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Head Start Education Manager (Readvertised)

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Participates in interviewing, hiring, training, supervising, evaluating and monitoring all classroom staff.
  • Maintains and monitors staffing at appropriate child to staff ratio.
  • Assist classroom staff with the implementation of ChildPlus, Teaching Strategies Gold, and the Creative Curriculum.
  • Assist all classroom staff in the completion of required educational requirements, such as home-visits and parent-teacher conferences.
  • Maintains classroom compliance with Federal, State, local standards and the Head Start Program Performance Standards relative to reporting, assessments, data, and systems management.
  • Assists with ERSEA and child portfolios per the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
  • Responsible to ensure all classroom staff complete a Professional Development Plan as identified in the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
  • Provide ongoing training and professional development to support staff in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities.
  • Support all teaching staff in their day to day operations, such as classroom observations/feedback and best practices in ECE.
  • Ensure all educational staff, educational consultants, and/or educational contractors have sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to fulfill the duties of their assigned roles.
  • Develop educational plans with classroom staff to obtain proper credentials and degrees per the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
  • Develop and maintain memorandums of understandings for any educational services needed.
  • Establish partnerships with Local Education Agencies to create and maintain school readiness plans per the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
  • Willingness to complete training and certification in CLASS, as well as perform required CLASS observations.
  • Provide supervision over the Coach/Mentor, in ensuring the individual receives all required training and support to successfully perform their job.
  • Assist the Family Services Advocates, Local Education Agencies, Disabilities & Mental Health Coordinator, Health Coordinator, and families in transition plans for all children.
  • Assist with the development and/or revision of policies and procedures to ensure compliance.
  • Practice confidentiality for all families, children, and staff.
  • Ensure all classroom staff have adequate knowledge and understanding of their role as a mandated reporting, including the procedure for filing a report of suspected child abuse or neglect (960).
  • Use and promote positive methods of child guidance.
  • Assist all educational staff in the usage of Dakota culture, language, and values.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Minimum a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education.
  • Minimum of 3 years of classroom teaching.
  • Master’s degree preferred.

Must maintain CPR and First Aid certification.

Appointment will be subject to the applicant’s successful completion of a satisfactory criminal background check and drug screening. º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ gives preference to qualified Native American’s and Veterans in accordance with the Spirit Lake Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO). º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ is an EEOC Employer.

Contact: Human Resource Office 701-766-1309
Submit Resume/Application with supporting documents to vanessa.thomas@littlehoop.edu
Alternatively, you can fill out an online application on this website.