Director, Child Development and Childcare Programs at Glendale Unified School District

About the Employer

In Glendale Unified schools, we focus on maximizing student achievement, fostering students’ social and emotional growth, and creating a vibrant, inclusive environment where all children can learn and thrive. Glendale Unified is the third largest school district in Los Angeles County. We proudly serve 25,000 students in preschool through 12th grade and beyond. We proudly offer dual immersion programs in seven languages; Armenian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Glendale Unified also offers six magnet schools focused on technology, world languages, and visual and performing arts, and a wide variety of Career and Technical Education pathways beginning in middle school. Through a collaborative partnership with Glendale Community College, Glendale Unified offers students multiple opportunities to earn college credit before they graduate from high school, including our Hoover Early College Academy and Glendale High Cloud Computing and Computer Science Academy. We are excelling together to provide our students with endless pathways for success! Several of our schools are recipients of prestigious awards such as: National Blue Ribbon Schools, California Distinguished Schools, California Gold Ribbon Schools, and Title I Academic Achieving Schools. Glendale Unified is a diverse school district that welcomes students and families from all over the world. Our students come from a wide range of ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds and speak 35 different languages.

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Director, Child Development and Childcare Programs (CDCC) will administer, supervise, and coordinate school-based before and after-school programs, year-round education intersession programs, and summer programs for academic support and academic intervention, including part-day and full-day preschool. The Director will be responsible for overall program planning, implementation, reporting, and evaluation of extended school programs such as the After-School Education and Safety Program, state subsidized preschool and school age-childcare, and self-supporting preschool and school-age childcare. Responsibilities include training, supervising, and evaluating all assigned personnel, as well as budget planning, program compliance, and oversight.

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