Director of Expanded Learning Opportunities at Burlington School District

Director of Expanded Learning Opportunities

The Burlington School District believes a diverse and culturally proficient faculty and staff are pivotal to the creation of a strong learning and working environment that supports student achievement and success. BSD administrators lead inclusive school communities with our vision: "Cultivating caring, creative, and courageous people. - Join the journey.”

The Mission of the Burlington School District is to graduate students who:

• Value different cultures;
• Engage with the community;
• Communicate effectively;
• Think creatively;
• Skillfully solve problems; and
• Achieve at their highest academic, intellectual and personal potential.

The Burlington School District (BSD) is seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to serve as the Director of Expanded Learning Opportunities. This role is responsible for the overall management, administration, and budgeting of BSD’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Department, which supports the academic and personal growth of Burlington’s students beyond the traditional school day. The department operates afterschool programs at nine BSD schools, serving approximately 1,700 K-12 students during the school year, and summer learning programs that engage around 500 elementary and middle school students.

The Director will collaborate with site leaders, partner agencies, school administrators, and teachers to develop and oversee high-quality, extended day programming that reflects best practices and aligns with BSD’s commitment to equity and excellence. Programs must promote academic achievement, student safety, and healthy development, while meeting or exceeding state licensing requirements where applicable. This leadership position plays a key role in supporting and enhancing BSD’s mission to provide enriching, inclusive, and accessible learning opportunities for all students

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Program Administration:

• Manage after school and summer learning operations in support of the Burlington School District’s (BSD) strategic plan.
• Serve as a program substitute as needed across sites. This position requires flexibility of hours in order to be onsite from 3:00-5:30 as needed for
• Develop, implement and maintain robust evaluation plan for afterschool and for summer learning programs.
• Maintain comprehensive budgeting system over nine sites and multiple funding sources, including tracking and projection of revenues and expenses.
• Monitor and enhance the Burlington Kids’ fee-for-service system assuring both access to programming for students and a sustainable resource base for the programs.
• Ensure compliance with licensing standards for space, staffing, site procedures and safety as applicable.
• Maintain regular contact with school principals and partner agencies to ensure collaborative and comprehensive approach to out of school activities.
• Develop and oversee Memoranda Of Understanding (MOUs) and/or contracts between the BSD and partner agencies.
• Keep up to date on best practices in out of school time programs through professional development and participation in 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) and Vermont Afterschool events.
• Participate in school and district-wide Safety Meetings and ensure that best practices in emergency procedures are understood and followed by all staff.
• Serve as a building administrator and designated employee for bullying, hazing and harassment reporting and investigation.
• Serves as a Building Administrator for bullying, harassment and hazing reporting and investigation.
• Direct program data collection and analysis.
• Monitor programs for excellence, ensuring use of Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA) across all sites.
• Work closely with partner agencies to assure that MOU and/or contract agreements are kept.

Staff Supervision:

• Hire staff for summer and after school programs in accordance with district procedures.
• Supervise staff and conduct annual performance evaluations.
• Facilitate regular meetings with staff and partner agencies.
• Ensure all staff meet or exceed minimum requirements for school age providers.
• Identify, develop and implement professional development opportunities as needed to ensure compliance and ongoing program quality.
• Work with Site Directors to ensure that on-going evaluation and feedback of all Core Staff occurs. 

Communication:

• Build a sense of teamwork among sites.
• Foster positive relationships with principals at each site and with administrators at BSD’s central office.
• Create support for expanded learning programs with all school principals, administrators and directors.
• Disseminate best practices across sites.
• Conduct site visits and problem solve as needed.
• Support Site Director’s efforts regarding facilities use, program issues, student behavior issues, family and/or parent concerns, etc. 
• Encourage broad collaboration between partner agencies and the BSD to foster excellence in out-of-school programming.
• Use discretion in discussing school affairs, recognizing the value of positive school-community relations.
• Strive to implement, through management, supervision, instruction and action, the district’s philosophy of education, goals, and instructional objectives.
• Comply with Board and administrative policies, regulations, and procedures;
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

Programming:

• Oversee development and implementation of out of school programs
• Direct program data collection and analysis
• Monitor programs for excellence, ensuring use of YPQA across all sites.
• Work closely with partner agencies to assure that MOU and/or contract agreements are kept.

Funding:

• Oversee program budgets and ensure accurate recordkeeping in accordance with District’s accounting procedures.
• Prepare and submit progress, financial and other reports as required by funding sources.
• Prepare 21st CCLC grant proposal and Annual Performance Report 
• Investigate and seek funding from multiple sources and coordinate fundraising as needed.
• Implement strategies to position programs for sustainability.
• Exercise excellent judgment with respect to billing efficiency and implement improvements.
• Perform other tasks and duties as appropriate and/or assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree or equivalent of experience. 
• Excellent administrative, managerial, financial management, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to, and experience in, team building across organizational lines.
• A minimum of five years experience in managing after-school programs; child care services; interdisciplinary teaching; social work or related experience.
• Demonstrated excellence in budgeting including forecasting and long term program planning for fiscal sustainability. Experience with large scale grants and the ability to manage across multiple budget sources is key.
• Experience with direct interaction with children in teaching, care-giving or service delivery. 
• Proficient in, and with an affinity for, computer applications – word processing; database management and collection; budget management, spreadsheets; email; internet.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate orally and in writing to diverse audiences.
• Familiar with laws and regulations governing education, child care and summer programming in Vermont.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

These are the physical and mental/reasoning requirements of the position as it is typically performed. The inability to meet one or more of these physical or mental/reasoning requirements will not automatically disqualify a candidate or employee from the position.

Include but may not be limited to:

• Face-to-Face contact
• Noise Levels
• Verbal contact with others
• Inside air conditioning and heat

EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS/TERMS:

• SALARY: This is a salaried position paid Bi-Weekly.
• SCHOOL YEAR: 12 months, 261 workdays (based on start date), 8 per day/40 per week
• BENEFITS: Benefits eligible on start date. 30 days to enroll in coverage from start day. BSD Benefits!
• PAID TIME: Sick Time / Personal Time / Vacation Time. As per the Personnel Manual.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Burlington School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Applications from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

The Burlington School District will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.