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Fairfield Head Start Center Director

1 month ago

Stamford, Connecticut, United States Hill Country Community Action Association Full time
Job Title: Head Start Teacher/Director

Join Hill Country Community Action Association, Inc. as a Head Start Teacher/Director and play a vital role in shaping the lives of young children in our community.

Job Summary:

The Head Start Teacher/Director is responsible for the overall supervision and management of a center, ensuring that the objectives delineated in the annual Head Start plan are implemented. This includes creating a safe, supportive, and stimulating learning environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of each child.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement lesson plans that meet the needs of each child, incorporating developmental appropriate practices and Hill Country Community Action quality Head Start standards.
  • Supervise and support a team of teachers, assistants, and classroom aides to ensure that they are competent in their abilities to interact appropriately with the children.
  • Evaluate the teaching techniques of other center staff to ensure that they are implementing developmentally appropriate practices.
  • Ensure that all classroom staff are competent in their abilities to interact appropriately with the children.
  • Attend ARD meetings as scheduled and complete annual evaluations for employees supervised.
  • Model team leadership and ensure that the teamwork concept is upheld and implemented at the center.
  • Ensure that the arrangement of each classroom provides a stimulating, clean, and safe learning environment, incorporating NAEYC standards.
  • Complete Individual Developmental Plans for each enrolled child and continue the on-going assessment process, maintaining written or computer records on each child.
  • Supply a variety of materials and planned activities designed to encourage individual and group play.
  • Provide experiences that promote individual self-expression in conversation, imaginative play, and creativity.
  • Offer a variety of language stimulation activities.
  • Provide experiences involving thinking skills such as generalizing, classifying, sorting, and problem solving.
  • Make available a variety of opportunities to help children develop and understand appropriate relationships with others.
  • Provide continuous opportunities for children to experience success.
  • Increase the complexity and challenge of activities as children develop.
  • Contribute to the operation of the center by participating in staff meetings and sharing information gained through attendance at workshops and Head Start training.
  • Observe, record, and report any child's behavior, sharing information appropriately with other staff members.
  • Show personal development and growth by being relaxed, using a calm, quiet voice, being pleasant and enthusiastic about the children, and by using self-control in trying situations.
  • Assist with transition activities for the Head Start child and family: into Head Start, during the year, and to the next placement (kindergarten).
  • Complete required home visits or center conferences with parents in conjunction with the Family Service staff.
  • Assist the children at snack, breakfast, and lunchtime, ensuring that the Head Start philosophy of serving family style meals is maintained and that the children serve themselves.
  • Serve as transportation escort on a rotating basis with other center staff, or as requested.
  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the Head Start Program Director.
Requirements:
  • Must attend annual pre-service training in summer (date TBD upon interview).
  • Must meet the minimum qualifications for Director of a licensed child care facility, to generally include 6 college credit hours in business management and 6 college credit hours in child development.
  • A minimum of 2 year's employment in a licensed child-care facility (Bachelor's degree requirement: one year of experience in a licensed child-care facility).
  • Strong leadership, management, and organizational skills, as well as a thorough understanding of developmentally appropriate practice.
  • The ability to communicate with, develop and motivate employees to create a positive work environment.
  • Must be flexible and have well-developed written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
  • Must be able to conduct training programs, maintain records, prepare reports, and clearly understand written or verbal instruction.
  • Ability to organize, manage, and control workflow.
  • Ability to work effectively with individuals from various ethnic, socioeconomic, educational, and cultural backgrounds.
  • Ability to identify, assimilate, comprehend, and solve critical elements of various situations (initiate solutions without constant supervision).
  • Professional in manner and attire.
  • No record of a conviction which would contraindicate employment.
  • Must have a valid Class C driver's license and a reliable vehicle with current vehicle liability insurance; insurable under HCCAA's vehicle insurance policy.
  • An initial Head Start physical screening.
  • Must maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications (collateral rather than primary duty of this position).
  • Must comply with all HCCAA Policies, and maintain confidentiality and courtesy in all phases of agency operations.
Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly responsible for the supervision of center staff (Teachers, Assistants, Classroom Aides and Mental Health/Disability Aides), as well as providing positive guidance to volunteers.

Equipment to be Used:

Must be able to operate a computer and other office machines such as fax, calculator, copier, and telephone.

Typical Physical Demands:

Requires interacting with the children on their level at times (on the floor), and sitting, standing, bending, reaching, and driving.

May require lifting to 40 pounds.

Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, calculators, telephones, and other office equipment.

Requires normal range of hearing and vision.

Must be able to react quickly (run after a child, immediately go to the scene of an incident).

Typical Mental Demands:

Must be able to analyze the effectiveness of center operations and choose the most effective course of action for the Head Start program at any given point in time.

Must handle new and diverse work problems daily.

Personal maturity is an important attribute.

Must be able to resolve problems, handle conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure.

Must have the ability to listen objectively to people, perceive the real problem and assist in bringing issues to a successful conclusion.

Must relate and interact with employees at all levels within the Agency.

Bilingual skills are encouraged.

Working Conditions:

Occasionally called upon to work outside of the normal 8-4 working day or work odd schedules.

Requires some travel to meetings as scheduled, including in-service and pre-service training.

Employee Benefits:

Accrual of sick and vacation time, medical insurance, employee paid group dental insurance, life insurance, long term disability insurance, participation in the 401-k retirement plan after a year's employment, and paid holidays.

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