Date Posted: November 4, 2020
Deadline: March 31, 2015
Organization: Sunshine House Early Learning Academy
City: Greenwood, SC
Website: View Website
Wages/Salary: commensurate with experience
The following is a representative list of duties and responsibilities associated with this position:
?Oversee the implementation of The Sunshine House Brain-Based Learning and Creative Curriculum including the ability to provide developmentally appropriate play and classroom environments.
?Ensure the following administrative duties are performed: financial feasibility (accounting, budget, and cost control), internal marketing and customer service (enrollment tours and parent engagement), maintaining staff and children files, and maintaining state licensing and other statutory regulations.
?Communicate with the Regional Director and the appropriate management support team members concerning administrative, operational, and personnel matters as needed.
?Meet with parents, staff, and administration to facilitate students? developmental goals and excellent customer service.
?Recruit, hire, and supervise administrators, teachers, and support staff.
?Maintain state training requirements and provide opportunities for staff to obtain professional development.
?Market the program in the community and work with local childcare organizations and community officials.
?Adhere to The Sunshine House Health and Safety procedures to ensure the health and safety of children, parents, and staff.
?Communicate (stoop and bend) with the child on their level
Plan and prepare balanced nutritious meals to a childcare facility.
?Drive a multifunction bus.
?Function in any capacity needed within the child care facility.
The Sunshine House is one of the largest childcare and early education companies in the country and has been educating young children for nearly 40 years. Founded in 1975, The Sunshine House operates 125 centers across 9 states, 13 on-site afterschool programs, and employs 2,500 professional educators and caregivers. Our programs are designed to ignite a child?s passion for learning and prepare them for future success in school and in life. Our team is what makes The Sunshine House a trusted leader and allows us to deliver on our Company?s mission: Providing quality care and education ? every child, every family, every day. The Sunshine House offers rewarding positions to talented, knowledgeable, nurturing individuals looking to pursue rewarding careers in early education and child care. The Sunshine House is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
We are interested in an experienced, honest, reliable, hard-working Child Care Assistant Director who will provide first-class service and has a passion for working with children. This includes the ability to lead a team of teachers and support staff to accomplish administrative, educational, operational, financial, and logistical functions in accordance with state licensing regulations and The Sunshine House operating policies. Other requirements include excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and the ability to evaluate and solve problems.
The ideal candidate for this position should at a minimum have at least a an associate's degree in Early Childhood Education (other degrees considered), have two to five years of experience in a licensed childcare facility, meet all state requirements for early childhood teaching positions, and maintain state in-service requirements. In addition, he/she must meet the physical requirements of the job and have proficient computer skills with a wide variety of business-related software programs.