Preschool Coordinator Job Description

Purpose of the Job:

The primary mission of the Highlands Kids Preschool Coordinator is to build and maintain a life

giving, healthy Dream Team and to facilitate an excellent service experience for our Highlands

children and families.

Leadership and Culture: Experience and Knowledge Required:

• Dream Team leadership experience

• Basic knowledge of check in

• At least 2 years of experience working with families and children.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Training

• Lead or participate in Highlands Kids Leadership Training

o Step 3 orientation

o Training during services

o Ongoing training with Team Leaders to communicate and maintain

expected level of excellence. Recommended once a quarter.

• Coordinate specific Dream Team trainings for your area. This can be

combined with other Highlands Kids areas as needed.

Rock

• Respond to those interested in serving with Highlands Kids within one

week of interest

• Keep rosters up to date on who is currently serving

• Coordinators should have a base knowledge of the Rock database. Campus

and Central staff can provide training as needed.

Scheduling

• Coordinator is responsible for scheduling leaders for services and various

aspects of the service.

• Scheduling can be performed by Team Leaders of various services or by the

Coordinator but is ultimately responsibility of Coordinator.

• Scheduling is done through Planning Center.

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• Coordinators are responsible for keeping Planning Center rosters up to

date.

Team Dynamic

• Maintain Christ-like attitude in all conversations and communication

• Celebrate wins with leaders and Dream Teamers

• Plan a Dream Team party each Fall for your team

o This event is not a training event, but an appreciation event that shows your team

how much they are loved and appreciated.

• You are also encouraged to take team leaders out for coffee or a meal. This is a great way to

invest in others and to pastor or minister to them while building and maintaining relationship

with leaders.

• Create measurable wins for your team

Leadership

• Identify and raise up Trainers and Team Leaders

o Trainer – Brings new DT members up to speed with the ministry. Schedules shadow

training during service times. Evaluates the readiness of each potential DT member

with a 1 on 1 interview.

o Room Leader – Leads the team to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Leads pre

service meetings and serve experience on Sunday/Wednesday. Pastor and connect

individually with the team.

• Delegate and empower the ministry to your leaders

• Meet monthly with your team leaders

• Support families in crisis by taking a meal or providing a list of community resources

Ownership & Empowerment

• Each campus is set up with its own budget. This budget reflects the previous year’s needs

and expenditures.

• Coordinators are encouraged and expected to take team leaders out for coffee, breakfast,

lunch or dinner and encourage their team leaders to do the same for their service team

members. Purchasing gifts of love requires permission before making any purchases. These

are great ways to invest in others and to pastor or minister to them while building and

maintaining relationship with leaders. Keep in mind that this will take extra effort during the

week to properly invest in others.

• Since parents and families see the Preschool Coordinator leading in a high capacity,

Preschool Coordinators are expected to be in the Preschool area for each service, unless

they are attending a service. This helps with parents being able to easily locate you if they

need to discuss anything or need prayer.

• Participate in monthly conference call with other coordinators hosted by the central team.

• Stay up to date on communication

o Communications include weekly report that includes a short description of services.

• Attending service in person every Sunday, following the worship one serve one model.

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Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Respond to all correspondence in a timely and professional manner.

• Assist with needs that may arise.

Employees Possess and Exhibits the following Core Values:

• Love for God

• Love for People

• Work Ethic that is excellent, protective and frugal with time and money

• Attitude of a servant, enjoyable to be with and devoted to the call of God and the Church

Physical Demands:

• At some campus, Coordinators may be expected to lift up to 40 pounds