Preschool Director Job Description
Preschool director
provides supervision and technical assistance for professional staff, student workers, and volunteers within LSU Early Childhood Education Laboratory Preschool.
Preschool Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provides notes and creative input on scripts and reading materials with a strong knowledge of story structure and character development
Responsible for short and long term planning for assigned properties
Represent the Nickelodeon brand and properties’ POV for any and all cross-business initiatives, ensuring strategic and creative consistency
Be accountable for the operation of the school, ensuring that the school is operating in accordance with company and state licensing standards
Recruit, select and retain quality staff
Collaborates with key creatives (EPs, Writers, Artists) on development projects
Identifies and cultivates fresh ideas
Takes initiative and can work with creative teams to move projects forward
Interprets and translates notes from creative discussions and ensure timely distribution to Executives and Talent
Gives clear and supportive feedback to creative teams
Preschool Director Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Preschool Director
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, UMC, AED, ESMA
Education for Preschool Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the preschool director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Teaching, Education, Early Childhood, Associates, Elementary Education, Special Education, Training and Development, Leadership
Skills for Preschool Director
Desired skills for preschool director include:
Catholic philosophy of education
State licensing requirements
VPK program
Gmail
Instagram
Microsoft Office
Outside professionals for consistent growth in early childhood professional development
Story
Racial and cultural equity & Inclusion
Developmentally appropriate curriculum
Desired experience for preschool director includes:
Power Point Skills are a + for presenting ideas, award season
Bachelor's degree with 12 credits in ECE, child development or related field plus 1 year of teaching experience in child care setting and 1 year of supervisory experience -OR
Associate degree in ECE or related field with a plan of study to a bachelor's degree plus 2 years of teaching experience in a child care setting and 2 years of supervisory experience -OR
CDA with a plan of study to a degree plus 2 years of teaching experience in a child care setting, 2 years of supervisory experience and a Career Level 3 on OPDN
Must have current certification in infant, child and adult CPR and first aid
Must have at least 2 semester hours in Child Care Administration from an accredited college or university, or a minimum of 3.0 CEUs in Child Care Administration
Preschool Director Examples
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Preschool Director Job Description
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Our growing company is looking for a preschool director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for preschool director
- Builds rapport and maintains relationships with management companies and talent agencies in an effort to find new writers, artists and directors
- Sources possible materials, books, stories and scripts for consideration in future television projects
- Independently identifies potential talent
- Fosters close working relationships with creative teams
- Actively part of creative and development process to generate pre-school series bibles, scripts and character designs pitch documents
- Collaborates with other Development Executives on projects and works well in a team setting to support and improve all projects in development
- Ensures that the department resources
- Manages the department coordinators, assistants and interns as they work on assigned projects
- Provides direction to the administrative staff and ensures that work has been distributed efficiently
- Represent Nick Jr
Qualifications for preschool director
- Graduation from an accredited four-year (4-year) college OR
- Sixty (60) semester hours with at least thirty (30) hours of which shall be in business or management, child or youth development, early childhood OR
- High School Diploma (or Department recognized equivalent), and Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance (TECTA) certificate for completing thirty (30) clock hours of orientation training, or the equivalent as recognized by the Department
- Must have previous experience in a licensed child care facility previous management experience
- High School diploma or GED with 120 hours of training in child care and at least 1 year of child care experience OR
- Child Development Associate (CDA) with 1 year of child care experience OR
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of preschool director. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for preschool director
- Partner with International franchise team to ideate global opportunities
- Serve as point person for positioning, new series launch plans and ongoing property planning with internal and key external partners
- Direct management of the property marketing budget, ensuring effective and economical allocation of resources
- Lead the creation of cross-department presentations and resource materials
- Supervise Manager and support staff
- Acts as State 619 Coordinator for communication/coordination with federal government
- Interprets rules 3301-51 with Office for Exceptional Children and rules 3301-37 for Preschool Program Licensing
- Supervises Preschool Special Education team through clarification and communication of office priorities, roles/responsibilities, policies, and processes
- Plans, implements and evaluates strategic priorities and activities
- Documents policies and processes for Preschool Special Education
Qualifications for preschool director
- Associates degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development and 9 months of childcare experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development and 6 months of childcare experience
- Must have at least 1 year of management experience
- 3-4 years of experience in an early childhood education setting
- One year of supervisory experience of at least six non-exempt associates
- Any licenses, certificates or specialized training as required by State law and regulatory agencies
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of preschool director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for preschool director
- Coordinates service delivery across early childhood education programs, ODE offices, state agencies, and regional services
- Coordinates IDEA program monitoring and complaint investigation across early childhood education programs and with the Office for Exceptional Children
- Provides data, data analysis and recommendations for policies, procedures, biennium budget and the use of federal discretionary dollars
- Ensures timely data analysis of information required for the Annual Performance Report for OSEP
- Processes waivers for class size, caseload, teacher qualifications
- Act as a liaison for the Brand Design team with Animation & Brand Creative internal programming divisions ensuring synergy and brand excellence across Nick Jr
- Execute art & design that translates the attitude and values of our properties across all businesses categories
- Explore head turning creative that enhances our properties and grows our business
- Hands-on creative with excellent motion graphics abilities and strong aesthetic judgment
- Support, mentor, inspire and elevate the design team including graphic & motion designers
Qualifications for preschool director
- Minimum of two year associate degree is required
- Preferred that the applicant has taught in a Preschool/Kindergarten program or in a program for Kindergarten through 3rd grade
- Must meet state specific guidelines for the role Minimum 12 ECE Units, including units in ECE, Child Development, or Child Care Administration
- Strong knowledge of general office machinery (i.e., copier, duplicator, fax, postage meter, folding machine)
- Demonstrate excellent organizational, oral/written communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well with staff and volunteers in a team environment
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of preschool director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for preschool director
- Communicates strategy to team members and other internal partners/stakeholders
- Assists Director in implementing and monitoring programming for consistency with the school philosophy
- Participates as a member of the management staff in long-range planning, goal setting, and assessment
- Updates and maintains the school’s strategic plan, coordinating with appropriate staff on status of specific goals and objectives
- Assists incoming families in making a workable and productive schedule that meets the needs of both children and parents
- Coordinates interview processes and assists in the selection process
- Plans and coordinates staff development activities
- Participates with the Director in the development and presentation of parent programs and events
- Maintains high visibility in the center with staff and with parents
- Assists the Director in maintaining the physical facility of the center
Qualifications for preschool director
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, utilizing proper lifting procedures
- Must be able to stoop and bend to interact on the children’s level
- Required to stand up to 95% of the workday
- Preferred Bachelors in Education or related field with 2-3 years’ experience
- Strong interest in animation and/or preschool content a major “plus.”
- Must be practicing Catholic and be willing to sign a Profession of Faith
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Preschool Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of preschool director. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for preschool director
- Supervise and provide training for The Pre-School and Summer Day Camp Staff in tutor-student generated tutorial sessions and activities
- Supervise all program interns and staff
- Supervise programs components of the Pre-School and Summer Day Camp and provide daily supervision
- Monitor on-going programmatic needs of the students’ academic progress, assessment through conducting regular assessments
- Produce lesson plans to adhere to Ohio Education Standards grades for K-8, for all academic components
- Provide support to Pre-school staff and conduct necessary evaluations
- Plan and execute a 9-10-week long summer day camp for preschool and school age students
- Develop plans of action via reports and recommendations as needed for efficient operations of the Pre-School and Summer Day Camp
- Responsible for marketing and growing and or maintaining enrollment
- Responsible for the development and implementation of overall parent workshop and correspondence and parental involvement with pre-school, distribute as appropriate all pre-school information, records, correspondences related to academic component
Qualifications for preschool director
- 5 years of supervisory/administrative experience
- Additional coursework beyond master’s degree or terminal degree
- Experience developing and implementing policy
- Experience using technology to collect testing, assessment, or demographic information for students
- Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex roles and responsibilities
- Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and 1 year experience teaching preschool aged children – or – Bachelor’s in other discipline and 5 years’ experience