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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:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more 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
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 10
• Minimum – $61,800.00
• MidPoint – $75,700.00
• Maximum – $89,600.00