South Whidbey Children's Center

The South Whidbey Children's Center (SWCC), located on South Whidbey Island in Langley, WA, has a current opening for an Executive Director. SWCC is a sweet, rural, not-for-profit early learning center offering a play-based developmental curriculum with a team teaching approach to over 100 children ages 1 to 11 years. We are outstanding in our field as innovators and progressive educators. Our facilities include four classrooms with attached playground/gardens. SWCC has been a vital part of our community for 40 years. The majority of our teaching staff has been with us for over 10 years. We seek a warm, dynamic, creative leader to join our exceptional team, which includes a program supervisor, office manager, 12 full-time teachers, and 8 part-time teachers. The Executive Director should be a thoughtful listener, an organized and creative thinker, and an excellent communicator, who brings energy and sound judgment to facilitate relationships, work collaboratively, address needs and build community. The overall responsibility of the Executive Director is to ensure the delivery of a best practice preschool, childcare and school-age curriculum while managing over a half a million dollar annual budget. The Executive Director will need to oversee our NAEYC accreditation, maintain our high rating with Early Achievers and comply with all licensing regulations by Washington State's Department of Children, Youth and Families.