IBA - Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción · 1 week ago
Early Education Program Director
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$110K/yr - $120K/yr
5+ years expIBA - Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción is dedicated to serving the community, and they are seeking an Early Education Program Director to oversee program management and child development. The role involves ensuring compliance with regulations, managing staff development, and fostering family and community engagement.
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Responsibilities
Provides direct management and oversight of the program, and coordination of schedules
Develops and implements guidelines and policies to ensure compliance with funding, government regulations, grants, and alignment with the organization's mission
Monitors documentation and evaluation according to Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) standards, and manages licensing
Manages the waiting list and enrollment process
Prepares necessary management reports as required by Finance and other stakeholders
Ensures daily experiences and activities that stimulate physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth, and develop language and literacy skills through developmentally appropriate practices and curriculum
Oversees classroom spaces
Oversees internal commercial kitchen operations including managing the weekly food menu
Oversees Development, plans, and implements a dual-language program curriculum, assessment, and instructional models that conform to proven best practices
Accesses, documents, and monitors the developmental needs of individual children regularly, ensuring health, safety, education, and social development
Ensures that there is daily experiences and activities that stimulate physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth, and develop language and literacy skills through developmentally appropriate practices and curriculum
Supports and advances program staff in meeting their professional development and program goals by identifying courses and training opportunities for educators
Maintains a commitment to professionalism as established by the NAEYC
Maintains a system for addressing concerns as outlined in the IBA policy and procedures manual
Maintains records and data on each child's progress and development
Prepares written reports prior to parent conferences and provides copies for the child's permanent records
Oversees accurate data entry for program and client information into Salesforce, EEC waiting list, UPK, and other databases
Establishes high standards of customer service and fosters positive, productive relationships with families and other agencies to support the program
Schedules and conducts formal individual parent-teacher conferences at least three times per year
Communicates regularly with parents and family members to build mutual understanding, consistency for children, and facilitate information sharing
Participates fully in the organization's annual events, including Three Kings Day, Membership Drive, Board Election, Festival Betances, and other community-related activities
Participates in additional duties as directed and required
Qualification
Required
Able to successfully pass full EEC Cori background check
Bachelor's Degree in Early Education or related field, Masters degree preferred including 21 college credits in Child Development or early childhood education and at least 3 college credits in one of these areas of specialization: staff supervision, curriculum design ("Teaching Strategies Gold", preferred), child assessment, and mentoring and coaching, program evaluation
Five years minimum of experience teaching in early childhood education
EEC Director II Certification
Bilingual, Spanish-English required
Three years minimum Supervisory experience required
Experience in partnership management and development
Excellent communication and presentation skills for various audiences and levels internally and externally including parents and community
Strong administrative, organizational skills and attention to details
Ability to work autonomously and in a team setting
Effective at working with others to reach common goals and objectives
Conveys complex ideas through brief, simple materials
Experience with program evaluation, data collection and analysis
High degree of computer literacy experience and competencies using technology i.e. Microsoft Office products (word, excel, powerpoint), Outlook, video meeting platforms i.e. Zoom and data base software applications i.e. Salesforce.com is required
Good character, mature judgment and a strong sense of responsibility and dedication
Highly positive and enthusiastic style; capable of motivating others
Strong project management skills, able to successfully lead complex projects and deliver results on time
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
Generous HRA provided by the company ($9,200 or $18,400 based on single and family coverage)
403b plan with annual employer contribution
Generous paid time off
Free parking (limited availability)
Company
IBA - Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
“We shall not move from Parcel 19” IBA is a non-profit organization and a dynamic community-building agency that started in the South End neighborhood of Boston, to address displacement of low-income families due to urban development.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Vanessa Calderon-Rosado
Chief Executive Officer
Mayra I. Negrón-Roche
Chief Operating Officer
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