Assistant Site Manager – Early Childhood

Brightpoint • Bloomington, IL

5d • $60,000 - $63,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Brightpoint is a mission-driven human services organization focused on advancing children’s well-being by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions. The Assistant Site Manager provides training, coaching, and reflective supervision to early childhood classroom teaching staff, including Teachers and Master Teachers. The role works with program staff and leaders, builds relationships with parents and families, and encourages their involvement in Early Head Start and Prevention Initiative education programs. The Assistant Site Manager also guides classroom staff in developing, writing, and implementing daily lesson plans and classroom routines and transitions.

The position maintains knowledge of center operations, philosophy, and goals and how the center relates to the region and organization. It assumes responsibility for program operations when the Site Manager is absent and supervises assigned staff, including managing workloads and monitoring performance. Personnel responsibilities include hiring and training, applying personnel policies and practices, approving timecards, conducting performance appraisals, managing performance improvement plans, leaves, promotions, salary changes, and terminations, and documenting personnel actions. The role coaches and supports teaching staff, models classroom teaching techniques, identifies professional development needs, assists teachers with lesson plans, observations, and child outcome data, and trains, provides reflective supervision to, and evaluates student interns when assigned.

This is a full-time, salaried position at the Scott Child & Family Center. Center hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Compensation is estimated at $60,000–$63,000, with offers commensurate with experience; bilingual candidates may receive additional compensation. Brightpoint offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, and a 401(k) with matching. Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or a closely related field from an accredited institution, including at least 24 hours of early childhood education.
• Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Early Childhood Education Level 5 Credential.
• Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Director Level 1 Credential, or ability to obtain it within 12 months of employment.
• At least two years of early childhood teaching experience.

Nice To Haves

• Food Sanitation Certification.
• Head Start or Early Head Start experience for positions in those programs.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience with the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS).
• Experience with Creative Curriculum, Teaching Strategies GOLD, and ITERS/ECERS.
• Ability to drive and access to a personal vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Maintain current knowledge of center operations, philosophy, goals, and how the center relates to the region and organization.
• Assume responsibility for program operations in the Site Manager’s absence.
• Supervise assigned Lead Teachers, Teachers, Classroom Support Aides, and other staff; manage workloads and monitor performance.
• Hire and train staff and implement organizational personnel policies and practices.
• Approve timecards and handle performance appraisals, performance improvement plans, leaves, promotions, salary changes, terminations, and documentation of personnel actions.
• Provide coaching and support to teaching staff, model classroom teaching techniques, and support effective teaching and behavior management strategies.
• Identify staff professional development training needs.
• Assist teachers with lesson plans, observations, and understanding child outcome data.
• Train, provide reflective supervision to, and evaluate student interns as assigned.
• Build relationships with parents and families and encourage participation in Early Head Start and Prevention Initiative education programs.
• Provide leadership and guidance to classroom staff in developing, writing, and implementing daily lesson plans and classroom routines and transitions.

Benefits

• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• More than three weeks of paid time off in the first year, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day; PTO increases with tenure.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Supplemental insurance options.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility through Brightpoint’s approved agency status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager