Assistant Program Director of Early Childhood Education

Description:

Sheltering Arms strengthens the education, wellbeing, and development of high-need children, adults, and families across the New York metro area. We serve nearly 20,000 people a year from the South Bronx to Far Rockaway. Through compassion, innovation, and partnership, we respond to our community’s greatest needs and enable individuals to reach the greatest heights of their potential. Joining our team is an opportunity to collaborate with hundreds of dedicated colleagues who represent diverse backgrounds and talents as we work together to make a measurable impact for our neighbors in need. Every role at Sheltering Arms brings with it new opportunities for advancement and development so that team members can achieve their professional goals while helping others reach for theirs.

Job Description: The Assistant Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE) Programs will support the Director of Early Childhood Education Programs to provide ongoing and effective oversight of all early childhood education programs including Centered based Early Learn programs, Universal Pre-K, Integrated Classrooms, Early Head Start, and Head Start.

Responsibilities:

• Share with Director of Early Childhood Education direct supervision and coaching of key personnel within the department including the following job titles: Education Directors, Health Services Coordinators, Family Services Workers, and Fatherhood Specialists.  
• Supervise the daily operation of program sites in the absence of Education Directors.
• Support Education Directors in developing and maintaining strong working relationships and continuous collaboration with teachers, parents, community partners and other stakeholders.
• Conduct site visits to ensure compliance with DOE, DOI, OCFS and Early Learn mandates and regulations.
• Support the Education Directors in dealing with challenging situations that may occur in the day to day running of the program. Serve as a mediator/facilitator when necessary to provide resolutions to conflicts between parents and staff.
• Work closely with Education Directors and Human Resources department to handle employee grievances.
• Ensure agency policies and procedures are properly implemented at sites.
• Assist Education Directors in ensuring sites are fully enrolled through advertising, recruiting, and monitoring enrollment.
• Assist in the development and implementation of ongoing staff training and development
• Work closely with Education Directors and HR Generalist to support recruitment of employees, interviewing, and succession planning
• Monitor employee performance, support Education Directors with performance management and achievement of goals
• Collaborate with Training Department to map out professional development needs of ECE department
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications: