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Child Development Director
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Employment Opportunity
Department: Child Development
Employment Status: Regular
Class: Full-Time
Location: Bartlesville, OK
Immediate Supervisor: Tribal Operations Manager/Tribal Council
General Description
The Child Development Director is responsible for the overall success of the Lenape Early Learning Center and the Delaware Tribe of Indians Child Care services. The Director will ensure proper management and execution of Head Start, CCDF and inter-tribal contracts and grant compliance. Director will work with Tribal Operations Manager and Tribal Council to provide community childcare services throughout the Delaware Tribal Service Area.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Early Childhood Education, Business Administration, or related fields
- Knowledge and experience in Early Head Start/Head Start, tribal CCDF and/or state/ federal human services programs
- Must have experience in program planning, budgeting, and management
- Requires a high level of personal integrity and ethics
- Requires a high level of problem solving, organization skills, and¬ must be a self-starter
- Requires good interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills
- Requires a high level of confidentiality and flexibility.
- Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills
Duties and Responsibilities
- Directly supervises the Lenape Early Learning Center Director to ensure efficient program operations that serves 36 Early Head Start children and 40 preschool and school age children.
- Directly supervises the LELC accountant, Education Managers, Family Services Coordinator, Enrollment and Subsidy Coordinator, Kitchen Manager and maintenance.
- Oversite responsibility for recruiting, hiring, evaluating and training all staff.
- Responsible for ensuring the EHS program meets the Early Head Start Performance Standards and is in compliance with all federal regulations.
- Responsible for ensuring the CCDF Childcare program meets all federal requirements as set forth by the Office of Child Care and the Cherokee Nation.
- Prepares EHS grants, reports, budgets, newsletters, etc. and manages information on the Head Start Enterprise System (HSES)
- Prepares CCDF reports and budgets for the Cherokee Nation and is responsible for conducting the child count.
- Maintains close communication with the Delaware Tribal Council and provides written monthly reports.
- Works closely with the EHS/Childcare accountant to ensure the fiscal integrity of both programs including the use of program revenues.
- Responsible for maintaining the Delaware Child Development Center facility in accordance with local, state, federal and tribal regulations.
- Responsible for contracts with service providers
- Responsible for establishing an EHS/CCDF Policy Council and maintaining a close working relationship with the members.
- Responsible for the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program
- Attends virtual and in person trainings.
- Represents the Delaware Tribe at childcare and EHS meetings and conferences.
- Responsible for ensuring the Delaware Child Development Center reflects the culture and values of the Delaware Tribe.
Indian Preference Policy
In accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934, (Title 25, USC, Section 47), Indian Preference will be observed in hiring.
TO APPLY
Fill out application with resume attached and turn in to the Human Resources Department by walk-in, email, or regular mail. Contact Human Resources at jobs@delawaretribe.org or use the address below.
Human Resources Department
5100 Tuxedo Blvd.
Bartlesville, OK 74006
Battle of the Breads to be Held April 20
The Delaware Tribe of Indians presents the Battle of the Breads on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. at the Delaware Tribal Complex in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
$50 to enter contest, contestants can keep all profits from their booth sales!
*Winner for Best Fry Bread, Best Dessert Fry Bread, Most Creative Fry Bread*
Merchant Vendor Space:
Delaware Tribal members – Free
Native (other than Delaware) – $10
Non-Native – $20
To register, scan the QR code on the flyer below or click on this link: Entrance Form
Lenapehoking Project: Students Wanted
Join us in the Youth Advisory Group! We’re looking for youth to participate in historical revitalization of the Lenape culture.
This program includes:
- Meetings every other Friday
- Learn about and participate in historical preservation
- Meet people working in different fields of historical preservation
- Trips to professional conferences related to historical preservation
- Trip to the homelands
To sign up, please click complete the online signup form below, or click the link here to open the form on a separate page. Youth Advisory Group Form
For more information contact:
Bear Tompkins
cbeartompkins@delawaretribe.org
(918) 337-6590 ext. 177
M – F 3 P.M. – 5 P.M. Office Hours
Purchase Space in the 2024 Delaware Pow Wow Program
Purchase a space in the full color Delaware Pow Wow Program. Honor your elders, graduates, veterans, and family and friends! Advertise your business or an upcoming event.
Full page (11.5″ x 11.5″): $200
Half page (11.5″ x 5.75″): $100
Quarter page (5.75″ x 5.75″): $50
Business card (2.0″ x 3.5″): $25
To order, please contact Linda Kills Crow at killscrowll@gmail.com before April 30, 2024
Delaware Tribe of Indians to Hold Job Fair April 9, 2024
The Delaware Tribe of Indians will hold a Job Fair on April 9, 2024 from 2 – 6 P.M. at Forsythe Hall in Bartlesville, OK, with an additional event to be held at a later date in Chelsea, OK.
Lenape Language Report January 2024
Notice: The Delaware Indian calendar for 2024 is now available on the tribal website https://delawaretribe.org/ or at this address:
https://delawaretribe.org/blog/2023/12/01/download-a-2024-lenape-calendar/
You can download your copy and print all the pages at once or print one month at a time as needed. For a wall calendar we suggest using 8.5 x 14 inch (legal size) paper.
Revived: The Lenape Word-a-Day calendar is a monthly calendar of Lenape names for different things. The downloadable calendar is also posted on the Tribal website https://delawaretribe.org/ and it will continue to be posted at the beginning of each month. There are sound files for each of these words which are in the Lenape Talking Dictionary: https://www.talk-lenape.org/.
What’s New – Going to the Moon
In the TV news recently they said that in the year 2024 America will once again send people to or around the moon. It might be of interest to readers of the Delaware Indian News to know that according to tribal legend there were two Lenape men who went to the moon many centuries ago. In the Lenape language the Sun and Moon have the same name, Kishux, and they are considered as Elder Brothers. There are also some special names for the Moon if you need to let people know you are talking about him exclusively. The two men had a purpose for going there and what follows is the basic story telling the reason. There are several variants of this story that had them going to the sun, or first to the sun who sent them to the moon.
Tùkwsi Kishux òk Kitahikàn
Full Moon and Ocean
Here is a brief version of the story:
There was a monster that lived in a lake and he was killing Lenape children. Two young men said that they knew a way to kill the monster and they would have to go to the sun to get some of his ashes to put in the lake. (A version of this story can be heard in the Lenape Taking Dictionary at this address: https://www.talk-lenape.org/stories?id=41.
The two men found some sunbeams and they climbed on them to get to the sun. In one version of the story they got ashes from him and in another version the sun told them to go to the moon because his ashes would cause the Earth to burn up.
So they went to the moon and got some ashes and returned to Earth and threw them in the Lake and the water began to boil and the monster was killed. But before he died he told them, “You have killed me for nothing because there are many of my children in other large bodies of water.”
(In the tale told by Willie Longbone in 1939 a young woman gave birth to a male child that was half fish and she threw it into a lake. It grew large and began to kill children so two young men went to the sun for fire but the sun refused them saying the heat would burn the whole Earth. He told them to go to the ‘night sun’ (the moon) who gave them some ashes. They threw the ashes into the lake where the monster lived and the lake boiled and the monster was killed.)
Lenape names for the Sun and Moon and their phases:
The Sun
Kishux: Sun; Moon; Month
wipèkw / wipëko: Sunbeam / Sunbeams
Wsike: Sunset; The Sun is setting
Winkpèkw: The Sun is drawing water (What the sunbeams do)
Kwtai Kishux: Eclipse (Sun or Moon)
The Moon
Kishux: Sun; Moon; month
Piskewëni kishux: Moon
Nipahàm: Moon (an older word)
Nipaii kishux: Moon (an older word)
Mësëtchèsu kishux: Full Moon
Tùkwsi kishux: Full Moon
Wëski kishux: New Moon
Òxehëmu: Moonlight
Jacob Parks, Delaware Artist, about 1930
From the January 2024 issue of the Delaware Indian News. For more from this issue, as well as a full archive of past issues, click here.
59th Annual Delaware Pow Wow: May 24-26, 2024
The 59th Annual Delaware Pow Wow will be held at Fall Leaf Family Memorial Pow Wow Grounds May 24-26, 2024. Please see the flyer below for details.
Calling All Veterans to Register For Lenape Warriors Medal of Freedom!
The Veterans Committee is calling all veterans to come and register for the new Lenape Warriors Medal of Freedom. The Medal will be presented at the monthly Tribal Council meetings. Those that want to receive the honor before the Tribal Council can attend the appointed Tribal Council meeting to receive it. Those that cannot or that want to wait for the Pow Wow or General Council meeting, please indicate your choice on the application. Please download the application and complete the application below and send it to the Veterans Service Center at the address below, or email it to Steve Donnell at 1lenapeila@gmail.com.
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Attn: Veterans Service Center
5100 Tuxedo Blvd
Bartlesville, Ok 74006
Community Cleanup Event Sponsored by DTEP To Be Held April 13, 2024
Join us as we clean up trash and debris near Eastland Shopping Center in Bartlesville from 1-4 P.M. on April 13, 2024. Prizes will be given to the top three trash-gatherers! Volunteers should wear pants, long sleeves, and close-toed shoes. Trash bags and gloves will be provided. To RSVP please contact Tristen Tucker at (918) 332-6260 or by email at ttucker@delawaretribe.org.
D5 Creation