Program Director

The Brooklyn Kindergarten Society (BKS) is the original “born in Brooklyn”. We were founded in 1891, and for 130 years, BKS has helped provide high-quality early childhood education to working families. BKS has grown up with the borough and continues to be a leader in equal access to high quality early childhood education. BKS sees its mission as providing an equal first educational step to some of our borough’s youngest learners. We provide full day, year-round academic experiences and care for children ages 2-5 years old. Our curriculum is play based and marries together reading, writing, movement and music, with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) learning. Our goal is to ensure that Brooklyn’s youngest learners have an equal first educational step.JOB PURPOSEThe ECE Program Director will work to ensure implementation of the Creative Curriculum model by teachers throughout the school, as well as monitor all staff to maintain compliance with company policies and state regulations. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to: day to day center operations, including scheduling, classroom observations, staff training and development, curriculum development, implementation and assessment. The Director is expected to maintain all regulations consistent with NYC DOH licensing regulations and Article 47. SCOPE OF INFLUENCEPreserves educational excellence through various modes of operation such as monitoring teaching staff for quality instructionMaintenance of center space through overseeing and keeping in accordance with DOHMH and DOE requirements to operate an Early Learn center KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIESCenter Operations (Health and Safety, Compliance, Coaching, Curriculum Implementation) 90%Understand the goals, objectives, and vision of BKSSupervise all Center staff (teachers, assistant teachers, teacher aides, cooks, assistant cooks, assistant bookkeeper, custodians)Ensure full implementation of all aspects of Creative Curriculum, policies/procedures and tools with the goal of supporting all children to achieve school readiness goals.Provide ongoing coaching to teaching staff to support them in successfully fulfilling all aspects of their role, including but not limited to effective practices in the following: 1) CLASS™ Teacher-Child Interactions2) Learning Environments3) Curriculum and Lesson Planning4) Child Assessment5) Meeting All Childrens Needs6) Working with Families7) Professional Growth and Collaboration8) Health and Safety Conduct formal and informal observations of each teacher team and provide constructive and actionable feedback on a consistent basis Work with teachers to implement the child assessment system reliably, including understanding child outcomes data and using them to plan and individualize.Actively participate in the recruitment of children to their individual center, which includes devising strategies to increase and maintain enrollment throughout the school year.Collaborate with the Family Services Department to manage intake and placement of new children at the child care center.Work in collaboration with the Director of Compliance to ensure city and state compliance.Establish efficient record-keeping processes, including health logs, required DOHMH and DOE paperwork, family communication documentsSpearhead staff accountability for promoting and ensuring child health and safety across all aspects of center-based programmingResponsible for dealing with Dept. of Education and Dept. of Health (walk throughs, meetings, permits, renewals, budgets, etc.)Responsible for attending monthly DASPC meetings; planning meetings with family service members and running reports to report to DASPC membersMonitor food log and weekly menus in conjunction with Cook and Assistant CookAssign daily work to CustodianResponsible for NYCHA ticket process for any repairs needed in the center, eventually training Custodian to take on responsibilityEntering information into any DOE/BKS based systems Reports To Deputy Director of EducationDirect Reports Group Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Teacher’s Aides, Assistant Cooks, Cooks, Assistant Bookkeepers, Substitutes, Custodians, any Special Project employees, additional staff as needed

Minimum Salary: 80,000
Maximum Salary: 85,000
Salary Unit: Yearly