Early Learning Program Manager

Overall Staff Responsibilities

Share responsibility with a team of colleagues and parents to honor the mission.

• to eliminate the prolific racial achievement and opportunity gaps by cultivating confident, creative and compassionate leaders;
• Practice the values of KairosPDX in professional conduct and daily interactions:
  • respect, responsibility, honesty, excellence and service to community
• Incorporate the beliefs of KairosPDX in all approaches and instruction
• Every child is uniquely capable, innately curious and inherently creative,
• Character and agency are essential to achievement and are developed through relationship and service to others,
• A multi‑cultural context delivers a strong sense of self and is a requirement for participation in our global society,
• Children must be supported in the context of their families;
• Support multicultural practice and inquiry based approaches that are:
  • Actively anti‑racist – confronting bias in all of its forms,
  • Education for social justice – acknowledging history and studying the present to make informed decisions regarding a more equitable future,
  • Pervasive – Examining practices in all levels of school culture and organization,
  • Personal – Beginning with the necessary consideration of self as a cultural being,
  • Critical Pedagogy – Pursuing multiple perspectives, anticipating contradictions and challenging assumptions,
  • Empowering – Providing children the ego strength to challenge racist societal views,
  • Helping children think deeply about themselves and others.

• Inspiring a culture of listening and relationship centered on the organization’s mission and values;
• Creating a positive environment by implementing structures to maintain safety as well as staff morale;
• Working with a team of colleagues and families to provide a nurturing and positive climate that encourages student responsibility and intrinsic motivation;
• Implementing school safety emergency and procedures ensuring onsite building safety;
• Collaborating with Early Learning Director to ensure the logistics and schedule of the school day runs smoothly and supports instructional excellence;
• Managing family concerns and communication with care, clarity and consistency;
• Ensuring program compliance with state policy and codes;
• Managing the program budget as well as ordering and inventory of materials;
• Serving as onsite lead pre‑school administrator as needed;
• Support the culture and climate of KairosPDX Early Learning Academy through:
  • Contributing to a structured and relational learning environment designed to build skill, confidence and a positive cultural and academic identity;
  • Supporting students in a fair and consistent manner, using clear routines and expectations as well as school approved behavior support techniques;
  • Ensuring that student and staff expectations are clear and visible for all;
  • Collaboratively work with student, school team and families to address unexpected behaviors in line with KairosPDX policies;
• Supervise Early Learning Teacher and Assistant Teacher overseeing training and protocols related to the effective execution of their responsibilities;
• Engaging families in the life of the school and creating opportunities for families to strengthen their sense of belonging;
• Collaborating with KairosPDX Early Learning Director to organize school events and celebrations;
• Support the high expectations for student achievement at KairosPDX through:
  • Collaborating with school leadership to implement mission consistent systems, strategies and language;
  • Collaborating with KairosPDX Early Learning Director and KairosPDX Learning Academy School Administrator to craft and communicate specific milestones toward social, emotional, cultural and academic readiness for Kindergarten;
  • Collaborating with school leadership to support materials, reflection and documentation within the classroom;
• Participating in the development and evaluation of educational programs and curriculum;
  Coach, support, supervise, and evaluate teachers and other staff as assigned by the KairosPDX Early Learning Director;
• Supervising classroom instructors including overseeing training, evaluation and protocols related to the effective…