Assistant Center Manager

The Assistant Center Manager assist the center manager in ensuring that center staff provides children with a learning environment and varied experiences that will help them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a manner appropriate to their age and stages of developments toward the overall goal of social competence. Responsible for supporting the center manager and assuming the center manager’s responsibilities in his/her absence.

Assist with implementation and maintenance of the educational component and assisting with the overall management of the center.

Core Duties and Responsibilities
· Assist the Teachers in integrating the educational aspects of the various Head Start components in the daily program of activities.
· Assist in developing specific training activities, to enhance teaching skills of center staff.
· Assist with ensuring all staff are operating according to the terms of the HS Program Performance Standards/ TDFPS Licensing/TEA/and NAEYC.
· Maintains program effectiveness and fiscal accountability for all program supplies, equipment and materials
· Conducts annual inventory of equipment and material needs for the center and submits to appropriate central staff.
· Submits timely acquisition, documentation and reporting of in-kind and other local match resources related to the collaborations.
· Maintains a current list of classroom equipment and material purchased by Head Start/Early Childhood Development center funds.
· Ensures needed instructional/educational materials and equipment arepurchased to accomplish the program’s educational and developmental goals for the children and parents, within budgetary limits.
· Establishes and maintains effective oral and written communication with the Center Manager, collaborative partners and program team members.
· Submits all required reports and administrative forms accurately, completely and timely, including enrollment, attendance and CACAP information.
· Conducts classroom and teacher observation and provides onsite consultation to teaching staff, as appropriate.
· Effectively addresses and resolves all potential and actual difficulties that may arise.
· Other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Administration, Business Administration, or Management required.
· Texas Teaching Certification desirable.
· Minimum Three (3) years of classroom teaching experience. Demonstrated supervisory experience desirable. Supervisory / Management experience can be substituted for teaching experience.
· Excellent mediation skills; oral and written skills.
· Excellent interpersonal skills and successful experience working in teams.
· Ability to plan, organize, allocate and control substantial financial, human, and physical resources.
· Computer proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point.
· Knowledge of the Early Head Start/Head Start/Early Child Development program philosophy and structure desirable.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
· CPR/First Aid certified

Other

Skills and Abilities

· Bilingual preferred, but not required.