Preschool Program Director

The Preschool Program Director is a relationship-based leader who is passionate about working with young children and families. The Director provides leadership, collaboration, and oversight for the school district's entire preschool program across multiple school locations, working closely with district administration, school principals, preschool and special education staff, families, and community partners. The Director is responsible for ensuring a high-quality, developmentally appropriate, inclusive, safe, financially sustainable, and compliant early childhood program.

The Preschool Program Director is a relationship-based leader who is passionate about working with young children and families. The Director provides leadership, collaboration, and oversight for the school district's entire preschool program across multiple school locations, working closely with district administration, school principals, preschool and special education staff, families, and community partners. The Director is responsible for ensuring a high-quality, developmentally appropriate, inclusive, safe, financially sustainable, and compliant early childhood program.

The Director has overall responsibility for program operations, personnel, licensing and compliance, enrollment and funding, curriculum and assessment, student services, fiscal management, health and safety, family engagement, and continuous program improvement.

• Compensation: $43,051 - $58,425
• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  40 hours
• Hours per day: 8 hours
• Number of days per year: 182 days
• Benefits Eligibility:
  Medical, Dental, Group-Life, Long-Term Disability, Vision(optional)

• Provide overall leadership, administration, and oversight of the district preschool program across multiple school locations.
• Establish and maintain consistent program systems, procedures, schedules, expectations, and practices across preschool sites.
• Ensure compliance with district policies and applicable federal, state, Colorado Department of Early Childhood, licensing, and Universal Preschool (UPK) requirements.
• Maintain required program records, reports, documentation, and compliance systems and coordinate licensing, monitoring, audit, and quality improvement activities.
• Collaborate with district administration, school principals, and district departments to address program needs and ensure alignment with district priorities.
• Serve as the primary district-level resource for preschool program operations, policies, procedures, and early childhood matters.

• Develop staffing structures, assignments, schedules, and coverage plans that support student needs, safety, required ratios, and continuity of services.
• Lead implementation of developmentally appropriate, evidence-based curriculum and instructional practices across all preschool locations and providing performance feedback to preschool staff.
• Establish expectations for high-quality, play-based, inclusive learning environments that support children's social-emotional, language, literacy, mathematical, physical, cognitive, and self-help development.
• Oversee child assessment, monitor instructional practices, documentation, and data-informed instructional planning, and program quality.

• Oversee district-wide preschool enrollment, registration, placement, waitlists, attendance, and classroom assignments.
• Coordinate preschool enrollment and programming with Colorado Universal Preschool (UPK) requirements and funding.
• Monitor UPK eligibility, participation, attendance, funding, and related program requirements.
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