Preschool and Childcare Center/Program Director
Summary Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and childcare centers or programs.
- Develop a curriculum and program: Child Care Directors work closely with the center's teachers and staff, creating learning plans or programs to meet state and federal requirements and parent's expectations.
- Oversee staff: Staff management is probably the most important task of a Child Care Director. They must interview, hire and train staff, making sure that all background and fingerprint checks have been conducted.
- Manage facilities: The Child Care Director must make sure that the facility is safe and well-stocked. That includes checking that safety equipment is available and working, removing hazards and ensuring the facility is always clean and orderly.
- Create a budget: The Child Care Director manages the facility's finances, which includes creating and working within a budget.
- Market the facility: There is much competition between daycare facilities, so the Child Care Director must have a marketing plan to promote awareness of the facility and its services.
- Meeting up with parents and teachers: A Child Care Director will meet with parents and teachers to keep parents up-to-date on their child's development and progress, including discussing ways to address any learning or behavioral issues.
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems.
- Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maintenance activities.
- Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out.
- Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.
- Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment and authorize purchases.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.
- Direct and coordinate activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers, schools, public agencies, or institutions.
- Plan, direct, and monitor instructional methods and content of educational, vocational, or student activity programs.
- Review and interpret government codes and develop procedures to meet codes and to ensure facility safety, security, and maintenance.
- Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
- Review and evaluate new and current programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with state, local, and federal regulations and recommend any necessary modifications.
- Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children.
- Prepare and submit budget requests or grant proposals to solicit program funding.
- Write articles, manuals, and other publications and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about programs and facilities.
- Collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and the need for curriculum changes.
- Inform businesses, community groups, and governmental agencies about educational needs, available programs, and program policies.
- Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.
- Advise others on career or personal development.
- Maintain operational records.
- Maintain regulatory or compliance documentation.
- Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.
- Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures.
- Develop organizational policies or programs.
- Monitor performance of organizational members or partners.
- Approve expenditures.
- Manage organizational or project budgets.
- Evaluate employee performance.
- Conduct employee training programs.
- Recruit personnel.
- Supervise employees.
- Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.
- Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.
- Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures.
- Estimate labor requirements.
- Determine resource needs.
- Determine operational compliance with regulations or standards.
- Evaluate program effectiveness.
- Advise others on business or operational matters.
- Teach classes in area of specialization.
- Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets.
- Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.
- Develop promotional materials.
- Analyze forecasting data to improve business decisions.
- Communicate with government agencies.
- Present information to the public.
- Supervise employees.
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