Easter Seals Jobs

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12417963

r

rAssistant Director of the Quad Cities Early Childhood Learning Center

r

rCategory: Administrative, Professional & Staff Positions

rDepartment: SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

rLocations: Moline, IL

rPosted:

rCloses:

rType:

r

rAPPOINTMENT: February 1, 2025

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Early Childhood Learning Center Assistant Director will support the Director in overseeing personnel hired to meet IDHS and Gateways requirements for providing care to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children and their families. This role involves scheduling professional development opportunities for families and professionals in the Quad City area, with a focus on enhancing educational resources for children from birth to eight, particularly those with special needs and identified as multilingual learners. The Assistant Director will assist in managing the daily operations of the WIU Quad Cities Early Childhood Learning Center, including grant management, reporting, and all necessary licensure procedures. Additionally, this position encompasses community outreach, fundraising efforts, and the management of the PLA assessment system for the early childhood workforce. The Assistant Director will also serve as a leader in the absence of the Director. Job duties include:

• Assist in the supervision, observation, and evaluation of activities and performance of WIU Early Childhood Learning Center personnel including eight Professionals and two Support Staff;
• Ensures that all compliance and instructional tasks are completed to maintain a high-quality early care and education program with State and Local guidelines;
• Assist in the management of daily operations for the Early Childhood Learning Center including staff, instructional coaching for lab site teachers, paraeducators, while planning and implementing effective educational strategies;
• Support the director in the hiring, training, and mentoring of teaching staff;
• Collaborate with the Director and Bilingual Coach to implement and model developmentally and culturally appropriate, play-based curriculum and assessments that support children\'s physical, cognitive, and social-emotional growth and development;
• Assist director in collecting and analyzing data to document and create academic and financial reports to submit to statewide evaluators each year;
• Assist with budget grant management of partnership grants and the submission of the regional grant application each year;
• Ensure the well-being of children by enforcing safety procedures and health regulations, as well as supervising and maintaining cleanliness, health, and safety standards throughout the Early Learning Lab facility and grounds and supervision of nursing, kitchen, and custodial staff;
• Serve as a liaison between the WIU Early Learning Lab and families to ensure open communication, address parent concerns, and organize and schedule parent/teacher conferences and family events, in a manner that is culturally and linguistically responsive;
• Supports the director with community outreach, fundraising efforts, and the management of the PLA assessment system for the early childhood workforce, including facilitating necessary observational and field hours;
• Submit documentation for renewal CEs and ISBE Educator License Renewal, as required;
• Submit Professional Development Forms to ISBE for each new workshop/webinar annually;
• Ensure training information, training evaluations, and registrations are sent to Gateways and ISBE;
• Assist with workshop and webinar developmen and presentation as needed;
• Partners with the Bilingual Family Liaison and lab site staff to manage and keep the lab site web page updated;
• Collaborates with the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education as a partner;
• Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities.

SALARY: \$48,000 to \$51,600 annually; commensurate with experience.

Western Illinois University employees may be eligible for a variety of State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). These benefits include: Health Insurance plans, (HMO\'s, OAP\'s, QCHP, and CDHP), Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long-Term Disability (LTD), Flex Spending Accounts (HAS, MCAP, and DCAP), 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans.

Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). SURS is the retirement administrator for employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.

Other benefits available to eligible employees include: paid time-off, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Waiver programs, and discounts to the local YMCA.

For a full list of benefits as a WIU employee, please visit our Benefits Homepage: