Heartworks Early Education
Child Care Director, Guaranteed Paid Time Off
Heartworks Early Education, Essex Center, Vermont, United States,
Heartworks Early Education is invested in meaningful positive change for those who dedicate their careers to early education.
To be more comparable with K-12 primary education positions, we now offer employees 4 weeks of guaranteed paid time off. Our school calendars include paid closures between Christmas and New Year's Day, February and April vacations (to align with the Chittenden County Public School District), the week of July 4th, multiple federal holidays and added professional development days throughout the year.
We are seeking an
Executive Director
to join our team in Essex, VT. The Executive Director is responsible for the school’s financial, operational, educational, and cultural success. Ultimately, the Executive Director creates and sustains a happy and healthy learning environment for all enrolled children and staff. Through effective written, virtual, and in-person communication skills, the Executive Director will model and foster genuine teamwork, leadership, and transparency in school and across our network of early education centers.
Our shared values are team spirit, passion, and continuous learning. Our in-school programs and lessons are held up by four strategic pillars: People First, Pedagogy for Tomorrow, Planet at the Core, and Positive Growth.
If those pillars are values that align with your approach to education, and you are looking to grow in your career in Early Childhood Education, our dedicated team would love to connect!
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Education, Human Development, or a related field, or 30 college credits with an Early Childhood or School Age focus.
Program Director Step 2 certificate or willingness to take classes towards that level.
Vermont Early Educator License is preferred.
Responsibilities:Own center-based daily/educational operations, including but not limited to:
Schedule and administer smooth daily opening and closing procedures.
Oversee all on-site teacher and administrative training (including building a succession plan for AD to act as the center/school director in your absence).
Supervise curriculum to meet or exceed the standards of NAEYC’s developmental guidelines, and state education standards.
Demonstrate a complete mastery of the regulatory environment, including compliance, licensor relationships, and the ability to adapt to regulatory changes.
Oversee school culture and activities.
Maintain exceptional relationships with enrolled families through excellent verbal and written communication, family events, and positive interactions.
Ensure that anti-bias and anti-racism perspectives are evident throughout the school.
Actively engage children, staff, and families in age-appropriate social-emotional learning.
Serve as a mandated reporter and ensure all staff understand their obligations as mandated reporters.
Own center-based financial management, including, but not limited to:
All weekly scheduling and payroll calculations are handled in the payroll system, i.e., Paylocity.
Weekly Profit & Loss calculations are completed.
Budgeting (e.g., billing, managing and collecting outstanding tuition, handling all voucher renewals, revenue drivers, and the ordering of supplies).
Communicate with families about all things related to tuition and billing.
Updating family payment and attendance schedules through company systems (e.g., Procare).
Benefits:
Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and pet insurance.
Health benefits are available upon start date.
Free Subscription to First Stop Health; receive ongoing care from doctors and prescribers through easy telehealth services.
401k with company match.
Tuition reimbursement.
Career advancement and coaching.
75-50% off childcare tuition.
Employee referral.
Little Sprouts LLC, Building Blocks Early Learning, and Heartworks Early Education are a subsidiary of Babilou Family, a global network of 1,100 early education and child care centers, providing award-winning early education and care across 39 New England schools. Through the experience and talents of nearly 900 early education professionals and in partnership with nearly 4,000 families, we are on a meaningful journey to create optimal learning spaces where children ages 0-5 can learn, grow, and thrive.
Our teams, whether at our home office or inside our schools, are change makers – they inspire, create, model, and most importantly make this a great place to work. At Little Sprouts, LLC we are consistently recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity within the communities in which we operate. Our focus on equity and inclusion allows us to develop a broader scope of ideas and approaches, offering a collaborative and dynamic educational experience for the youngest members of society.
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To be more comparable with K-12 primary education positions, we now offer employees 4 weeks of guaranteed paid time off. Our school calendars include paid closures between Christmas and New Year's Day, February and April vacations (to align with the Chittenden County Public School District), the week of July 4th, multiple federal holidays and added professional development days throughout the year.
We are seeking an
Executive Director
to join our team in Essex, VT. The Executive Director is responsible for the school’s financial, operational, educational, and cultural success. Ultimately, the Executive Director creates and sustains a happy and healthy learning environment for all enrolled children and staff. Through effective written, virtual, and in-person communication skills, the Executive Director will model and foster genuine teamwork, leadership, and transparency in school and across our network of early education centers.
Our shared values are team spirit, passion, and continuous learning. Our in-school programs and lessons are held up by four strategic pillars: People First, Pedagogy for Tomorrow, Planet at the Core, and Positive Growth.
If those pillars are values that align with your approach to education, and you are looking to grow in your career in Early Childhood Education, our dedicated team would love to connect!
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Education, Human Development, or a related field, or 30 college credits with an Early Childhood or School Age focus.
Program Director Step 2 certificate or willingness to take classes towards that level.
Vermont Early Educator License is preferred.
Responsibilities:Own center-based daily/educational operations, including but not limited to:
Schedule and administer smooth daily opening and closing procedures.
Oversee all on-site teacher and administrative training (including building a succession plan for AD to act as the center/school director in your absence).
Supervise curriculum to meet or exceed the standards of NAEYC’s developmental guidelines, and state education standards.
Demonstrate a complete mastery of the regulatory environment, including compliance, licensor relationships, and the ability to adapt to regulatory changes.
Oversee school culture and activities.
Maintain exceptional relationships with enrolled families through excellent verbal and written communication, family events, and positive interactions.
Ensure that anti-bias and anti-racism perspectives are evident throughout the school.
Actively engage children, staff, and families in age-appropriate social-emotional learning.
Serve as a mandated reporter and ensure all staff understand their obligations as mandated reporters.
Own center-based financial management, including, but not limited to:
All weekly scheduling and payroll calculations are handled in the payroll system, i.e., Paylocity.
Weekly Profit & Loss calculations are completed.
Budgeting (e.g., billing, managing and collecting outstanding tuition, handling all voucher renewals, revenue drivers, and the ordering of supplies).
Communicate with families about all things related to tuition and billing.
Updating family payment and attendance schedules through company systems (e.g., Procare).
Benefits:
Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and pet insurance.
Health benefits are available upon start date.
Free Subscription to First Stop Health; receive ongoing care from doctors and prescribers through easy telehealth services.
401k with company match.
Tuition reimbursement.
Career advancement and coaching.
75-50% off childcare tuition.
Employee referral.
Little Sprouts LLC, Building Blocks Early Learning, and Heartworks Early Education are a subsidiary of Babilou Family, a global network of 1,100 early education and child care centers, providing award-winning early education and care across 39 New England schools. Through the experience and talents of nearly 900 early education professionals and in partnership with nearly 4,000 families, we are on a meaningful journey to create optimal learning spaces where children ages 0-5 can learn, grow, and thrive.
Our teams, whether at our home office or inside our schools, are change makers – they inspire, create, model, and most importantly make this a great place to work. At Little Sprouts, LLC we are consistently recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity within the communities in which we operate. Our focus on equity and inclusion allows us to develop a broader scope of ideas and approaches, offering a collaborative and dynamic educational experience for the youngest members of society.
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