Secondary Contract Available, based on grant funding. Please see details below.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
1. MA Degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or Child Development, with a focus in childcare administration
2. Extensive relevant experience in Early Childhood Education
3. Knowledge of Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Pre-Kindergarten and Preschool Program Quality Assessment

PRIMARY CONTRACT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Oversee programs and manage related budgets
2. Serve as Early Childhood Specialist for Great Start Readiness Program, including maintaining quality assessor status (additional details below)
3. Perform personnel and program assessments annually
4. Implement and maintain Great Start to Quality Star rating and MI Registry status, including trainer status
5. Actively participate in GSRP professional learning community to develop and share expertise, data, and research
6. Provide relevant professional development for staff
7. Arrange substitute coverage
8. Provide a developmentally appropriate program that meets the cognitive, physical, language and social/emotional needs of the children enrolled.
9. Establish and maintain good communication with parents verbally or in written form, regarding enrollment, orientation, parent conferences, special events, letters welcoming prospective/current families to our centers, touring, etc.
10. Recruit, recommend for hire, train, supervise, schedule, and communicate with staff for the effective operation of the center
11. Maintain inventory and request purchase of materials, food, equipment, etc. for the effective operation of the center
12. Represent the Early Childhood Program/Centers on local and school committees as requested
13. Maintain a healthy, safe and inviting environment on the interior and exterior of facilities
14. Attend monthly meetings
15. Maintain professional contacts by attending local conferences and joining professional organizations.
16. Participate collaboratively with all early childhood/district leadership.
17. Ensure that the center meets the licensing rules and regulations of the Department of Consumer & Industry Services.
18. Provide a role model for the use of positive guidance techniques

SECONDARY CONTRACT RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
1. Fulfill essential responsibilities of the Early Childhood Specialist as identified in the MDE GSRP implementation manual.
2. Support GSRP teachers with the chosen curriculum, assessment, screening tool, and with licensing and program implementation.
3. Conduct program evaluation using the Program Quality Assessment-Revised (PQAR) and assist teachers in developing and monitoring program quality improvement goals.
4. Review children's files and enrollment documentation.
5. Meet with teachers and appropriate administrators to review assessment results and develop goals and related improvement plans, including plans for professional development.
6. Coach and mentor classroom teachers to carry out improvement goals.
7. Assist teachers with completing all GSRP documentation required by the Michigan Department of Education and the Macomb ISD.
8. Conduct professional development around early childhood learning domains, such as early literacy, mathematics, social emotional development, physical wellbeing, etc.
9. Foster positive relationships with local school districts and community agencies.
10. Perform other related tasks as directed by the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction/Chief Academic Officer.

SECONDARY CONTRACT WAGE: $3,000 for each GSRP Classroom at the Anna Mae Burdi Center

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Early Childhood Education staff

SUMMARY: To provide strong leadership for staff by overseeing the planning and implementation of a developmentally appropriate curriculum and by maintaining a facility reflective of a quality environment for young learners.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: 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.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write simple reports and correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract and multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee must occasionally push items of 50 pounds such as pushing children on a bike or moving/ rearranging furniture. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A. D. A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.

Director for Early Childhood Programs