Early Childhood Education Center Supervisor

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development
• •A minimum of two years teaching experience at the preschool level
• •supervision or lead role experience
• •training staff
• •classroom operations
• •planning and implementation of education program
• •tracking and evaluation of children's individual development
• •A minimum of 2 years experience in lead role/management/supervision of adults in an education setting
• •Obtain CLASS Reliability within designated timeframe and maintain designation ongoing
• •Capacity to offer assistance to other teachers in the implementation and adaptation of curricula
• •Experience working with children with mental health /special needs and/or disabilities
• •Experience planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum
• •Two years' experience in social services/education field in a supervisory or lead role preferred
• •Education and/or experience working with adults in a supportive or teaching capacity
• •Sensitivity to individual and group needs of adults and children in target areas
• •Ability to set and maintain professional boundaries with families and staff
• •Ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team
• •as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together
• •Experience creating professional memos, correspondence, reports and documentation with computer supported applications
• •Demonstrated organizational and recordkeeping skills
• •Ability to be self-directed and work independently
• •Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral communications with staff, families, children and the public
• •Ability to delegate responsibility and to work with others and coach them to develop their capabilities
• •Current First Aid/CPR and Food Handler cards within 30 days of hire
• •Current and ongoing registration with Child Care Division Central Background Registry
• •Valid Oregon driver's license and acceptable driving record meeting the criteria for agency insurance and driving program vehicles
• •Completion of agency Employee Health Appraisal
• •Frequent use of computer and phone
• •Frequent driving to various work sites, trainings, meetings, etc
• •Ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization's effectiveness
• •initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change
• •helping others to successfully manage organizational change
• •Ability to enhance others' commitment to their work
• •Ability to identify information needed to clarify a situation, seek that information from appropriate sources, and use skillful questioning to draw out the information
• •Ability to effectively prioritize multiple demands on an ongoing basis
• •Ability to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved method, procedures, or technologies
• •Ability to focus on the desired result of one's own or one's unit's work, setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them
• •Strong organizational and time management skills
• •ability to meet tight deadlines
• •Ability to function effectively under pressure and maintain self-control in the face of hostility or provocation
• •Openness to different and new ways of doing things
• •willingness to modify one's preferred way of doing things
• •Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
• •Work effectively with staff and families of diverse cultures, races, values and lifestyles
• •Occasional lifting up to 30 lbs, stooping, bending, standing and reaching

Desired Qualifications

• •Experience working with children with mental health /special needs and/or disabilities
• •Two years' experience in social services/education field in a supervisory or lead role preferred
• •Education and/or experience working with adults in a supportive or teaching capacity
• •Sensitivity to individual and group needs of adults and children in target areas
• •Ability to set and maintain professional boundaries with families and staff
• •Ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team
• •as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together
• •Experience creating professional memos, correspondence, reports and documentation with computer supported applications
• •Demonstrated organizational and recordkeeping skills
• •Ability to be self-directed and work independently
• •Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral communications with staff, families, children and the public
• •Ability to delegate responsibility and to work with others and coach them to develop their capabilities
• •Current First Aid/CPR and Food Handler cards within 30 days of hire
• •Current and ongoing registration with Child Care Division Central Background Registry
• •Valid Oregon driver's license and acceptable driving record meeting the criteria for agency insurance and driving program vehicles
• •Completion of agency Employee Health Appraisal
• •Frequent use of computer and phone
• •Frequent driving to various work sites, trainings, meetings, etc
• •Ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization's effectiveness
• •initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change
• •helping others to successfully manage organizational change
• •Ability to enhance others' commitment to their work
• •Ability to identify information needed to clarify a situation, seek that information from appropriate sources, and use skillful questioning to draw out the information
• •Ability to effectively prioritize multiple demands on an ongoing basis
• •Ability to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved method, procedures, or technologies
• •Ability to focus on the desired result of one's own or one's unit's work, setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them
• •Strong organizational and time management skills
• •ability to meet tight deadlines
• •Ability to function effectively under pressure and maintain self-control in the face of hostility or provocation
• •Openness to different and new ways of doing things
• •willingness to modify one's preferred way of doing things
• •Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
• •Work effectively with staff and families of diverse cultures, races, values and lifestyles
• •Occasional lifting up to 30 lbs, stooping, bending, standing and reaching