Head Start Education Manager (Readvertised)

• Participates in interviewing, hiring, training, supervising, evaluating and monitoring all classroom staff.
• Maintains and monitors staffing at appropriate child to staff ratio.
• Assist classroom staff with the implementation of ChildPlus, Teaching Strategies Gold, and the Creative Curriculum.
• Assist all classroom staff in the completion of required educational requirements, such as home-visits and parent-teacher conferences.
• Maintains classroom compliance with Federal, State, local standards and the Head Start Program Performance Standards relative to reporting, assessments, data, and systems management.
• Assists with ERSEA and child portfolios per the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• Responsible to ensure all classroom staff complete a Professional Development Plan as identified in the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• Provide ongoing training and professional development to support staff in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities.
• Support all teaching staff in their day to day operations, such as classroom observations/feedback and best practices in ECE.
• Ensure all educational staff, educational consultants, and/or educational contractors have sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to fulfill the duties of their assigned roles.
• Develop educational plans with classroom staff to obtain proper credentials and degrees per the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• Develop and maintain memorandums of understandings for any educational services needed.
• Establish partnerships with Local Education Agencies to create and maintain school readiness plans per the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• Willingness to complete training and certification in CLASS, as well as perform required CLASS observations.
• Provide supervision over the Coach/Mentor, in ensuring the individual receives all required training and support to successfully perform their job.
• Assist the Family Services Advocates, Local Education Agencies, Disabilities & Mental Health Coordinator, Health Coordinator, and families in transition plans for all children.
• Assist with the development and/or revision of policies and procedures to ensure compliance.
• Practice confidentiality for all families, children, and staff.
• Ensure all classroom staff have adequate knowledge and understanding of their role as a mandated reporting, including the procedure for filing a report of suspected child abuse or neglect (960).
• Use and promote positive methods of child guidance.
• Assist all educational staff in the usage of Dakota culture, language, and values.

Other duties as assigned.