Assistant Center Manager

Job Summary

The Assistant Center Manager assists the center manager in ensuring that center staff provides children with a learning environment and varied experiences that will help them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a manner appropriate to their age and stages of development toward the overall goal of social competence. Responsible for supporting the center manager and assuming the center manager’s responsibilities in his/her absence.

Assist with implementation and maintenance of the educational component and assisting with the overall management of the center.

• Assist the Teachers in integrating the educational aspects of the various Head Start components in the daily program of activities.
• Assist in developing specific training activities, to enhance teaching skills of center staff.
• Assist with ensuring all staff are operating according to the terms of the HS Program Performance Standards/ TDFPS Licensing/TEA/and NAEYC.
• Maintains program effectiveness and fiscal accountability for all program supplies, equipment and materials.
• Conducts annual inventory of equipment and material needs for the center and submits to appropriate central staff.
• Submits timely acquisition, documentation and reporting of in-kind and other local match resources related to the collaborations.
• Maintains a current list of classroom equipment and material purchased by Head Start/Early Childhood Development center funds.
• Ensures needed instructional/educational materials and equipment are purchased to accomplish the program’s educational and developmental goals for the children and parents, within budgetary limits.
• Establishes and maintains effective oral and written communication with the Center Manager, collaborative partners and program team members.
• Submits all required reports and administrative forms accurately, completely and timely, including enrollment, attendance and CACAP information.
• Conducts classroom and teacher observation and provides onsite consultation to teaching staff, as appropriate.
• Effectively addresses and resolves all potential and actual difficulties that may arise.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Direct Reports: N/A
• Indirect Reports: min. of 10-40;
  Full time N/A;
  Part time
• Seasonal Workers: N/A;
  Full time N/A;
  Part time

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Administration, Business Administration, or Management required.
• Texas Teaching Certification desirable.
• Minimum Three (3) years of classroom teaching experience. Demonstrated supervisory experience desirable. Supervisory / Management experience can be substituted for teaching experience.
• Excellent mediation skills; oral and written skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and successful experience working in teams.
• Ability to plan, organize, allocate and control substantial financial, human, and physical resources.
• Computer proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point.
• Knowledge of the Early Head Start/Head Start/Early Child Development program philosophy and structure desirable.

• CPR/First Aid certified

• Bilingual preferred, but not required.