REPORTS TO: Education Manager     DATE: 5-2025

BAND LEVEL/SALARY:6 ; $3200/Bi-weekly

Position Summary:

This pivotal role provides leadership and actively engages Center Directors and staff to ensure that the center environment consistently upholds all program standards, policies, and procedures. The District Manager must demonstrate independent thinking, mature decision making and experience in conflict resolution. This position supervises Center Directors. This position is also responsible for coaching, training, modeling best practices, and maintaining open communication to ensure program expectations are consistently met or exceeded.

Responsibilities:

• Provide supervision, oversight and support to assigned Center Directors to ensure effective operation of day-to-day center activities.
• Prepare and deliver status reports with analysis to the Education, Health, and Family Services Managers, highlighting monitoring results, identified trends, and areas where Center Directors and Assistant Center Directors may need additional support.
• Conduct quarterly meetings with Center Directors to review Family Engagement Services (FES) expectations and address follow-up actions based on performance outcomes.
• Complete Office of Head Start Classroom Health and Safety Screeners and follow up on assigned sites within 45 days of opening.

• Ensure the curricula and assessment system is used to fidelity.
• Ensure that classroom partner recruitment is carried out effectively to establish and sustain a well-qualified and dependable roster of classroom partners.
• Coordinates with Center Directors to complete Classroom Partner and Classroom Aide recruitment plan, new hire paperwork and training.

• Attend regular team meetings with the Senior Lead Team.
• Conduct regular site visits to assigned Center Directors for monitoring and support. These tasks include but are not limited to the following:
  • Health Procedures – Ensure a clean and safe environment is maintained, and the use of appropriate cleaning supplies and procedures. Ensure center staff adhere to medication procedures (red notebook and bee aware folder), review of accident procedures, ensuring diapering procedure followed in EHS.
  • Nutrition – Ensure USDA compliance and verify that menus are posted and followed.
  • Family Engagement – Oversight of compliance of FES activities.
  • Education – Ensure center staff are creating a positive and safe environment.
• Respond to daily contacts (emails/calls) from assigned Center Directors to provide immediate support. If further assistance is required, contact the Education Manager for unresolved issues.
• Maintains CLASS Certification and oversees CLASS fidelity.
• Ensure center teams promote School Readiness Goals and implement strategies to enhance children’s outcomes by reviewing child outcomes reports and discussing them with center leadership and staff as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with all contents and support staff.
• Problem solve and pull from various resources to produce positive results.
• Collaborate with Center Directors to ensure prompt resolution of staff and parent concerns, questions, and complaints. Utilize available resources and problem-solving strategies to achieve positive outcomes.
• Oversee Center Director response to ensure timely resolution of all licensing and facility related concerns.

• Oversee and ensure center staff adhere to timekeeping policies and procedures.
• Monitor allocated workdays and hours to ensure adherence to workday schedules and leave policies.
• Oversees and ensures each site maintains and builds relationships with key community partners and resources.
• Well versed in utilizing program data systems (Child Plus, Teaching Strategies, ADP, etc.) for monitoring and analyzing data as required by this role.
• Conduct ongoing and annual Performance Review/Performance Feedback and assists in the development and implementation of staff improvement plans.
• Provide reports and recommends appropriate professional development or corrective action to Education Manager and Director of Children’s Services for staff whose performance does not meet established expectations.
• Collaborate closely with the Education Manager on matters related to staff vacancies, performance concerns, transfers, and corrective actions.
• Confirm Personnel Action Forms are submitted in a timely manner for all changes in staff positions or locations.
• Monitor sites to ensure classroom ratio is consistently maintained by qualified staff at all times.
• Review and approve purchase requisitions as assigned.
• Participates in and provides feedback in the governance process and budgeting.

• Serve as an advocate for children and family in the community.

• Support and understand the vision, mission and values of the Partnership.
• Other duties as may be necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of this position.

Work Relationships and Scope:

Reports directly to the Children’s Services Education Manager concerning work related tasks and locations. Regular interaction with Education Assistant, Director of Children’s Services, Contents, Children’s Services support staff, and co-workers. Frequent interaction with the general public, Federal, and State regulatory agencies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Work or related field is required, with proven management experience in an educational environment. Demonstrated leadership of program supervision. Extensive knowledge of Early Head Start, Head Start and Pre-K. Demonstrated ability to interact with the public; highly detail oriented and accurate, with proficiency in utilizing advanced digital systems to achieve effective results. Proven record of independent thinking, mature decision making and experience in conflict resolution. Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with the public, staff and regulatory agencies.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed in an office setting and centers with minimal safety issues. Frequent travel is required to meet job requirements as well as participate in internal and external trainings. This position requires sitting, standing, bending, and minimal lifting. This position requires a valid driver’s license, valid insurance and safe driving record.

Acknowledgement:

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by the employee assigned to this position. It does not state or imply that these are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to the job. The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by the Education Manager. All requirements are subject to change over time and to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.