Assistant Coordinator
Position Type : Assistant Coordinator at Lakin Child Development Center
Location : Lakin Child Development Center
Date Available : 10 / 31 / 2025
Closing Date : Until Filled
Position : Assistant Director
Qualifications :
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Previous experience working with children in a childcare setting
- Preferred experience assisting in running a childcare center
- Preferred experience with DHS documentation, managing and tracking budgets, CACFP, state food service programs, and online billing
- Ability to apply public relations skills effectively and utilize oral and written channels of communication
- First-Aid / CPR certified
- Needed trainings required by state and the district are completed
- Provide an acceptable criminal records check
- Maintain qualifying points required by the Department of Human Service (DHS) child care license
Essential Functions :
Ability to lift 35 pounds, work flexible hours, and have regular attendanceReports To : Lakin Child Development Center DirectorConsults With : Parents, center staff, district staff including but not limited too custodians and secretaries of schoolsPosition Goal : To provide a safe, nurturing, and a well-organized childcare environment for children and staff.Performance Responsibilities :Disciplines employees, subject to review by Director in more severe situations.Makes decisions on staffing needs and requirement in collaboration with DirectorDirects the work of lead teachers and child care associates.Assist with opening the center and setting up daily preparations needed 15 minutes before doors open for families.Acknowledges and greets parents arriving at the center. Inform them of any information (medications, child's location, signing up, and any communications for the parents).Tracks the exact number of children in the building. Update upon arrival and departure of children when parents sign them in and out as they arrive and depart.Organizes in a manner that keeps scheduled events running on time (field trips, snacks, lunch, daily planned activities, school departures or arrivals, preschool, etc.).Monitors staff to child ratio at all times to ensure that all rooms are properly staffed.Answer the phone, making sure that all messages are relayed to those involved.Supervises daily activities for the children in the program.Oversees the effectiveness and efficiency of all childcare rooms and fills in as needed.Records accident / incident forms and secure all signatures.Is knowledgeable of the emergency file and emergency procedures.Maintains current, written plans and diagrams for use in case of fire and tornado which will be posted by all exits. Assists director in planning, implementing and supervising a schedule of required fire and tornado drills.Maintains current, written procedure for the storage, recording, and dispensing of medications.Review enrollment packets to make sure all information is shared and current.Performs other duties as assigned.Terms of Employment : Wage schedules shall be subject to annual review and modification by the Glenwood Board of Education. Evaluation : Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Classified Staff Evaluation. The evaluation is performed by the Director.