Center Director In Training (Temporary - Leave Cover)

Principles and methods of instruction, care and supervision of infants, toddlers and pre-school children.

Concepts of child development and child behavior patterns of infants, toddlers and pre-school children.

MAAC policies and procedures, Head Start Performance Standards and relevant federal, state and local regulations applicable to the operations of a Head Start/EHS center.

Health and safety regulations and requirements for maintaining Head Start/EHS centers and grounds in a safe, clean and orderly condition.

MAAC administrative procedures and forms applicable to the operations of a Head Start/EHS center.

Principles and practices of sound business communication; correct English usage, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.

52 Weeks

MAAC STORY

Since 1965, MAAC has been maximizing self-sufficiency with families and individuals through high-quality programs and advocacy in our communities. MAAC employs dedicated staff who provide life-changing services to thousands of individuals annually through programs in five core focus areas: Education, Economic Development, Health & Wellbeing, Housing, and Advocacy & Leadership Development. Through a wide variety of programs, MAAC has grown to become one of the largest nonprofit social service organizations in the community. Learn more about the great things happening with MAAC at

http://www.maacproject.org/

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

MAAC’s Child Development Program Head Start, Early Head Start and State Preschool programs, deliver the national school readiness program to special needs and economically disadvantaged children and their families. Our highly individualized programs integrate a developmentally-appropriate curriculum reflecting the diverse ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds of participating families. Currently, MAAC Head Start serves over 2,000 economically disadvantaged children and their families throughout north San Diego County in the communities of Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido and Carlsbad

Plans, organizes, supervises and evaluates the programs and activities of an assigned Head Start/EHS center; works with assigned teaching and family service staff and develops, implements and monitors service area and center work plans to achieve assigned goals, objectives and educational outcomes; contributes to development of and monitoring of performance against the available resources; participates in developing, implementing and evaluating work programs, plans, processes, systems and procedures to achieve MAAC and Head Start goals, objectives and performance measures consistent with division quality and service expectations.

Provides day-to-day leadership and works with staff to ensure a high performance, child- and family-centered environment which supports achieving Head Start educational objectives and family service expectations; provides leadership and participates in programs and activities that promote effective parent involvement and a positive employee relations environment.

Supervises and oversees the day-to-day operations of assigned centers and program options; ensures centers are properly staffed in conformance with licensing requirements and adjusts staffing as required; responds to telephone calls and parent visits regarding a wide variety of child and family issues; communicates center activities and program master calendar to staff and parents; ensures cooperative working relationships between staff, parents, volunteers, community partners, specialists and consultants; supervises meal service to children; proactively addresses potential parent and/or community concerns and responds to formal parent complaints; resolves food service and transportation issues and special needs with applicable managers.

Inspects and monitors center operations to ensure compliance with Head Start Performance Standards, state licensing requirements and health, safety and fire regulations; adjusts staffing to ensure conformance to applicable licensing requirements; performs mandated inspections of classroom and playground facilities and takes necessary corrective action to ensure that housekeeping/cleanliness standards and permit/license requirements are met.

Oversees and participates in implementation of daily lesson plans and activities, ensuring they are age appropriate, individualized and culturally sensitive; observes teachers in the classroom and provides feedback; mentors and coaches staff in planning appropriate curriculum and activities; provides technical and problem solving assistance to teachers and other staff; trains staff on curriculum changes and DRDB+ procedures; monitors to ensure timely completion of child observations and assessments; ensures Individual Education Plans have been developed and are being implemented, including those for special needs children; meets with parents to discuss children’s development and behavioral issues; refers children for health, mental health, child development and other special assessments and/or services; takes appropriate action to deal with child or family emergency situations.

Ensures the maintenance of up-to-date, accurate center and children’s files; reviews daily and monthly teacher reports; compiles and submits end-of-the-month reporting for each assigned program option, including site status, classroom status, meal count, volunteer time, in-kind donation, transportation, field trip and other reports required by funding agencies.