Christian Preschool Director

Perseverance Christian Academy
Thousand Oaks , California, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2024
Categories: Christian Teacher - Education
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay Type: Salary
Pay: $65,000
Employee Workplace: On-site
Job Description:

Christian Preschool Director. 

Seeking a Preschool Director with a passion in early education to lead the Preschool program in a new Spirit filled Christian School in Thousand Oaks Ca set to open in September 2024 to be part of the developing team. 

The mission of Perseverance Christian Academy is to Pursue God. Persist in Achievement. Persevere in Truth.

Our school is based on a true relationship with Christ immersed in a holistic learning environment, beautifully and purposefully designed spaces, nature inspired indoor/outdoor classrooms, and intimate class sizes.

Qualifications:

The Director must be a Christian who has a deep faith in Jesus Christ and believes they can lead, manage, and implement a faith-based and uniquely designed curriculum to build up and lead the next generation of children and  teachers in our school.

Must meet all current California State requirements for a Preschool Director.

Must have least 7 years of experience in a licensed childcare center.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with the owner/development team to implement the unique curriculum.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work independently and efficiently.

Oversee the daily operations of the facility including the support and care for teachers, children, and families.

Managing all day-to-day aspects of the preschool

Participate collaboratively and professionally with staff to promote the general well-being of the school, and collective/individual interests of its staff and children.

Negotiate conflict resolution with children, parents, and staff

Facilitate the enrollment process including including tours.

Administrative duties, including supply management, budget management, and maintenance of student contracts and files

Compensation:

  • Starting $65,000 a year salary
  • 40 Hours per week

Key Skills:

  • Strong organizational and administrative capabilities.
  • Effective communication and collaboration with their team.
  • Proactive problem-solving to ensure efficient processes.
  • Comfortable in using technology and applications relevant to preschool management

 

Required Spiritual Qualities

It is expected that the Preschool Director will …

  • Believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God—our standard for faith and practice.
  • Must have received Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior and be in full agreement with the School’s Statement of Faith, Human Sexuality Policy, Core values, and cultural commitments.
  • Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others (Luke 6:40). Evidence the fruit of the Spirit in dealing with people.
  • Have a Christ-centered home.
  • Have Biblical knowledge and a willingness to share personal testimony

Required Personal Qualities

It is expected that the Preschool Director will …

  • Have the spiritual maturity, academic ability, and personal leadership qualities to “train a child in the way he should go” (Prov. 22:6, NIV).
  • Be an enthusiastic visionary, an encourager, and a self-starter with a high energy level
  • Demonstrate a clear passion for working with children.
  • Implement duties with creativity, imagination, energy, and patience.
  • Be organized, proactive, teachable, and resourceful.

Maintain high standards of ethics, honesty, and integrity in all personal and professional matters

 

** Please email your resume as a PDF file to mona.golastani@gmail.com and in the subject line put Preschool Director Position. Please also share in the body of your email why you feel you are qualified for this position and want to work in a Christian school**

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About Perseverance Christian Academy

We are seeking to find a Preschool Director, strong and mature in their Faith, to lead the mission and vision of a new Spirit Filled Christian Preschool in Thousand Oaks, Ca.  

Do you have a passion for Christian Children's School ministry? Have you felt a tugging from God to be part of impacting children through a Christian School ministry?

 

 Then Perseverance Christian Academy wants to meet you! We are searching for a Preschool Director to lead, manage, and implement a faith-based, developmentally appropriate, and hands-on curriculum to build up our next generation of young people.

 

Required Spiritual Qualities

It is expected that the Preschool Director will …

  • Believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God—our standard for faith and practice.
  • Must have received Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior and be in full agreement with the School’s Statement of Faith, Human Sexuality Policy, Core values, and cultural commitments.
  • Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others (Luke 6:40). Evidence the fruit of the Spirit in dealing with people.
  • Have a Christ-centered home.
  • Have Biblical knowledge and a willingness to share personal testimony

Required Personal Qualities

It is expected that the Preschool Director will …

  • Have the spiritual maturity, academic ability, and personal leadership qualities to “train a child in the way he should go” (Prov. 22:6, NIV).
  • Be an enthusiastic visionary, an encourager, and a self-starter with a high energy level
  • Demonstrate a clear passion for working with children.
  • Implement duties with creativity, imagination, energy, and patience.
  • Be organized, proactive, teachable, and resourceful.
  • Maintain high standards of ethics, honesty, and integrity in all personal and professional matters.

Required Professional Qualities

It is expected that the Preschool Director will …

  • Required - Meets the Child Care Center Director Title 22 qualifications
  • 5+ Years of Experience in an administrative/leadership role preferably at a child care/preschool
  • Demonstrate a reasonable level of computer literacy, having a basic proficiency in doing word processing, creating and using a spreadsheet, creating and using PowerPoint, e-mailing, and accessing the Internet.

Academic Leadership

It is expected that the Preschool Director will …

  • Assist staff in identifying the learning needs of individual children with identifying the child’s gifting and talents.
  • Plan and deliver learning instructions that are based on the needs of the students.
  • Provide learning environments that are stimulating where the children can develop their potential and also experience growth.
  • Collaborate with teachers to plan instructional activities and lessons, which promote developmentally appropriate student learning.
  • Serve as a classroom aide or lead teacher as needed.
  • Perform a variety of miscellaneous duties, such as answering the telephone, running errands, picking up supplies, conducting activities and helping set-up for events.
  • Develop and maintain an annual budget.
  • Administrative duties, including supply management, budget management, and maintenance of student contracts and files.
  • Manage books.
  • Prepare financial statements on a monthly basis and present them to the Head of School and bookkeeper.
  • Help market and advertise the preschool.

 

Professional Leadership

It is expected that the Preschool Director will …

Regularly seek to grow as a professional and implement new and innovative ideas.

  • Recruit, select and hire staff to run the preschool program in compliance with state regulations.
  • Supervise and formally evaluate all preschool staff.
  • Partner to recruit and effectively onboard staff ensuring teacher ratios are always met
  • A strong track record of hiring, retaining, training, mentoring, and growing teachers
  • Excellent parent communication skills and ability to understand parent needs and perspectives

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed, not an exhaustive list of all essential functions and responsibilities. Qualified applicants or employees with a disability must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

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