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• Recruited and developed solid team of professionals to care for up to 120 children each day.
• Cultivated and strengthened relationships with children and families.
• Kept facility in compliance with all applicable standards and laws.
• Developed and implemented emergency response plans for disasters, security issues and injuries.
• Modernized instructional plans and educational approaches to enhance student learning.
• Strengthened community engagement strategies to boost program outreach across Franklin County.
• Upheld sound financial principles to keep program operating within budget levels, maximizing resource utilization while minimizing costs via Step Up to Quality funding.
• Stayed current on local codes and Franklin County Job and Family Services guidelines to maintain compliant program operations in Ohio.
• Collaborated on strategies to enhance student learning and behavior alongside parents and teaching staff.
• Consistently enforced disciplinary limits for structured environment conducive to learning.
• Communicated with parents through enrollment, tours, newsletters, conferences and direct personal communication.
• Interviewed up to 120 parents and children for enrollment.
• Brought center into full compliance with licensing and safety regulations including fire and disaster preparedness, Ohio Department of Public Health codes and USDA nutritional guidelines.
• Resolved staff and parent disputes through constructive problem-solving techniques.
• Maintained child-friendly environment with access to outdoor activities.
• Continually kept abreast of toy and child-related recalls and safety warnings.
• Administered medications and kept appropriate records.
• Meticulously sanitized toys and play equipment.

Lutheran Services Florida Head Start
• Responsible for the oversight and implementation and monitoring of Education Programs while ensuring all services and functions are completed with high quality, in accordance with Head Start Performance Standards and agency policies and procedures as well as all other applicable state, local and federal guidelines.
• Provided mentoring, managing, supervising, and supporting program staff. I worked collaboratively with the Program Leadership team in providing leadership in planning, designing, implementing and evaluating program systems and in representing the agency in local, regional, state and national communities.
• Supported the Head Start Director as the assigned Early Childhood expert for the program and acted on behalf of the Director in his absence.
• Took an active role in Self-Assessment, Program Monitoring and mandatory federal reporting which included the Program Information Reports, Manage By Information Report, Enrollment Reports and monthly required reports to the Grantee and Delegate Policy Council, Committees and leadership team for Lutheran Services Florida.
• Provided input and support in the restructuring of local LSF policies and procedures.
• Provided direct support in the aggregation of school readiness data and required assessments for all LSF Head Start and Early Head Start children.
• Managed the curriculum implementation county-wide for the Grantee and was responsible for working with the Head Start and Quality Assurance Manager and ECE Supervisors toward providing required assessments for children and outcomes reporting for the program.
• Responsible for the School Readiness Advisory board and the lead person for reporting the school readiness updates to the LSF leadership team.
• Ensured planning of community assessment, program and budget planning and writing of grant applications to the leadership team in Tampa
• Ensured negotiating and securing contracts with consultants using budgeted allocations.
• Ensured consultant services are delivered in accordance with contracts and performance standards.
• Responsible for reporting suspected cases of child abuse and neglect in accordance with regulations and policy.
• Responsible for planning, putting together a team and implementing the annual pre-service conference for over 600 staff.

• Responsible for creating an implementing the annual school calendar for the program.