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Early Childhood Development Education

The Early Childhood Development Manager oversees all administrative, educational, and business aspects of an educational center to ensure that the services offered align with program philosophy, agency regulations, community needs, and business goals.

• Direct all aspects of a program or center including the program design, curriculum, policies, funding, performance evaluation, and administration
• Represent program to families, visitors, and stakeholders; promote the educational benefits and services the center provides
• Develop curriculum and learning objectives in accordance with agency standards; direct and monitor instructional methods and content; recommend methods and strategies to optimize learning experiences
• Develop and implement professional development opportunities for center or lab
• Oversee record systems to maintain student and personnel files according to NAEYC and state licensing standards; compile and submit records to requesting agencies
• Prepare and submit budget requests to solicit program funding; determine allocations of funds; authorize program purchases
• Recommend and determine scope of educational program offerings; prepare schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements; forecast enrollment based on survey, demographic, and employment data
• Establish program philosophy plans, policies, and academic codes of ethics to maintain educational standards
• Evaluate programs to determine effectiveness, efficiency; recommend and implement changes

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 7
• Minimum – $46,400.00
• MidPoint – $56,800.00
• Maximum – $67,300.00