Assistant Director - Little Rock

Description

Are you a compassionate and enthusiastic individual looking to positively impact the life of children with special needs?

At Pediatrics Plus, you can do just that! We are currently seeking Occupational Therapists to join our team of highly qualified professionals that share our vision of Empowering Children to Conquer their World!

Pediatrics Plus is a highly collaborative pediatric healthcare provider. We are committed to helping children succeed in all stages of life through evidence-based therapy (ABA, OT, PT, and Speech) and developmental preschool services, state of the art facilities, specialized equipment, family support and education, and community investment.

Here are some other reasons you’ll love working at Pediatrics Plus:

• Flexible Scheduling
• Competitive Compensation
• Paid Time Off, Benefits, and 401K
• Training & Development
• Personal Growth & Leadership Opportunities
• Supportive & interdisciplinary work environment
• Onsite childcare options

POSITION PURPOSE

 Oversees the Developmental Preschool program. Supervises direct care staff and habilitative services provided to Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT) recipients. 

 ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & BASIC DUTIES

 Supervises the Developmental Preschool Program, including supervision of direct care staff and any habilitative services provided.

1. Supervises the direct care provided to EIDT recipients.
2. Building set up and daily grounds inspection, including playground environment, to ensure safety and welfare of all children is maintained.
3. Conducts reviews of the center to ensure that Arkansas Child Care Licensing and EIDT requirements are being followed.
4. Available for morning arrivals of students and staff to address any concerns.
5. Acts as the contact person for daily operations, building needs, and/or issues as they arise.
6. Maintains or supervises communication with parents/guardians of preschool students for upcoming events, classroom changes, via paper memos or electronic communication (Remind App, etc.).
7. Schedules needed conferences and referral meetings for the Kindergarten transition process.
8. Monitors classroom attendance by submitting weekly attendance records, tracking patterns, contacting families, etc.
9. Monitors compliance of teaching staff with our classroom transition policy by running a weekly Headcount report on deTASO.
10. Completes other weekly and monthly reports as required by the facility for maintenance of EIDT guidelines, facility policies, etc.
11. Assists in monitoring of recess zones.
12. Manages classroom staffing to ensure maintenance of required direct care staff ratios in each classroom.
13. Monitors classroom attendance by submitting weekly attendance records, tracking patterns, contacting families, etc.
14. Monitors classroom staff attendance record and provides occurrences in accordance with the occurrence policy.
15. Supervises the payroll process including verification of time sheets, leave requests, etc.
16. Oversees requisitions and supplies for the building and completion of associated expense report.
17. Oversees maintenance requests and is available for annual inspections.
18. Assists Director with interviewing for open classroom positions.
19. Oversees new hire orientation for classroom staff.
20. Oversees the 30-60-90 Day Review Process for new hires.
21. Assists Director with annual performance evaluations.
22. Conducts classroom observations as needed for minimum licensing issues, interpersonal conflicts, and classroom presence issues.
23. Assists in the completion of any needed worker's compensation paperwork or corrective action plans in conjunction with Human Resources staff and Preschool Director.
24. Assists in scheduling monthly in-services and ensures that staff are notified.
25. Oversees the extended care program.
26. Oversees the Medicaid transportation process.
27. Acts as the contact person for Preschool Sunshine Fund and delegates tasks to the Programming Coordinator as needed.
28. Actively attends and contributes to all required administrative meetings.
29. Works with administrative team to ensure special events are effectively and efficiently initiated, planned, and executed.
30. Shared responsibility for completion of monthly lead teacher One-on-One meetings with Curriculum Coordinator.
31. Observes and provides feedback to lead teacher during assistant teacher One-on-One meetings.
32. Attends Multidisciplinary conferences as needed.
33. Is available to parents as needed for questions/concerns as well as tours of the facility for prospective parents
34. Available to assist with any IT related issues for classroom teaching staff.
35. Oversees intake process for new enrollments and discharge process for children being discharged from the preschool.
36. May perform other related and non-related duties, as assigned.
37. Maintains regular and punctual attendance.
38. Completes tasks in a timely manner.
39. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPETENCIES

 Judgment:

• Displays willingness to make decisions. 
• Exhibits sound and accurate judgment.
• Supports and explains reasoning for decisions.
• Includes appropriate people in decision-making process.
• Makes timely decisions. 

 Managing People:

• Includes staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement.
• Takes responsibility for staff's activities.
• Makes self available to staff and provides regular feedback.
• Develops staff's skills and encourages growth.

 Oral Communication:

• Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
• Listens and gets clarification.
• Responds well to questions.
• Demonstrates group presentation skills.
• Participates in meetings.

 Organizational Support:

• Follows policies and procedures.
• Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time.
• Supports organization's goals and values.
• Benefits organization through outside activities.

 Problem Solving:

• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Develops alternative solutions.
• Works well in group problem solving situations.
• Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Planning/Organizing:

• Prioritizes and plans work activities.
• Uses time efficiently.
• Plans for additional resources.
• Sets goals and objectives.
• Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks.
• Assists in development of realistic action plans.

 Teamwork:

• Balances team and individual responsibilities.
• Exhibits objectivity and openness to other's views.
• Gives and welcomes feedback.
• Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Puts success of team above own interests.
• Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives.
• Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Leadership Development:

• Incorporates leadership principles taught by center.
• Develops personal leadership skills.
• Develops leadership skills of supervised staff.
• Fosters quality focus in others, improves processes, products and services.

Qualifications

Education/ Certification: 

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Special Education, or related degree from a four year accredited college or university with a CDA.

 Experience/ Knowledge required:

• Two years of successful experience in a classroom setting working with developmentally at-risk children or equivalent combination of education and experience.

 Skills/ Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide variety of people.
• Must be able to work with children birth to age 18 and families who are at risk.
• Knowledge of Benchmark Assessment.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Basic computer skills which includes a working knowledge of database, word processing, spreadsheet, and Internet software.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a very busy environment.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, policies, and other company documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of families or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear.  The employee is regularly required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is frequently required to stand and stoop, twist, bend, kneel, crouch or crawl.   The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to maintain regular and punctual attendance. The employee is required to complete tasks in a timely manner.