Base Pay: $46,931/year plus Student Loan Repayment Program if applicable ($5250/year)Great benefits, paid time off and paid holidays!Gretchen's House Child Care Centers are currently accepting applications for Assistant Director. As a company, we've been providing high quality programs for infants through school age children for over forty years. Gretchen's House currently serve more than 500 families at locations in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Houghton, and Marquette, MI. We partner with HighScope to create a play based, child-directed, and hands-on learning environment. Our centers are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), renewed every 5 years. To learn more, please visit our website at www.gretchenshouse.com.Responsibilities Assistant Directors are responsible for supporting their teams in meeting the staff evaluation criteria regarding:
- Learning Environment
- Daily Routine
- Small Group
- Large Group
- Transitions and Clean Up
- Snacks and Meals
- Outside Time
- Curriculum Planning and Assessment
- Family Partnerships and Community Relationships
- Adult Child Interactions
- Children's Physical Well Being
- Children's Emotional Well Being
- Creates a Warm and Caring Atmosphere
- Conflict Resolution
Regulations Helps to follow and meet licensing, NAEYC and Gretchen's House regulations and guidelines.
- Helps to follow and meet licensing guidelines
- Helps to follow and meet NAEYC guidelines
- Helps to follow and meet Gretchen's House guidelines
Professional Development Meets the professional development requirements of the position.
- Orientation Workbook
- Progress on Professional Development Plan
- Fall Workdays
- Winter Workday
- Staff Meetings
- Center & Family Group Potlucks
- Family/Teacher Conferences
- Outside Trainings
- Center Visit
- GH Training
Professionalism
- Follows NAEYC's 'Code of Ethical Conduct'
- Is a professional member of the organization
- Seeks professional development opportunities
- Attends a professional conference
- Holds or is pursuing a degree in the early childhood field
- Verbal and written communication is professional
- Complies with the Gretchen's House dress code.
- Works cooperatively with all center staff to maintain a quality program
- Understands role in organization as a business
Leadership & Programming
- Model appropriate behavior and expectations
- Supervise all classrooms in the program on an on-going basis
- Observe and evaluate programs
- Act as a resource for Teachers
- Provide in-service training and workshops as needed for staff development
- Monitor communications between teachers and families
- Assist teachers with formal family-teacher conferences
- Confers with families who express a complaint or concerns verbally or in writing
- Meets with any family whose child is having trouble or whose child is identified for intervention (behavioral, medical, educational or psychological)
- Appropriately supervises, trains and evaluates staff, volunteers and students
- Evaluate and meet with staff as appropriate (1-mo, 6-mo, annual, as needed)
- Plans for and communicates community outreach projects
- Plans for and communicates scheduling and staffing needs
- Orient substitutes
- Supervise volunteers and workers referred by community agencies
- Conveys information between the administration and classroom
- Communicates classroom repair and maintenance needs
- Maintains communication with families through the 'hot spot', newsletters, conferences, reports and personal contact
- Maintains inventory of classroom supplies and coordinates the purchase of supplies and equipment within budget guidelines
- Maintains appropriate records and paperwork for children, staff and classroom, including attendance records for staff and children
- Document and communicate staff absences (vacation and sick time); monitor requests for leave request; keep track of hours available
- Responsible for all aspects of the classroom environment, including appropriate guidance, curriculum and overall atmosphere
RequirementsRequirements
- BA or MA in early childhood education, child development or closely related field.
- Personnel File is up to date
- CPR/First Aid
- Current TB Test
- Current Physical
- Appropriate Attendance
- Ability to relate joyfully and sensitively to children, co-workers and families
- Sensitive to the individual needs of families
- Ability to communicate with families effectively
- Ability to supervise variety of staff
- Knowledge of rules, regulations and standards
- Knowledge of child development
- Ability to provide appropriate guidance
- Ability to seek supervision and use it constructively
- Evidence of emotional maturity and stability
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the position
- Evidence of sufficient judgment to handle crisis situation
- Immunization requirements include Tdap, MMR, Varicella, Hep B and annual influenza and Covid boosters
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