SUMMARY The Assistant Director is responsible for assisting the Center Director in ensuring an educational, caring, and safe child development program to meet the developmental needs of children served by the Center for Transforming Lives. The Assistant Director is responsible for managing and supervising the staff, program, and day-to-day operations of the Child Development Center in the absence of the Center Director.RESPONSIBILITIES Contributes to providing quality service in whatever capacity is required in accordance with skills and training.
Assists the Center Director in ensuring that the Child Development Center is operating in compliance with agency policies and procedures, state licensing standards, and other regulatory entities.
Supports the process of apportioning the work among the employees and directing work of center staff.
Helps to ensure the safety and security of the children, employees, and the property.
Assists the Center Director in ensuring enrollment goals are met.
Ensures families and children are referred and/or connected to community resources as appropriate
Supports implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum.
Supports child screening and child assessment process. Ensures children are referred to community resources as necessary.
Ensures staffing patterns throughout the center meet Child Care Licensing Minimum Standards for classroom ratios.
Is available and accessible to parents/guardians daily and responds professionally to parent/guardian concerns.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education or related field required.
Minimum of three years of classroom or management experience in an early childhood setting.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES Knowledge of Child Care Licensing Minimum Standards and Head Start Performance Standards.
Maintains awareness of trends and best practices and is proactive in continually acquiring knowledge in fields related to children and families, poverty and homelessness, and early childhood development and education.
Knowledge of Windows operating system and Office products, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, or ability to learn them independently and to use them. Ability to learn and use any other software programs needed in the operations of Center for Transforming Lives programs, including, but not limited to, any center management data collection and reporting system (Pro Care and Child Plus).
Center for Transforming Lives partners with single mothers and their children so they can thrive. Founded in 1907, Center for Transforming Lives is one of Tarrant County’s biggest family safety nets, working to disrupt cycles of poverty and homelessness among the most vulnerable in our community. The non-profit meets the needs of 3,000 women and children annually, through a comprehensive and evidence-based, two-generation and trauma-informed model. Thanks to housing support, early childhood education, economic mobility services and counseling services that work across generations, parents and children establish security and well-being as a family. Led by CEO Carol Klocek since 2009, the $20 million non-profit opened its new Riverside Campus headquarters in May.
Center for Transforming Lives is the only homeless services provider in Tarrant County and one of seven early childhood education centers to achieve National Accreditation, recognized for the highest standards of care in the nation.