The Lead Primary Caregiver administers Early Head Start center operations, coordinates activities for infants and toddlers, and adheres to procedures and policies. This position is responsible for the daily operations and oversight of the assigned center.
Requirements
- Coordinate and monitor the work of center staff, volunteers, and parents
- Supervise and support all children in the classroom
- Adhere to the Child Assessment/Observation System & Family Partnership System Timeline
- Ensure and participate in a minimum of 2 parent home visits and two conferences per child
- Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations with good judgment
- Assess children, develop individualized routines, and develop developmentally appropriate plans and curriculum
- Plan and facilitate daily learning activities for children based on children’s interests in alignment with the Creative Curriculum to support School Readiness in all learning domains
- Reinforce the role of the parent as primary caregiver and educator of the child
- Work in partnership with service area managers and center staff to better assess the needs of the children and families to ensure quality services to children and families
- Support and serve as a resource to the families and work with them in assessing their strengths, interests, and needs, and make referrals as appropriate
- Build a close, personal relationship with each child, while creating a warm, accepting, and developmentally appropriate environment which encourages the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development of the infant/toddler and family
Benefits
- Medical insurance through Kaiser or Sutter is 80-95% paid by the employer for employee premiums, plus 50% paid by the employer for dependent coverage
- Elective dental, vision insurance, FSA, and Accident insurance
- Employer-paid $10k of life insurance with expandable options
- Employer-paid Long-term Disability Insurance
- 401(K) plan with a 2% contribution and an additional 1% matched contribution after one year of service
- Employee assistance program, CalPerks
- 3 weeks vacation (paid during Spring and Winter school breaks) increases at 6 years of service
- 96 hours of sick time per year (4 hours accrued per pay period) based on full-time work
- 1 floating personal day
- 16 paid holidays
