Early Learning Center Director (Childcare Leader), Hoosier Courts Nursery School

Quality Control Specialist - Pest Control; Bloomington (IN); On-site; USD 54,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Indiana University is seeking a Childcare Director for Hoosier Courts Nursery School, overseeing operations while nurturing a high-quality early childhood education environment. The role involves managing staff, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering partnerships with families. Qualified candidates should have relevant educational backgrounds along with management experience.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

Health savings account with contributions

Tuition subsidy for employees and families

Generous paid time off and holidays

Paid leave for new parents

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in education or related field required.
• 3 years of early childhood education experience preferred.
• 1 year of administrative experience in early learning preferred.

Responsibilities

• Inspires high-quality programming in classrooms and manages daily operations.
• Communicates with families and oversees compliance with regulations.
• Recruits and manages staff while ensuring effective scheduling.

Skills

Proficient communication skills

High degree of professionalism

Time management

Organizational skills

Collaboration and team building

Coaching and feedback delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in education, early childhood education, or a related field

Master's degree in early childhood education, management, or a related field

Job description

Indiana University (IU) Early Childhood Education Services (ECES) are committed to creating high-quality experiences for children, families, and our employees. IU ECES provides year-round, high-quality care and education at nationally accredited centers for children ages birth through 5 years. Our commitment to high-quality is demonstrated by providing child-centered, active learning environments based on research supported best practices, through degreed teachers, strong campus support, and national accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). In addition to the service component, the IU Bloomington ECES Centers meet the academic mission of IU by providing sites for student training and by serving as research sites for faculty and students. Finally, the early childhood centers at IU Bloomington serve as model high quality, early education programs for the Bloomington community and the state of Indiana. One of the IU Bloomington ECES Centers, Hoosier Courts Nursery School, has a rich, 75 plus year history of providing high-quality early learning experiences for children ages 3-5 years on the Bloomington IU campus. The Center has 3 classrooms staffed with full-time co-teachers and part-time teacher assistants and is uniquely designed so children can choose to explore both indoors and out throughout the day.
We are seeking a Childcare Director for one of our childcare centers. Hoosier Courts is a state licensed, nationally accredited early care and education program enrolling children 3-5 years old. See a short video about Hoosier Courts here .

Job Summary

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Inspires others to create high-quality programming in each classroom while managing the center's day-to-day operations.
• Builds strong partnerships with teachers and families to nurture each child's individual development as a foundation for future success while incorporating the IUB ECES mission, culture, and philosophy to build and maintain an engaging environment for children, families, and staff.
• Communicates with families, staff, partners, and licensing to provide exemplary customer service, all while conducting the daily responsibilities of operating the center, including budget construction and oversight, enrollment, meeting licensing, Paths to Quality, and NAEYC accreditation requirements, and staff and facility scheduling and management.
• Engages in leadership and management
  • Guides the center as it transitions one of its preschool classrooms to a multi-age infant and toddler classroom.
  • Establishes a welcoming work environment where trust, respect, growth, and belonging are foundational.
  • Develops and maintains personnel policies and procedures in collaboration with the IUB ECES Director, Center Directors and IUHR.
  • Ensures an environment that welcomes and nurtures all children, families and staff.
  • Oversees creative, wholistic, developmentally appropriate curriculum that encompasses the departmental child-centered philosophy.
  • Conducts Annual Program Evaluations (with staff and families).
  • Develops the annual Plan of Action from results.
  • Responds to all communications in a timely, respectful, professional manner.
  • Provides regular updates and communications about the Center in general.
  • Represents the Center in a professionally positive manner to past/current/potential families and employees, the University, Bloomington community, state, and nationally.
• Manages staff
  • Recruits, hires, supervises, mentors, and counsels all full and part time staff.
  • Ensures adequate staffing and effective scheduling.
  • Ensures new staff are oriented and informed of expectations and standards.
• Oversees enrollment initiatives
  • Oversees waitlist, inquiries, tours, and enrollment.
  • Oversees new family introductions to the program.
  • Ensures classrooms have access to applicable family information (i.e. contact, history, etc).
  • Investigates and responds to family concerns in a timely, respectful manner.
• Oversees financial operations
  • Serves as the Account Manager for the Center accounts (general, grants, and foundation).
  • Develops annual budget and maintains operations within budget guidelines.
  • Maintains billing, deposits, electronic payment claims, cash control and accountability/reconciliation procedures.
  • Oversees all Center purchases in accordance of IU policies, through IU financial systems, including but not limited to Buy.IU, Procurement Cards, internal billing, etc.
  • Oversees and assures funding, spending, and reconciliation in correlation with specific grant requirements.
• Oversees compliance
  • Knows, understands and ensures the Center meets Indiana State Child Care Licensing Regulations.
  • Knows, understands and ensures the Center meets Indiana Paths to Quality Requirements.
  • Knows, understands and ensures the Center meets Child and Adult Care Food Program Requirements.
  • Knows, understands and ensures the Center meets NAEYC Accreditation standards and criteria.

General Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day operational management of childcare staff.
• Establishes short-term operational objectives.
• Identifies operational issues and/or areas of improvement and implements solutions to improve processes and/or operational efficiency.
• Analyzes, monitors, and evaluates performance of assigned staff; establishes work priorities, conducts performance reviews, and provides corrective action as needed.
• Ensures adequate staffing and effective scheduling; participates and informs employment decisions for assigned staff.
• Provides direct supervision and oversight of assigned staff and activities; impacts, and is held accountable for, the performance of team and/or assigned staff.
• Ensures and provides training to assigned staff to improve childcare operations; researches and identifies development opportunities for assigned staff.
• Researches and stays up-to-date on new industry childcare standards, best practices, and emerging technology; keeps next-level leader(s) informed of trends as well as significant problems.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION
Required

• Bachelor's degree in education, early childhood education, or a related field

Preferred

• Master's degree in early childhood education, management, or a related field

WORK EXPERIENCE
Required

• 2 years of experience in education or a related field

Preferred

• 3 years of experience in early childhood education, specifically ages 0-5
• 1 year of early learning administrative experience

SKILLS
Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
• Instills commitment to organizational goals

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without accommodation.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

Advertised Salary

$54,000 - $57,000 based on education, skills, and experience

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .

Job Classification

Career Level: Operational
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Educational Resources & Tech
Job Family: Childcare Services
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