Childcare Center Director
Bright Giggles Learning Center LLC
- Bridgeport, CT
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Create a learning community for the children we serve that promotes optimal child development and partnership with families
- Supervise the onsite team, holding monthly team meetings, and oversee the staffing schedule to ensure reliable in-ratio coverage in all classrooms at all times
- Conduct annual performance reviews and maintain a program for the team's professional development that affirms the center’s values and promotes a shared vision; establish corrective action plans when necessary
- Maintain compliance with accreditation and state licensing requirements as well as all applicable state and federal laws, and preschool policies and procedures
- Uphold the center’s standards of conduct and set the example by consistently modeling professionalism, patience, and empathy when interacting with the team, children, parents, and members of the community
- Partner with other team members to manage recruitment, selection, and training of personnel
- Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 12 credit-bearing hours of specialized college-level course work in early childhood education or child development is required.
- Knowledge of state education standards,OEC licensing requirements and procedures, fire, health, and OEC regulations
- 1 – 3 years of experience as a classroom teacher
- Minimum of 1 years of supervisory experience
- Flexibility in your working schedule and willingness to work more than 8 hours a day when required
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to organize work and meet deadlines
- Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with integrity
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact and work effectively and cooperatively with children, families, and other members of the team
- Ability to lead with empathy and form strong relationships with children, families, and team members
- Comfortable with technology and desire for professional growth
- Able to lift 30 lbs