plays an instrumental role in the program’s curriculum development and provides oversight for the strategic accomplishment of program goals.

The role supervises/manages the AAR team members, oversees the program budget, and conducts community partner tour/volunteer/training site recruitment, as well as manages all related contracts, policies, procedures, regulations, and accreditation standards to ensure compliance and develops and promotes effective and efficient systems and processes to ensure such. The Director ensures high-quality, person-centered services by designing, facilitating, and overseeing service and support delivery, including Intake/Assessments, Individual Support/Transition Plans and Strategies, Lesson Plans, Activity Schedules, and Curriculum Implementation.

Ensures appropriate staffing patterns. The Director manages AAR team and staff development through hiring, training, leading, and evaluating performance. The Director manages the AAR site and participates in planning and implementing safety, disaster preparedness, and evacuation process.

The principal functions of the position identified shall not be considered as a complete description of all the work requirements and expectations that may be inherent in the position or for the team/department. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Engage in strategic planning discussions related to initial curriculum and future programming activities, business partner cultivation, and community engagement. Develop innovative methods to serve participants. Participate in the design and implementation of the departmental performance management system. Analyze outcome data and generate outcome measurement reports that identify performance trends, barriers, and quality improvement activities/recommendations. Prepare and submit reports describing progress on each deliverable item required by contractual, regulatory and agency policies and
• Manage the provision of direct support to participants:
  Effectively oversee the provision of quality services to individuals with disabilities. Effectively and creatively design and refine program services.…