TITLE: Kidzone Site Director
LOCATION: TBD
The Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS) is a nationally recognized urban school district that serves approximately 22,000 students and 60+ different languages are spoken in the homes of our students. KCKPS is home to Sumner Academy, the #6 highest rated High School in the Nation and #1 High School in Kansas according to the US News rankings.
With Head Start/preschools, 28 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, and 5 college and career academies/high schools, we are the fifth largest district in the state of Kansas and our student population is approximately 56% Hispanic, 24% African American, 9% White, and 6% Asian. To serve our students, the district employs approximately 4,000 employees including more than 1,800 teachers.
Job Goal: The Coordinator will be responsible for all day-to-day operations, including site management and coordination of site personnel, and service providers. The Coordinator Director will oversee the entire program and make sure that activities meet the goals and objective of the District.
Essential Functions:
- Liaison between Kidzone Program personnel and school administration
- Meet weekly with onsite KidZone staff with program updates
- Coordinating activities with program providers, including enrollment, program needs evaluations, staffing, field trips, etc.
- Contacting families to verify enrollment information, disciplinary issues, and other needed requirements.
- Opening and closing the Kidzone building sites, unless indicated otherwise by school administrators.
- Recruiting and enrolling families in the Kidzone program
- Attend monthly site program staff meetings
- Recruiting staff for Kidzone program
- Must provide ongoing orientation for all staff
- Maintain progress and evaluate the Kidzone Program annually
- Maintain ongoing community partnerships per grant requirements
- Submit annual evaluation reports to KSDE as required by the grant
- Completing and maintaining all necessary paperwork, enrollment packets, attendance records, meal service, weekly reports, etc.
- Maintaining active files on all participants in the program. Files should include; scheduled parental permission forms and emergency information.
- Maintaining active files on all staff members, including substitute staff, and that are cleared through the program (background checks)
- Maintain files that should include record of education/experience, date of employment, record of scheduled hours, record of in-service training, health certificate, and work references.
- Maintain certifications and training hours per Kansas Department of Health and Environment Regulations.
- Support and respond to Student Services parent calls
- Other duties as assigned by the Coordinator of the program.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in education or related Social Services Field (preferred)
- Health Department and Childcare licensing experience.
- Ability to monitor progress of KidZone grants through program activities.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
- Manage and supervise part-time staff at Kidzone sites.
- Ability to interact in a positive manner with families, students, staff and community partners
- Budget and accounting experience to manage payments for childcare fees.
- Strong organizational skills.
COMMUNICATION / ORGANIZATION: Maintains communication with school personnel, and parents/guardians to enhance cooperative action which will meet the educational needs of students. Utilizes existing technology effectively in the performance of duties. Performs other related work as required.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, staff, parents, students, and the general public.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, stand and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee must occasionally push items of 50 pounds such as pushing on a bike or wheelchair, or moving/rearranging furniture. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment. Is directly responsible for students’ safety, work output and well-being.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community; ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Classified
SALARY: Hourly rate
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt, Hourly
REPORT TO: Program Coordinator
EVALUATION: Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation and Professional
SIGNATURES:
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. The individual holding this position performs additional duties and additional duties may be assigned.
Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. KCKPS is an equal opportunity employer and shall not discriminate in its employment practices and policies with respect to hiring, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex/gender (to include orientation, identity, or expression), age, disability, national origin, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law.
For more information regarding Title IX please contact:
District Compliance Coordinator
2010 N. 59th Street
Kansas City, KS 66104
913-279-2262
Title IX@kckps.org
This job description has been approved by all levels of management:
Manager____________________________________________________
Human Resources____________________________________________
Employee signature below constitutes employee's understanding of the requirements, essential functions, and duties of the position.
Employee__________________________________ Date_____________
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