Team Manager(S)

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking creative, dynamic, committed professionals to join our team:
Team Manager(s), EDP and ELC Programs

100% Regular, 3 positions available

Monday - Friday, 35 hours per week

**Union Exempt Level 6**: $75,000 to $88,200 per annum

Under the direction of the General Manager of Early Learning, the Team Manager is responsible for managing the Extended Day Programs (EDP) and the Infant, Toddler and Preschool Programs (ELC) and program staff at OCDSB sites. Key responsibilities include promoting high quality programs based on ministry pedagogy, current research and best practices;
implementing guidelines and procedures; supervising and coaching program staff, including providing professional development and training; supporting the administration of the registration process; ensuring compliance of legislative and regulatory requirements for licensed Early learning Centres as well as the Extended Day programs and policies.

**Qualifications**:
Post-secondary education in Early Childhood Education or equivalent and five (5) years’ experience working in an Early Childhood environment, an Early Learning Centre or Day Care is required, including experience in a supervisory role.

Registration with the College of Early Childhood Educators is required

Thorough knowledge of How Does Learning Happen?, Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years, The Kindergarten Program, the Early Childhood Educators Act, 2007, Child care and Early Years Act, 2014, Health and Safety requirements and all other associated Ministry regulatory requirements.

Thorough knowledge and adherence to the College of Early Child Educators Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

Management skills, including supervising/leading teams, evaluating staff performance

Interpersonal/Communication Skills (oral and writing), including making presentations.

Problem solving skills and ability to deal with parent complaints with tact, diplomacy and discretion.

Written communications skills

Organizational skills, including time management techniques for juggling multiple priorities, deadlines; working under short timelines; and ability to reprioritize when emergencies arise

Using good judgment for decision-making that impacts on the success of the EDP and ELC programs.

Maintains confidentiality of staff and student information and data

Must have access to reliable transportation for travel to school sites

Application Process

Applications will be considered in accordance with the Union Exempt Employee Handbook.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

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Personal information is

collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the

eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection

should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean,

Ontario K2H 6L3