KANSAS CITY MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT

Job Description 

 

Job Title: Assistant Director, Pre-Kindergarten Programs

Job Title Code:  02199  

Salary Grade:  S654 $73970 - $115390      

Department: Early Learning

Reports To: Director, Pre-Kindergarten Programs

FLSA Status:  Exempt    

Date Prepared: March 2023            

 

PURPOSE OF JOB: To assist the Director of Pre-K Programs in providing effective leadership and supervision of Pre-Kindergarten programs in all areas of program responsibilities, ensuring high quality expanding instructional programming for children and families. The Assistant Director of Pre-K Programs assists in directing pre-kindergarten programs and services, achieving defined objectives by planning, evaluating, developing, implementing and maintaining compliance with established guidelines.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. Assists Pre-K Programs Director in supervising, evaluating, observing and supporting Pre-K Program staff as assigned, ensuring communication and collaboration with school and district leadership toward program goals
2. Assists in effective instructional systems, quality implementation of curriculum, instruction, assessment cycles and professional learning communities
3. Coordinates data driven developmentally appropriate differentiation, RTI, participates on comprehensive student support teams, to ensure appropriate services and interventions provided
4. Compiles, monitors and analyzes data, creates reports and clerical duties as needed, ensuring regulatory compliance & reporting as required
5. Supports payroll processes & leave requests, maintaining required classroom coverage
6. Collaborates with intra-district teams to research, develop, organize and implement and track professional learning for program staff and community partners based as needed
7. Manages inventory and distribution of resources, orders, materials ensuring needs met
8. Coordinates partnerships with community programs for high quality programming goals
9. Manages staffing, training, enrollment & financial operations of pre-k extended learning
10. Supports financial, audit preparation, and budgetary pre-k programming needs as assigned
11. Coordinates recruitment and retention of students, families, and workforce, attending events, using digital and print publications with collaborating agencies as needed
12. Utilizes relevant district software and technology effectively in the performance of duties
13. Ensures successful implementation of assigned objectives as assigned
14. Other duties as assigned

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  YES

                                                                       

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

1. Master’s degree in Education or related field from accredited college or university
2. Hold or be eligible for Missouri Certification in school administration or leadership
3. Hold, or be eligible for Missouri Certification in early childhood education, Birth - 3rd
4. Previous experience with district supervisory and/leadership
5. Four (4) or more years of early childhood teaching experience

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

1. Specialist Degree in Education or related field from accredited college or university
2. Three (3) years’ experience in Early Childhood Education as a teacher mentor/coach
3. Five (5) years of early childhood teaching experience
4. Experience with DAP, PBL, Conscious Discipline, Creative Curriculum, CLASS, DRDP
5. Bilingual

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects/children of at least forty pounds; use stairs; move quickly one from space to another; spend extended time outdoors in a variety of weather conditions; visual ability requires mono and color vision.

 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

 

Length of work year:  12Month   7.5 hrs/day, 5 days/week; 260 work days

 

Benefits:     Health and Dental Insurance are provided.

 

KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9% contribution is required from employee and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.