Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/meet-the-cover-director-school-age-and-child-care-services-chicago-housing-authority/5011494/
We all know that the position of director is a complex set of roles that need to be carefully balanced, requiring skills that must continually be refined. Jill Bradley, director of School-Age and Child Care Services for Chicago Housing Authority, is a director of tremendous skill, dedication, and enthusiasm. She takes great pride in the growth of services to children and families under her directorship and is excited about her involvement in the MOST Initiative (see box). Jill has high hopes for the impact of this Initiative on the quality of school-age care in the Chicago area.Twenty years of experience in education and educational administration began for Jill with a high school teaching assignment in an all girls school - in fact, she taught her own sister. Like many of us, she then turned her attention to the preschool years and became director of a preschool program with no experience or education in that area. "It was trial by fire." She saw what quality was and raised the stakes, which eventually pushed her out of the job.
She joined the Chicago Housing Authority as a site director. "At Stateway, we cared for 134 children in three apartments. It was a community of ...