Education Center

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Closing Date:
10/11/2019

   Director - Early Childhood Education

Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) serves 36,000 students preschool to 12 th grade in over 65 schools across a 90-square-mile district in Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Public Schools is the best-performing large urban district in Ohio and ranks the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students' learning and growth and offers families high-quality school choices and academic programs.

The district's innovative approach to education, its investment in effective and caring educators and employees, and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades - ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21 st century.

Cincinnati Public is looking for creative, innovative, passionate, problem-solvers to join our team. We seek to have a positive impact on our children and families every day and are looking for staff members who want to not only do an excellent job with their career field but also serve as a role model for the children in CPS. We invite you to become a member of our CPS work family.

Cincinnati Public Schools invites applications for the position of Director - Early Childhood Education
Responsible for Preschool expansion of program opportunities, program development, implementation, evaluation toward Kindergarten Readiness.

QUALIFICATIONS: Certification: Valid Ohio Administrative Certificate (Master's Degree)
Experience: Minimum of three (3) years' experience as a teacher, or in a teacher related position, and five years of administrative experience in the area of Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education. Quality Improvement trained.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY:

• Knowledge of compliance and regulations at federal, state and local levels as related to Early Childhood
• Familiar with the Ohio Department of Education policies and State Legislation
• Ability to plan, collaborate and implement best practices with internal and external departments and partnerships
• Positively represents and promotes Cincinnati Public Schools Preschool expansion, programming and collaborations within Cincinnati Public Schools boundaries
• Knowledge of district strategic plan
• Is able to work well with diverse populations
• Has excellent command of oral and written English language
• Manages Early Childhood staff and programs
• Has expertise in state and federal budgets, prepares and monitors budgets, including expenditures, purchasing and inventory of materials and equipment for Early Childhood
• Knowledge of Social Emotional learning, PBlS and strategies to increase parent involvement
• Knowledge to align preschool program for Kindergarten Readiness

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, design and implement professional development for Preschool staff and compliance
• Collaborated with Cincinnati Preschool Promise Board, Executive Director and staff
• Coordinate district Preschool literacy materials to align to the district goals
• Analyze Preschool literacy data
• Participate and provide updates to CPS Board regarding Workforce Development Committee
• Address compliance issues and develop confidence of funders in order to bring in more resources to the district for early childhood education purposes
• Coordinate planning, implementation and evaluation of the health, social services, nutrition, parent involvement and education components to assure compliance with Federal and Ohio Department of Education guidelines
• Consult with principals and other administrators on the organization and ongoing operations of the Early Childhood Education program in order to make early childhood programs an integral part of schools
• Knowledge of community needs, to match district resources to address preschool educational programming
• Develop pathways to remove barriers for preschool transition to Kindergarten
• Develop and collaborate to implement Quality Improvement Projects based on data
• Develop, plan, create and implement Early Childhood Education processes and procedures
• Increase training and support for early childhood practitioners to improve quality of Early Childhood programs
• Serve as technology, data and records liaison to ITM and other departments for preschool programs
• Perform additional responsibilities as required

CONTRACT PROVISIONS
Type Contract: Limited 261 days
Salary Grade: Director I - per CAAS Agreement

All applicants should submit a resume, and application online at www.cps-k12.org , click on employment, then Apply Online.

Note: A lead teacher in a position may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a lead teacher. A lead teacher may apply for an administrative position if the lead teacher resigns the lead teacher position prior to submitting an application, however, selection is not guaranteed. A consulting teacher may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a consulting teacher and for one full school year after serving as a consulting teacher.

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