Early Education Manager

Hours per week: 40

Weeks per year: 46

Salary : $50,360/yr

Community Services for Children continues to make a difference in the lives of children and their families by providing Early Childhood Education.  CSC is seeking a self-motivated, high performance professional with strong communication skills for a rewarding career as an Early Education Manager. Head Start/Early Head Start program has been designated as a Program of Excellence, one of twelve in the nation.  This is a unique opportunity for an Early Childhood Professional to implement high quality programming based on best practice and current research in the field.

Work Environment:

A $1,000 monetary incentive will be paid to newly employed Community Services for Children staff members.  The $1,000 payout will be paid upon successful completion of probation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Implement and manage preschool classroom curriculum in accordance with agency standards

• Supervise designated staff and ensure the classroom is a safe learning atmosphere

• Evaluate programming for continuous quality improvement of educational readiness goals

• Promote teamwork within agency’s departments by initiating and facilitating team meetings

• Maintain documentation, ongoing data collection, analysis, and reporting to ensure a productive educational environment

• Ensure all classrooms meet required Head Start, Pre-K Counts, Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards for Early Childhood, accreditation standards and other applicable regulations

• Provide classroom coverage as needed.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education

• Five years’ experience as infant/toddler, pre-school teacher

• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skill

• PQAS Certified Instructor or become a PQAS Certified Instructor within two years of hire.

• Certified CLASS Observer or become a Certified CLASS observer within two years of hire.

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus

• Ability to flex work hours to meet program requirements

• Valid driver’s license, car insurance and full time use of car.

Benefits:

• Low cost/rich benefits
• Paid leave for sick and personal days.
• Paid holidays
• Agency sponsored 401k retirement plan.
• Summers off