Director, Pre Kindergarten

Position Type:
Administration and Professionals
Date Posted:
2023-07-18
Location:Administration or As Assigned
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for
performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Location: Administration or As Assigned
Reports to: Executive Director, Curriculum
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Band: 15
Compensation: $73,440. - 102,816.
The Director, Prekindergarten is responsible for developing, planning, managing, supporting, organizing, and implementing developmentally appropriate best practices that align to research in early childhood. The Director, Prekindergarten supports the District's Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World where every scholar has authentic opportunities to demonstrate their learning in a joyful and adventurous environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the strategic initiatives of the Deputy Chief of Learning and Teaching in alignment with the District's Vision of Learning
• Organize and maintain tracking systems including the department's staff list, background checks, annual fire inspections and required licensing and SUTQ training
• Oversee Ohio Licensing and Step Up to Quality processes for preschools which includes onboarding of new teachers and paraprofessionals
• Collaborate and meet with ODE on SUTQ updates, feedback, and school ratings.
• Design, facilitate and manage professional learning activities related to early childhood including District level professional learning days
• Collaborate with preschool Special Education department
• Update and monitor Prekindergarten website
• Oversee Prekindergarten enrollment
• Monitor and articulate Head Start Performance Standards as well as Universal PreK and Ohio Early Childhood Expansion
• Manage the Preschool team to improve student outcomes in early childhood education
• Oversee, collaborate, and manage all early childhood partnerships including other outside stakeholders, community funding partners, and District leadership and its teams
• Ensure child development assessment practices for both baseline screening and ongoing child assessments are conducted; provide guidance and training if needed
• Create, oversee, and manage Preschool budgets
• Annually order and update curriculum and supply materials to ensure that they meet SUTQ's 5 Star requirements
• Oversee, facilitate and be a representative on District committees as needed
• Perform other related duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Master's degree in early childhood, elementary education/curriculum or educational administration
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years early childhood teaching
• Ohio Department of Education Administrator Certificate preferred
• Experience working with diverse and economically disadvantaged populations
• Management experience with demonstrated success in developing, coaching and building capacity of staff
• Ability to analyze data, research best practices and support school staff with implementation of research-based curriculum
• Deep knowledge of Ohio's Early Learning standards and assessments
• The ability to solve problems and develop student-focused solutions and demonstrated emotional intelligence necessary to work across the school division and the community
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Customer focused orientation
• Ability to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate program goals and initiatives.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks, projects, and responsibilities.
• Strong communication skills: written, verbal and presentation mode
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, and the public.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with an office environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment.
• Travel to schools will be required; must have reliable transportation

NOTE: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility.
EEO STATEMENT
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105.
The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070
TitleIX_EEO@ClevelandMetroSchools.org
Education
To Apply
Please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO Statement
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070
TitleIX_EEO@ClevelandMetroSchools.org