Center Supervisor (WG)

Job Responsibilities

• Promotes and models the organization’s Core Values.
• Acts as the operational lead for the center, ensuring compliance with all program policies/procedures and Head Start/Early Head Start, licensing or other regulations.
• Serves as education lead for the center, overseeing implementation of all aspects of education services and provides teachers with supervision, training, and monitoring.
• Supports implementation of the educational content areas to include curriculums, with fidelity.
• Serves as the education lead for the center, overseeing implementation of all aspects of education services and provides teachers with supervision, training, and monitoring.
• Supports teaching staff in successfully fulfilling all aspects of their role, including but not limited to effective practices in the following: learning environments working with families, meeting children’s needs, and CLASS teacher-child interactions.
• Coordinates with the Family Engagement team to ensure implementation of family services and parent involvement.
• Ensures successful transitioning alongside the Family Engagement staff of children from a center-based setting into a school Pre-K, Head Start Program, or private child development program.
• Responsible for ensuring all required program components and reporting of the Child and Adult Food Care Program (CACFP) are implemented in accordance with program requirements inclusive of reporting responsibilities.
• Supervises cooks and assistant cooks assigned to the center.
• Works in conjunction with ERSEA to ensure full enrollment at the Child Development center.
• Responsible for reporting on maintenance of facilities, materials, and equipment.
• Participates in team meetings, home visits, and community events as needed.
• In conjunction with ELIMs, ensure that they are prepared to step into classrooms to ensure staff/child ratios.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education Required: Associate degree in early childhood, Child Development, or related field.
• Certification Required: CLASS Certification (or ability to become certified within 12 months from date of placement in the Center Director I role) for Early Head Start and Head Start.
• Previous experience teaching in an early childhood setting.
• Experience managing an infant/toddler or preschool program.
• Experience with supervision, management or coaching preferred.
• TXDFPS Licensing Directorship Certification.
• First Aid and CPR training.
• Good writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office software applications, computer literate.
• Spanish fluency helpful, but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, parents, and external partners.
• A highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to be extremely effective independently.
• Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
• Ability to travel to various training sessions.
• Maintain emotional control under stress; work with interruptions and deadlines; walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling, and pushing; occasional: lifting/carrying, pulling/pushing 10-30 pounds.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed.