Assistant Director, Kids on Campus

$85400 to $102487/annual; Compensation will be based on education experience skills relevant to the role and internal equity.

The Assistant Director is full-time twelve-month position that requires working with the Director and Teachers to plan and implement an appropriate educational program. The Assistant Director assists the Director in daily administrative tasks to ensure the smooth operation of Kids on Campus and to provide excellent services to faculty students and staff of SCU. Responsibilities include administering operations promoting organizational goals and building community relationships. The Assistant Director works with others in the community to support the KOC Mission and Vision.

• Collaborate in a team teaching situation that includes administration teachers assistant teachers and student workers.
• Assist with administrative supervisory and operational duties necessary to maintain a quality early childhood program.
• Work with all aspects of the organizations data management including: financial board employee and administrative.
• Create and coordinate a variety of administrative systems.
• Hire train supervise schedule and maintain confidential files of SCU student staff.
• Communicate with families teachers and administrators regularly and in a professional manner.

• Assist in maintaining and updating the program enrollment database.
• Assist in the admissions process for students and families.
• Establish and maintain good communication with the SCU community KOC staff and families.
• Help to maintain the KOC environment and ensure healthy and safe conditions of the facility grounds and equipment.
• Respond to KOC office phone and email inquiries.
• Performs routine computer tasks.
• Maintains confidential files of KOC children and SCU student staff.
• Prepare tuition deposits and payment requests.
• Collect and maintain records of tuition and fees.
• Performs other administrative support duties as assigned by the KOC Director.
• Update and create correspondence record financial information organize documents in the KOC data base.
• Compose and prepare correspondence reports and memoranda.

• Communicate and work cooperatively and respectfully with all team-members.
• Assist as needed in the process of hiring new KOC team-members.
• Participate in the training mentoring supervision and assessment of assistant teachers.
• Strive for classroom practices that are consistent with the KOC program philosophy.
• Organize staff schedules and duties and monitor time sheets.
• Assist and support the KOC teaching staff and provide classroom supervision when needed.
• Maintain and organize faculty area kitchen and storage room operation and supplies.
• Organize prepare and supervise snack distribution.
• Inform KOC Director of any special needs or problems concerning the program.
• Participate in opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Support the professional growth of teachers.
• Help to plan and participate in all KOC meetings and functions.
• Support parent education and school/family partnerships.
• Support all KOC policies.
• Establish and maintain good communication with staff and families.

• Provide for the safety and well being of all children.
• Coordinate responsibilities with teachers to develop consistent programing between classes.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws policies and administrative regulations.
• Assist in complying with state licensing guidelines and maintaining Community Care.
• Licensing records.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with staff and families using diplomacy and sensitivity.
• Assist in the planning and implementation of KOC events.
• Assist in marketing KOC events to campus community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Trains supervises and schedules student staff and substitute teachers.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The items below are representative of the knowledge skills abilities education and experience required or preferred. This position requires the ability to effectively establish and maintain cooperative working relationships within a diverse multicultural environment.

• Fingerprint/child abuse clearance through California state licensing.
• Current (within the last year) negative T.B. test and physical examination.

Candidate must have an understanding of child development and a constructivist/play-based approach to education for young children

The candidate must have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Computer skills and knowledge of modern office methods and procedures

• Advanced knowledge of English word usage spelling grammar and punctuation
• Perform secretarial administrative and clerical duties with accuracy and professionalism

• Child Development or Early Childhood course work 12 units minimum in each of the following four areas: child development curriculum child/family and community and infant/toddler development required.
  

Work Experience

• Three years teaching experience in a day care facility required.

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act as amended the California Fair Employment & Housing Act and all other applicable laws SCU provides reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities. A qualified individual is a person who meets skill experience education or other requirements of the position and who can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Considerable time is spent at a desk using a computer terminal.
• May be required to travel to other buildings on the campus.
• May be required to attend conference and training sessions within Bay Area or in- or out-of-state locations.
• Must be able to move with agility over and under children and objects or get down to childs level by kneeling sitting crouching or stooping.
• Working with children may require frequent lifting or carrying.

The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Busy and noisy environment.
• Smells associated with sick or diapered children.
• Rooms with frequent interruptions.

Telecommute

Santa Clara University is registered to do business in the following states: California Nevada Oregon Washington Arizona and Illinois. Employees approved to telecommute are required to perform their work within one of these states.

EEO Statement

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