Director, Early Learning Program Services

Purpose Statement

The job of Director, Early Learning Program is done for the purpose/s of providing vision, leadership and direction for the development and delivery of programs and services that meet the needs of young children and their families throughout the ESD service area. The Director works collaboratively with Early Learning staff, participating early learning partners and school districts, external partners, and funders to employ powerful gap-closing practices and improve PSESD's capacity to deliver high impact and equitable services to educational partners.

This job reports to Executive Director for Early Learning.

Open until filled; for best consideration, submit complete application by 2/15/2026. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for 2/24/2026 and 3/4/2026.

• Anticipates significant educational changes, national, state, and local trends, and changes in regulations for the purpose of supporting services and systems that lead to child and family school readiness, the delivery of high-quality comprehensive services to children and families and the implementation of gap-closing strategies.
• Collaborates with a wide variety of internal and external partners on a range of issues (e.g. PSESD departments/program staff, site providers, community organizations, public agencies, etc.) to identify appropriate actions, develop recommendations, support staff, and/or serve as the program representative for the purpose of directing the agency’s early learning strategy and program.
• Compiles data from a wide variety of sources (e.g. staff, public agencies, government reports, national education leaders and networks, community-based organizations, etc.) for the purpose of analyzing issues, evaluating the effectiveness of early learning programs, ensuring compliance with various policies and procedures, providing direction and informing agency’s leadership.
• Directs the design and implementation of the Early Learning program and services for the purpose of coordinating program/operations systems, services, and activities, including budget development, and ensuring compliance with established state and federal financial, legal and/or administrative requirements.
• Directs the development and monitoring of long- and short-range plans, programs, policies, systems, and processes for the purpose of strengthening program capacity, and delivering services in conformance with program goals, established guidelines, state and/or federal regulations.
• Leads a variety of meetings (e.g. workshops, inter and intra district committees, community and public agencies, seminars, conferences, etc.) for the purpose of conveying and gathering information on a wide variety of subjects required to carry out responsibilities.
• Presents information on a variety of topics related to program responsibilities (e.g. financial information, overviews of programs/services, policies, and procedures, etc.) for the purpose of providing general information, training others, implementing actions.
• Provides consultation and support to PSESD Early Learning program to subcontractors/administrators for the purpose of assisting them in their supervisory and leadership roles.
• Responds to a wide variety of inquiries of staff, district personnel, other professional organizations, etc., for the purpose of resolving problems, providing information and/or referring to appropriate personnel.
• Serves on committees (e.g. PSESD, regional, state, and local, etc.) for the purpose of evaluating situations, identifying appropriate actions, and/or developing recommendations.
• Supervises personnel (e.g., provide coaching and consultation on technical issues, adaptive challenges, personnel matters, strategic opportunities, career goals, professional development, job performance, etc.) for the purpose of advancing the development of effective leaders and high performing teams and achieving agency and departmental objectives.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS
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Collaborates with stakeholders to identify, recommend and implement improvements to Agency programs, services and processes.

DEVELOPING AND EMPOWERING OTHERS
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