Assistant Director

Do you love working with children and helping to prepare young minds for future success? Are you looking to make a difference in your community while helping to create and maintain a supportive environment for both staff and students? Then come help lead our team!

We are currently seeking a professional and energetic Assistant Director for this location. The Assistant Director helps the Director to effectively operate and manage all aspects of the academy, including human resources, marketing, customer relations, financial systems, quality control, and facility management. In addition, the Assistant Director will be assigned to a classroom as a teacher and may be required to accept other temporary assignments within the academy based on staffing levels.

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, then we encourage you to click Apply now!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Helps manage the academy to ensure effective and cost-conscious operation and will assume full responsibility for academy management in Director’s absence
• Ensures compliance with all federal and state laws as well as Kiddie Academy® policies and procedures
• Helps complete all required paperwork and record keeping in an organized, up-to-date manner
• Plans academy activities and actively participates, including staff meetings, training sessions, open houses, planning sessions, etc.
• Performs all duties of a teacher during portion of day assigned to classroom
• Accepts temporary work assignments when regularly scheduled personnel are not available
• Develops and maintains professional working relationships with academy staff
• Helps supervise staff, keeps Director apprised of staff concerns and situations needing attention, and provides performance appraisal input to Director
• Helps with staff scheduling, recruitment efforts, interviews, and the hiring process
• Helps with enrollment inquiries, follow-up, and academy tours in order to increase enrollment
• Develops and actively maintains positive communication with parents, recognizing parental concerns, helping to evaluate a course of action, and responding professionally to parents’ needs
• Develops a strong working knowledge of the academy budget and helps the Director manage all resources effectively and within budgetary constraints
• Helps track all monetary transactions with customers and vendors
• Helps train staff to plan and implement developmentally appropriate classroom activities
• Helps ensure that quality control of programs is sound and meets state and Kiddie Academy® requirements, providing feedback to Director on quality control issues and helping to resolve them
• Completes state requirements for approved continued education training of 12 clock hours (or more, based on local regulations) during the licensing year
• Performs other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have an Associate of Arts Degree or equivalent in Early Childhood Education
• Must have two years of experience working in a child care school
• Must meet all requirements stipulated by the state for this position
• Pleasant/friendly demeanor and an outgoing personality
• Highly professional and dependable
• Must be able to interact appropriately with students of all ages and skill levels as well as with parents, coworkers, and management
• Must be able to lift no less than 40 pounds on a consistent basis throughout the workday to at least waist high

BENEFITS

• Competitive Pay
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Ongoing Training Program
• Health Insurance