Naples Park Early Childhood Education Manager

Grace-Place-For-Children-and-Familie; Naples (FL); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Grace Place Naples Park Early Learning Center seeks an experienced manager to provide strategic and operational leadership for a full-day, full-year early childhood program serving about 90 children ages 1–4.

You will ensure high-quality programming, regulatory compliance, strong family partnerships, and fiscal sustainability, while guiding staff and coordinating enrollment, budgeting, and curriculum development.

Qualifications

• Must hold the DCF Florida Child Care Director Credential.
• 3–5 years managerial or leadership experience in ECE.
• Minimum of three years teaching experience in early childhood.
• Minimum of two years supervising in early childhood setting.
• Willing to complete DCF coursework for VPK Director Endorsement.

Responsabilités

• Lead developmentally appropriate classroom environments and curriculum across all classes.
• Supervise ECE teachers and support staff with coaching and modeling strategies.
• Oversee enrollment, attendance, staffing, and safety to meet licensing standards.
• Manage volunteers and coordinate community engagement activities.
• Communicate regularly with families and provide screenings and progress updates.
• Lead data collection, program assessments, and continuous quality improvement.

Connaissances

Leadership & supervision

Budgeting & finance

Staff development & coaching

Bi-lingual preferred

Curriculum planning

Regulatory compliance

Formation

DCF Florida Child Care Director Credential

VPK Director Endorsement coursework (DCF)

Outils

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Description du poste

Job Title: Naples Park Early Childhood Education Manager

Reports To: Director, Naples Park Early Learning Center

Classification: Full time, Exempt

Supervisory Responsibilities: ECE teachers, ECE support teachers, support staff

Our Mission

Grace Place puts faith into action, providing pathways out of poverty by educating children and families.

Summary/Objective

The Grace Place Early Learning Center at Naples Park Elementary Manager in cooperation with the Director provides strategic and operational leadership for a full-day, full-year early childhood program serving approximately 90 children ages 1- to 4-years-old. The Manager is responsible for ensuring high-quality educational programming, regulatory compliance, strong family partnerships, financial sustainability, and effective staff leadership. This role oversees daily operations, enrollment and tuition management, staffing, curriculum quality, and data-driven program improvement to ensure a safe, nurturing, and financially sustainable program that meets the needs of working families. The Manager will work directly with the Director to ensure alignment of early childhood educational programming.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Quality

Manage the creation of a developmentally appropriate classroom environment and facilitate the identification and selection of differentiated instructional resources and methods to meet ECE student’s individual needs. Establish and oversee the implementation of curriculum for all children’s classes. Work in collaboration with outside agencies to provide additional support to the curriculum for all children’s classes. Oversee the NAC accreditation completion and ongoing compliance. Serve as a Grace Place ambassador and works collaboratively with the local school district, business, and community-based agencies to increase access of resources and services to families. Manages program budgets and provides reports of program outcome measures.

Staff Oversight

Supervise and support the ECE teachers and the ECE support teachers to ensure that they are effectively fulfilling their responsibilities. Provide effective ongoing coaching to supervised-staff in appropriate strategies and model these strategies in the classrooms.

Operations, Licensing & Safety

Maintain a safe, clean, and developmentally appropriate facility. Oversee daily operations, including enrollment, attendance tracking, and staff scheduling. Ensure compliance with DCF and accreditation standards.

Volunteers

Welcome and effectively manage volunteer involvement in all aspects of the early childhood education program. This includes but is not limited to the provision of an initial orientation, ongoing training, classroom placement, daily scheduling, and retention. Provide effective on-going coaching in appropriate strategies and model these strategies in the classrooms. Collaborate with the Volunteer and Community Engagement Coordinator to ensure adequate volunteers are recruited and appropriately placed.

Communication

Communicate regularly with parents to build a high level of trust with our families. Create a system for communicating with parents the results of student screenings and assessments to ensure that parents can support their child at home. Meet with parents of children that have developmental concerns and guide them through evaluation process following up with them to ensure that child gets the support they need. Maintain high visibility and a hands-on presence with staff, students, volunteers, and parents in all aspects of the program.

Data, Outcomes & Reporting

Develop and lead and/or identify ongoing professional development opportunities for early childhood education staff. Manage program staff to ensure the timely completion of program assessments, developmental checkpoints, screens, and Home Visits. Assist in the compilation of program outcomes needed for program reporting. Utilize completed assessments and teacher feedback to identify developmental and social emotional needs and make appropriate interventions and referrals. Use data to support continuous quality improvement. Assist in the compilation of program outcomes needed for program reporting. Utilize completed assessments and teacher feedback to identify developmental and social emotional needs and make appropriate interventions and referrals.

Full-Day, Full-Year Operations

Ensure consistent program quality across extended daily operating hours. Develop staffing schedules that support ratio compliance and staff sustainability. Plan for year-round operations, including holidays, closures, and summer continuity. Performs any other duties or responsibilities as requested.

Qualifications

Education

Department of Children and Families (DCF) Florida Child Care Director Credential.3-5 years managerial or leadership experience.

Experience

Minimum of three years teaching experience in an early childhood setting, mandatory. Minimum of two years of experience in a supervising capacity in an early childhood setting, preferred. Demonstrated experience working with diverse cultures and populations preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Bi-lingual skills preferred. Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word required; additional technology and data-base skills preferred. Current first aid and CPR certificates. Willing to submit to Fingerprinting and Background Checks. Continue to maintain Directors Credential in an active state. Willing to complete DCF coursework to obtain VPK Director Endorsement. Meet required DCF training courses, including the completion of necessary continuing education units (CEUs). Compliance with Good Moral Character as described by DCF. Commitment to supporting the leadership culture of the organization.

Additional Information

As members of the Grace Place team, we all value and support the Grace Place Vision, Mission, and Organizational Core Values.

Position Type and Expected Working Hours

Fulltime Anticipated working hours of approximately 8:30am-5:30pm Monday through Friday, including some evenings and weekends as needed.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

This position requires the employee to be physically present and actively engaged in an early childhood classroom environment to ensure the safety, supervision, care, and developmental support of children ages in accordance with DCF regulations and Grace Place safety protocols. Essential physical requirements of this role include:Maintain active visual and auditory supervision of children at all times in accordance with DCF regulations and Grace Place procedures. Although this is a leadership and administrative role, the Manager must be able and prepared to step into a classroom at any time to maintain required staffing ratios, ensure child safety, or support classroom operations when needed. Frequently