Regional Director

Description

• Ensuring that your centers are adhering to and enforcing all the policies and procedures of Care-a-lot Child Care and the childcare licensing regulations of New York State
• Ensuring that your centers are in accordance with governmental laws/state mandates (Health Dept., CACFP, etc.)
• Maintaining program quality at your centers to meet state/national accreditation standards, specifically QUALITYstarsNY
• Ensuring the implementation of an age and developmentally appropriate, open-ended program of the highest quality at your centers that supports learning through play

• Overseeing QUALITY stars
  
  NY program for all centers to ensure centers are in compliance, ready for recertification, and that new centers are certified in a timely manner.
• Overseeing training for all centers to ensure that the remain in compliance with NYS/OCFS requirements
• Overseeing Aspire for all centers, i.e.: monitoring accounts, on boarding on new locations.
• Selecting and training centers with an accredited curriculum
• Leading company efforts for achieving accreditation
• Evaluating and implementing systems such as Pyramid Model, etc.

• Supporting the integration of acquired facilities and the hiring of Admin staff
• Meeting agreed upon deadlines
• Providing timely updates on projects
• Utilizing data to establish and measure center performance on a regular basis
• Communicating frequently and effectively with staff
• Guarding and protecting all information of a confidential manner
• Assisting and rendering staff support to all classrooms and employees as necessary
• Participating in professional conferences, ongoing training or educational opportunities to remain current in the field
• Completing 15 hours of early childhood training within the first 6 months and every year thereafter
• Support centers in absence of the Director or Assistant Director

• Additional responsibilities as assigned by management

• Training Admin staff in areas of responsibility listed above, and monitoring Admin performance to ensure that training was successful
• Communicating effectively and directly with all staff
• Serving in the absence of other staff as necessary

• Knowledge of NYS childcare regulations
• Knowledge of child development, early childhood education programming, and national accreditation criteria
• Knowledge of and ability to supervise developmentally appropriate practices and age appropriate activities
• Knowledge of first aid procedures
• Effective, professional, timely, courteous, and tactful oral and written communication skills
• Effective supervisory skills and role modeling practices
• Ability to maintain positive relationships with children, co-workers, and parents
• Ability to use sound judgment and tact
• Ability to lead and motivate a team
• Ability to organize, problem solve and respond to emergencies effectively
• Knowledge of community resources
• Flexibility (especially in scheduling and practice to respond to program needs)
• Creativity and patience

• Able to lift approximately 30 pounds from the floor to a waist high table
• Able to reach a child 20 - 30 feet away within 30 seconds
• Able to crouch to a child's height, maintain eye contact at the child's level, and sit on the floor for extended periods of time
• Good health as confirmed by a physician's statement and proof of being free of tuberculosis
• New York State Registry clearance
• Criminal History Fingerprint clearance

• B.A. Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or related field OR NYS Administrator Credential AND at least one year each of teaching and supervisory experience;
  OR Associates Degree in ECE or related field OR Child Development Assoc.
  AND at least two years each of teaching and supervisory experience AND a plan of study leading to a Bachelor’s degree or NYS Children’s Program Administrator Credential, AND
• Prefer one-year experience with office management or financial record keeping AND
• Demonstrated commitment to and interest in professional growth through education, work experience and involvement with the early childhood community