Benefits:
Competitive salary
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Training & development
The Early Education Director, in partnership with the Executive Director, is responsible for the success of the early ed program. The Director provides spiritual, educational, and administrative leadership to the early education program. It is this person’s responsibility to inspire, lead, and direct all early ed programs, budget, personnel, and environment in accordance with the direction and policies established by the Executive Director, childcare licensing, Texas Rising Star, and ACSI accreditation.
Required Spiritual Qualities
Acknowledge Christ as Savior and seek to live life as His disciple.
Believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God—our standard for faith and practice.
Believe and actively support the school’s statement of faith (attached).
Demonstrate a desire for spiritual growth as evidenced by his or her prayer life, Bible study, and spiritual outreach to others.
Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others (Luke 6:40). This includes being committed to God’s biblical standards for sexual conduct.
Evidence the fruit of the Spirit in dealing with people.
Share the Christian faith with others.
Have a Christ-centered home.
Actively participate in a local Bible-believing church.
Required Professional Qualities
Meet all requirements for the Texas Child-Care Administrator’s License.
Have a minimum of three years of successful classroom teaching experience.
Demonstrate a reasonable level of computer literacy, having a basic proficiency in doing word processing, creating and using a spreadsheet, e-mailing, and accessing the Internet.
Possess evidence of other adequate preparation, background, or experience as determined by the school board.
Required Personal Qualities
It is expected that the Childcare Director will …
• Sign and live by the school’s lifestyle statement (attached) as a condition for employment and continued employment in this ministry.
• Have the spiritual maturity, academic ability, and personal leadership qualities to “train a child in the way he should go” (Prov. 22:6, NIV).
• Be an enthusiastic visionary, an encourager, and a self-starter with a high energy level.
Essential Duties
Ensure compliance with all state licensing regulations and accreditation standards, maintaining accurate records and implementing policies and procedures that uphold the school’s good standing with governing and accrediting bodies.
Represent the interests of and implements plans established by the Executive Director and Board of Directors, including the strategic vision, and other initiatives or special schoolwide programs.
Hire, train, support and supervisor early education faculty and staff.
Identifies and provides improvement opportunities when needed with staff.
Strategically design professional development programs including faculty orientations, in-house workshops, committee work, and faculty evaluations
Provide instructional leadership though curriculum oversight, assuring responsiveness to students’ needs and interests in congruence with mission and strategic vision goals, and ongoing innovation.
Maintain a strong presence within the faculty, conducting regular and individual team meetings, whole group faculty meetings and classroom observations
Support teachers, specialists, and staff in instructional design, curricular adherence, professional development, classroom management, differentiated instruction and adherence to school principles of collaboration, responsibility, inquiry, adaptability, communication and adherence to best practices
Provide spiritual leadership for staff, children, and families by example and teaching.
Work with the administration and staff to address the spiritual formation needs of the children in all programs.
Specific Responsibilities
Academics
Ensure a cohesive relevant and intentional curriculum scope and sequence across the school
Collaborate with staff to solve/discuss student retention, parent concerns/issues, operations, space and facilities, personnel, assessments, students etc.
Serve as an early ed instruction and curriculum expert and be fully apprised of the Academy’s educational philosophy, and current educational trends and best practices, including educational research, brain research, and successful teaching practices
Provide a strong, supportive early ed staff oversight and guidance.
Coordinate hiring of early ed teachers, aids, and substitutes.
Coordinate parent envolvement and volunteer opportunities.
Student Affairs
Participate in school activities (including, but not limited to Back to School Nights, Fundraising Events, Student Showcase, Open House, Parent Education offerings etc.)
Manage personnel coverage for absences and tardies of early ed staff.
Coordinate with faculty to develop master schedule and oversee daily schedule of early ed teachers and aides.
Communicate with parents regularly, informing parents and families of the Academy’s practices, policies, school schedules, etc.
Oversee all early ed student discipline, conflict resolution, and ECI referrals.
Supervises the school’s support systems, such as, before-and-after school programs, summer programs, etc.
Optimizes all-school gatherings including assemblies, chapel, performances, etc.
Assists the Executive Director in planning, scheduling, and executing all major capital purchases, repairs, and building projects.