Preschool Director

Primary Accountabilities

• Maintain a balanced spiritual life through regular attendance and active participation in a Christian faith-based church. Lead and encourage the staff to do the same.
• Recruit, onboard, and lead a team of teachers and support staff in day-to-day activities and routine special events.
• Develop and implement a marketing/advertisement plan that creates interest in the childcare/preschool and fuels strong enrollment and fosters continued growth.
• Maintain healthy student to staff ratios.
• Using Brightwheel childcare management program, ensure children are enrolled efficiently, attendance maintained accurately, tuition collected, and individual progress tracked regularly.
• Function as primary contact person for parents/guardians on enrollment, tuition, assimilation, progress, and all other matters pertaining to the childcare/preschool.
• Regularly select and/or develop curriculum for a childcare/preschool program that is fun, educational, and appropriate for a Christian environment.
• >Develop and implement classroom management practices that ensure a safe, secure, and orderly environment is always maintained.
• Regularly monitor, evaluate, and develop teachers and support staff ensuring a “continuous learning” culture is developed utilizing online tools and external training.
• Lead the creative use and proactive upkeep of children’s ministry facilities and grounds.>
• Assist in developing an annual budget ensuring needs are met and profitability targets are realized.
• Assure the facility, staff, files and records are kept in accordance with state requirements and the facility and files are ready for random and spontaneous inspections.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• CDA credential or Associates/Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years’ experience as a leader in a children’s education capacity preferred.
• Strong leadership skills with a solid work ethic possessing a passion for working with/teaching children and can function as an administrator.
• Active CPR and First Aid Certification for children and infants required. It is acceptable to receive within 3 months of initial start date.
• Must be a self-starter and be able to work independently or as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.