Jodi Angers

* Served as primary leader of private school
• Maintained day-to-day operational needs of large center with 150 students, 30 teachers and three buildings.
• Ensured compliance with state and licensing regulations
• Provided excellent customer service for families
• Hired and trained faculty and staff
• Oversaw management of management team, faculty, staff, and assistant teachers
• Prepared, reviewed and approved staff schedules maintaining ratio and weekly payroll budget
• Processed weekly tuition and payroll
• Enforced school policies and procedures
• Developed monthly and yearly curriculum
• Performed all office functions
• Provided tours to families and increased enrollment to highest potential
• Planned and hosted family events

Improved staff retention rates by fostering a culture of collaboration, support, and ongoing professional development.

• Monitored overhead, prepared budgets and directed spending and resources to support fiscal efficiency.
• Ensured fiscal responsibility through careful budget management and resource allocation.
• Developed a positive school culture by fostering strong relationships among faculty, staff, students, and parents.
• Established effective communication channels between administration, faculty, staff, parents, and students.
• Planned, administered and controlled budgets and produced financial reports.

Responsible for assisting the director with the overall management of staff, childcare and business aspects of a new NAEYC childcare center
• Assisted with interviewing, hiring and maintaining staff.
• Responsible for outstanding customer service and developing important partnerships with the families, children and staff.

• Daily operations include managing office, maintaining event calendar and director's calendar, preparing and depositing tuition, receptionist, coping and distributing information, maintaining accurate enrollment, student and staff files, composing and typing all documents and correspondence through email or word documents, preparing excel spreadsheets, managing Facebook account, managing google database,

• maintained compliance with State of Connecticut Child Care Licensing regulations.

• Weekly operations include creating and maintaining staff work schedule, maintaining building and office supplies, managing staff time sheets, creating classroom attendance forms and ensuring they are current, keeping bus and center van logs, preparing forms and brochures, managing Brightwheel and Aurora Launch systems.

• Additional responsibilities include preparing monthly newsletter, conducting school wide tours, train new teachers, assessing students and holding parent teacher conferences.

• Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
• Opened and closed location and monitored shift changes to uphold successful operations strategies and maximize business success.
• Oversaw the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding process for new educators to maintain a high-quality teaching staff.
• Created and updated records and files to maintain document compliance.
• Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.

Responsible for the overall management of staff and business aspects of a well-established childcare center along with building important partnerships with each child and family.
• Daily operations include staffing, ensuring operational procedures are followed and standards are kept up, maintaining compliance with State of Connecticut Child Care Licensing regulations, and ensuring vision of center is evident.

• Oversaw staff development through ongoing training. Maintained weekly work schedule for center, assigned substitutes, and tracked payroll.
• Worked toward increasing enrollment by creating school website, developed brochures, and attended several preschool fairs.

• Revised infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten and school age curriculum using CT-ELDS and trained teachers accordingly.
• Organized extra-curricular activities for the children including summer camp, Soccer Shots, library visits, and field trips.

• Organized school-wide events including Easter Egg Hunt, Mother's Day tea party, Father's Day barbecue, and Graduation.
• Cost and budget management included ensuring cost goals were met, tracking spending, creating annual budget, ensuring payroll is completed, and tuition management.

• Substitute taught in each classroom as and where needed.

• Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
• Collaborated with teachers and therapists to develop individualized educational plans for each student, ensuring optimal progress.
• Developed innovative activities to engage young children in learning process.
• Supported students in developing self-esteem and self-confidence.
• Implemented age-appropriate curricula to meet needs of young learners.
• Instructed children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toileting.
• Differentiated instruction to accommodate diverse learning styles and needs, ensuring all students had the opportunity to succeed academically.
• Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships and promote learning.
• Incorporated music, art and literature into curriculum.
• Mentored new teachers on best practices in early childhood education, contributing positively to the school community as a whole.
• Documented behavior, development and learning of children to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
• Gathered materials and resources to prepare for lessons and activities.
• Collaborated with teachers, parents and administrators to facilitate positive outcomes for students.
• Organized and supervised large and small group activities.
• Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
• Monitored classroom to verify safe and secure environment.
• Ran the entire school in Head of School's absence
• Supported children''s social-emotional development through the implementation of positive behavior management strategies.