General Summary

The Site Director's role consists of 3 main areas of responsibility: Community Culture, Instructional Support, and Program Compliance. The Site Director will lead the program in meeting compliance standards, creating and maintaining a sense of belonging and care for members of our program community (staff, students, and their families), and in supporting high-quality developmentally appropriate instruction. Site Directors will collaborate with Network leaders, and school-aged site administration to ensure the well-being, safety, and academic and social emotional development of all students.  This role reports to the Pre-K Director.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains and manages daily program-wide operations (e.g. arrival/dismissal, lunch/recess, safety procedures, etc.)

•  Effectively organize, manage and monitor required staff, student, and site files. 

• Adheres to, and ensures state and county licensure and compliance requirements are met in a timely manner and maintained.

• Manages program  tuition fees, program finances, and the site budget in a timely, and effective manner.

• Proactively and independently make decisions in accordance with school and program policies and procedures.

• Strong oral and written communications skills; technology skills.

Lead program culture

• Embody people leadership traits by building authentic relationships, reflecting on their own identity and the impact of identity in our work, leading with empathy, and demonstrating a growth mindset.

• Sets a vision of excellence for student and staff culture, along with the Network leadership, and executes on plans to uphold it.

• Identifies and addresses equity beliefs and challenges within the school community.

• Acts as the first Leadership Team contact pertaining to student support, family conversations, and concerns. 

• Supports teachers in understanding process and roles in student support and intervention and develops/maintains systems and structures to execute on those roles.

• Supports teachers in building an inclusive environment for all students including overseeing the screening and referral process.

• Models clear communication, and takes initiative when a gap is realized.

• Ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment. 

Hire and retain highly-effective staff

• Recruits, interviews, and on-boards highly-effective staff members.

• Consistently communicates to teachers, through words and actions, that they are valued, supported, and cared for. 

• Implement retention strategies to ensure highly-effective teachers stay teaching.

Build own Content Knowledge

• Develops deep mastery of the academic standards, curriculum and assessments. ( Creative Curriculum, Al’s PALS, Lifelong Readers. Phonological Awareness Assessment, Brigance screening) 

• Uses most recent research to expand knowledge, and learns from others within and outside of their program environment. 

• Engages in self-driven, ongoing learning regarding curriculum, instructional strategies, coaching, and classroom management

Manage, Develop and Coach teachers

• Leads data-driven instruction by analyzing classroom level, program level, and network level data and develops and executes plans to address gaps, and leads teachers in doing the same. 

• Provides high-quality instructional coaching by accurately diagnosing classroom instruction and providing frequent feedback for teachers across skill level; intensively coach new and struggling teachers with a range of coaching techniques. 

• Facilitate collaboration between staff members. 

• Effectively manages and develops teachers on a wide range of skill and experience level by defining responsibilities, setting goals and providing ongoing feedback and support in areas such as, but not limited to, instructional support, classroom organization and management, and emotional support. 

• Ability to train a staff of up to 30 and oversee the completion of performance appraisals, supervise the development of individualized goals for staff’s professional growth and development, as well as supervise the monitoring and evaluation of goal accomplishment.