Child Care Center Director - Energetic Workplace

Supervise the development and execution of the business processes, systems and policies/procedures for Education Depot. This includes the day-to-day management of the Education Depot facility, all processes and personnel.

Assist in recruiting, developing, training, coaching and retaining a high qualified, highly skilled staff to meet customer requirements and business requirements. Ensure these personnel are adequately deployed and are supporting the Licensing and Health Department requirements.

Provide and inform stakeholders of changes, requirements and necessary actions. This includes facilitation of new parent orientation, attending meetings and providing direction/feedback to Parent Group, managing communication via Parent Alert, Staff Alert and/or Newsletter, parent meetings to address behavioral issues, providing incident reports to parents and addressing individual parental and staff concerns. 

Perform sales, system and administrative activities to assure the flawless execution of managing the business needs to include client recruitment and enrollment, record management, fee assessment and management, employee and student assessments, and business analysis.

Serve as the primary contact for all customer and service inquiries and issues as it relates to day to day business needs of educating and caring for children.

Director Qualifications:

1. The director should be a minimum of 21 years.

2. The director shall have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a large childcare center environment.

3. The director shall have a minimum of one (1) of the following education and experience qualifications:

     a.  A Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in early  

          childhood education or elementary education with a kindergarten endorsement and grades of C or better.

     b.  Any Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university must 

           include one (1) of the following:

          1. Fifteen (15) credit hours in college level courses with documented content relating to the skills,

              needs, development, or teaching methods of children six (6) years of age or younger and grades 

              of C or better.

          2.  A CDA

4.  A two (2) year associate degree in early childhood education from an accredited college or

     University with a grade of C or better and a minimum of three (3) years of experience in an early

     childhood program.

Director Responsibilities:

 1.       Staffing- Managing/creating a quality team

2.       Manage Social Media, Webpage, Marketing Promotions

3.       Curriculum Development, Lesson Plan review

4.       Enrollment maximization

5.       Appearance of the Center, Cleanliness

6.       Develop relationships with parents

Successful candidates should also have the following:

1.       Ability to Market -* Sales background a plus. Ability to implement various marketing initiatives designed to grow enrollment and enhance visibility in the community.

2.       Problem solving and process development expertise. progressively increasing experience in general business, issue identification, problem solving and development.

3.       Customer Focus and Business Knowledge - *Including strategic thinking and acting, accountability for results, business and customer orientation.

4.       Commitment to People - *Including balancing self-awareness and self-confidence, leading by example, transparency, developing people, desire to lead, empathy, respect and trust.

5.       Enable Change -*Including thinking and acting across borders, actively driving solutions, leveraging knowledge, creativity and innovation.

6.       Effective Communication Skills – Ability to communicate with internal and external clients

7.       Computer and Information analysis skills