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Director, Early Childhood Education (ECE) Lab School
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Position Number: 5784024
Location: Monterey, CA
Position Type: Education - Teacher Education - Early Childhood

Monterey Peninsula College

Director, Early Childhood Education (ECE) Lab School

Salary: $8,044.00 - $9,776.00 Monthly
Job Type:
Job Number: 2018-00173
Closing: 12/1/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Monterey, CA
Division: Student Services

Description

**PRIORITY APPLICATION SCREENING DEADLINE: September 15, 2024 11:59 PM.**
Monterey Peninsula Community District is committed to educational equity for all students. As outlined in the District's Governing Board Goals, Educational Master Plan (Download PDF reader), Equal Employment Opportunity Plan, and Student Equity Plan (Download PDF reader). We provide students with a rich and dynamic learning experience that embraces differences - emphasizing collaboration, engaging students in and out of the classroom, and encouraging them to realize their goals and become global citizens and socially responsible leaders. When you join our team at Monterey Peninsula College, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social
justice requiring broad collaboration among faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners.

Monterey Peninsula College is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and is an affiliate of the statewide Umoja Community of California Community Colleges. Monterey Peninsula College has a diverse student population that is a reflection of the communities it serves.

We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, orientations, and intersections of these identities, and others not yet identified. Therefore, we prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to a professional educational community. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded individual dedicated to collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also committed to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who already does or has demonstrated the desire to:

Hold ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices; Reframe inequities as a problem of practice and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility; Implement positive race-consciousness and embrace human difference; Reflect on institutional and teaching practices and make them more culturally responsive; and Collaborate with colleagues on equity-related initiatives.

Monterey Peninsula College seeks employees who value mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational or career goals. All departments value collaboration across disciplines to create inclusive, integrated, and interdisciplinary learning experiences.
JOB SUMMARYMonterey Peninsula College's Early Childhood Education Lab School provides high quality early childhood education and care to children ages 3 through 5, and includes an outdoor learning environment. The lab school implements a progressive student-centered, self-directed, and experiential approach to teaching that focuses on children's exploration and discovery.
Under the general direction of the Vice President of Student Services, coordinate, direct, evaluate, and supervise the functions, activities and staff of an Early Childhood Education (ECE) Lab School within the college and comply with District, Licensing and other requirements including mandated legal and regulatory provisions: prepare, recommend and implement policies and procedures, and operations, and do related work as required.

Example of Duties

Essential Functions
Provides overall effective administration of the ECE Lab School, including annual assessment of program philosophy, goals, and objectives: preparation of annual strategic plan that coordinates annual institutional and State Program review report, reflections, goals and objectives, policies and regulations from Title 22 and Title 5 and develops /maintains annual master calendar for center operations.

Hire, train, supervise, evaluate and schedule staff to ensure a safe, friendly, effective ECE Lab School, and monitor staff permits.

Develop and maintain classroom environments and curriculum to create a warm, interactive, intellectually stimulating, physically challenging, and emotionally secure program based on individual children's and families' specific needs, including language and cultural values which reflect and support the ECE instructional program in close collaboration with ECE faculty.

Model and teach appropriate pre-school teaching techniques and practices/procedures for staff, laboratory students and parents.

Facilitate positive intrapersonal relationships with staff through accessibility, positive dialogue, and regularly scheduled staff meetings.

Advocate for and represent the ECE Lab School operations on campus and in the community, provide on-going reports to advisory committees, ECE faculty, and other related on/off campus interest groups.

Establish learning outcomes for ECE Lab School.

Establish eligibility criteria and fee schedules and accounting for fee billing and payments following state mandated guidelines.

Perform intake and enrollment interviews with parents; monitor continued eligibility of parents; coordinate, plan and hold orientation for parents, staff, parent-aides and volunteers.

Make referrals to community agencies as needed; maintain rapport with parents; advise parents regarding parenting and personal concerns; serve as advisor to Parent Advisory Council and attend monthly PAC meetings.

Report suspected child abuse/neglect to Child Protective Services as mandated.

Develop and administer the annual budget.

Serve as liaison between MPC and California Department of Education, Child Development Division and the Child Care Food Unit, CACFP

Search for grants and external funding; Plan and oversee fund raising endeavors.

Maintain attendance and other records as required by the Child Development Division and the Child Care Food Program; submit required federal and state reports in a timely manner.

Coordinate with the ECE Department in the use of the ECE Lab School as a practicum laboratory school; Ensure staff is implementing State's Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) for assessing children and program.

Monitor staff professional growth, CPR and First Aid mandatory requirements; provide continuous in-service training for staff.

Collaborate with California Welfare to Work (CalWORKS), Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE), Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS), Job Center, and other campus programs as needed.

Collaborate with Monterey County Results & Referred (R&R), Child Development Training Consortium (CDTC), Monterey County QRIS, First 5 Monterey County and other community agencies.

Ensure that the facilities and equipment of the Children's Center are maintained in a safe, sanitary condition.

Other Functions
Perform duties of all ECE Lab School staff as needed in emergencies.

Participate on College committees as required.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Current experience in administering and supervising an early childhood center-based program with multiple funding sources.
Experience in a college lab school setting, including personnel management and the promotion of positive relationships; development and supervision of preschool children.
Supervision of parent-child, teacher programs: integration of research theory into early childhood center-based programs; ability to motivate and support innovation in early childhood center-based programs.
Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Required Education and Experience
Any combination of education, experience and training that would indicate possession of the required knowledge, skill and abilities listed herein. For example a BA in Early Childhood Development, Human Development, or Family & Consumer Studies with specialization in child development or a related field and a minimum of (2) two years experience as a teacher or director in a children's center position.

Knowledge
Knowledge of: principles and techniques of children's center management; budgeting for a children's center; supervision and training of staff; laws, rules, and regulations relating to children's center; principles of early childhood development and state reporting requirements; record keeping, office methods and practices; public relations techniques; a variety of software programs as needed. Able to determine cognitive, social, physical needs of children.

Abilities
Ability to: effectively direct, coordinate and supervise all aspects of the ECE Lab School; develop and implement program goals and objectives and ECE Lab School policies; effectively initiate and prepare program compliance, quality review and accreditation application; learn, explain and apply current and new policies, procedures, rules and regulations pertaining to a child development center; analyze situations and make decisions on procedural matters; communicate/deal effectively with all levels of the District including parents, children, staff , representatives of government agencies, community representatives, and others encountered in the scope of the position; meet schedules and deadlines as required;; communicate effectively in both written and oral form using appropriate and correct English, spelling and grammar; provide accurate accounting reports; maintain security and confidentiality of records and information regarding children and families; establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties; demonstrate an understanding of, sensitivity to and appreciation for, the academic, ethnic, socio-economic, disability and gender diversity of students and staff attending or working on a community college campus.

Physical Effort/Work Environment: Indoor/outdoor work environment with children and parents. Some lifting of children and moderate weight parcels. Able to crouch at a child's level and sit on the floor and get back up. Able to reach a child 20-30 feet away within 30 seconds without danger to the staff person's health.

Special Qualifications
Evidence of a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of staff and students with disabilities.

Permits and Certificates: The ability to obtain a California Child Development Program Director Permit, Title 5, First Aid and child/adult CPR certification. A valid First Aid Certificate may be required.

TB and proof of all immunizations required by Title 22.

Work Schedule / Supplemental Information

Licenses and Certificates
Possess or ability to obtain a valid California driver's license and must have an acceptable driving record and current vehicle insurance meeting State of California requirements.

Required Application Materials

Where appropriate, please highlight in your cover letter and/or resume how your experience and work has encompassed social justice or Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti Racism, and Accessibility (IDEA) principles.

All applicants are required to submit:

A completed online District application form, submitted via our website.
A resume/curriculum vitae that details all relevant education, training, and teaching experience (including courses taught), and other work experience
All academic transcripts. Unofficial copies may be submitted with the application; official copies will be required at the time of the interview. For foreign degrees, you are required to attach an evaluation for US equivalency.
A cover letter including details of how you meet the items listed in the desirable qualifications.
A diversity statement including a detailed response to how you have implemented or demonstrated your sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Benefits
Monterey Peninsula College offers excellent employee benefits, ranging from health, dental, vision, life insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), and long-term disability, provides sick leave and contributes to the CalSTRS or CalPERS retirement plan. Participation in tax-deferred plans is available.

Candidate Travel Reimbursement
Monterey Peninsula College will provide up to $1,000 travel reimbursement to eligible candidates. A candidate is eligible for travel reimbursement when they have participated in an in-person interview for first- and/or second-level interviews, and when they live 50 miles or more from the College.

For recruitment questions, please contact:

Gerardo Cardenas Hernandez - HR Specialist
gcardenashernandez@mpc.edu

To apply, visit https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/mpc/jobs/2617440/director-early-childhood-education-ece-lab-school