Program Manager- Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Education

**Job Title:** Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Education Manager **Reports To:** Director of Family Literacy **Classification:** Exempt **Supervisory Responsibilities:** ECE teachers, ECE support teachers, Food Service Associate **Date:** 6/20/26 **Our Mission:** Grace Place puts faith into action, providing pathways out of poverty by educating children and families. **Summary/Objective:** Under the leadership and guidance of the Director of Family Literacy, the Manager of Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Education is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the early childhood education programs. The Program Manager will provide direct oversight of the implementation of high-quality developmentally appropriate educational programming, including direct supervision and support to early childhood education program staff and volunteers. The Program Manager will work directly with the Director of Family Literacy to ensure alignment of early childhood educational programming to the educational program elements provided in the family literacy program. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities:** - Building on established curriculum, develop schemes of work and oversee the creation of weekly lesson plans and instructional activities that facilitate the development of early learning skills both at Grace Place and at home. - · Manage the creation of a developmentally appropriate classroom environment and facilitate the identification and selection of differentiated instructional resources and methods to meet ECE student’s individual needs. - Establish and oversee the implementation of curriculum for all children’s classes. - Work in collaboration with outside agencies to provide additional support to the curriculum for all children’s classes. - · Oversee the NAC accreditation completion and ongoing compliance. - · Serve as a Grace Place ambassador and works collaboratively with the local school district, business, and community-based agencies to increase access of resources and services to families. - · Manages program budgets and provides reports of program outcome measures. - · Oversee the planning, implementation, staffing, enrollment, and evaluation of the annual Rising VPK Summer Camp, serving up to 12 students transitioning into VPK. - · Oversee a developmental playgroup designed to support children enrolled in Grace Place programs who are demonstrating developmental, behavioral, or social-emotional concerns, providing targeted interventions, parent support, and referrals as appropriate. - · Collaborate with the Director of Family Literacy and enrollment team to support year-round student recruitment, retention, and enrollment efforts, including community outreach events, family information sessions, tours, and follow-up with prospective families. **Staff Oversight** - · Supervise and support the Bright Beginnings ECE teachers and the ECE support teachers to ensure that they are effectively fulfilling their responsibilities. - · Provide effective ongoing coaching to supervised-staff in appropriate strategies and model these strategies in the classrooms. **Communication** - · Communicate regularly with parents to build a high level of trust with our families. - · Create a system for communicating with parents the results of student screenings and assessments to ensure that parents can support their child at home. - · Meet with parents of children that have developmental concerns and guide them through evaluation process following up with them to ensure their child gets the support they need. - · Support the Bright Beginnings Parent Time Assistant Manager in facilitating the Bright Beginnings Parent Leadership Council by providing guidance to ensure that the student leadership team remains attuned to their purpose and effectively carries out their directives. - · Collaborate with the Bright Beginnings Parent Time Assistant Manager to create and facilitate the distribution of a monthly Bright Beginnings student and volunteer news…