Child Care Center Director
Summary
Leads child care center operations, staff hiring/coaching, family tours, records, safety, and licensing compliance. Offers a signing bonus, paid time off, and training; requires 2+ years of center leadership, a Texas state Director's License, and infant-to-preschool teaching experience.
Highlights
- Benefits
- Paid time off, training and development
- Experience
- 2+ years child care center leadership; teaching infants to preschool
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in ECE or related field preferred
- License Required
- Texas state Director's License
- Certifications
- CPR and First Aid preferred
- Type
- Full-Time
- Signing Bonus
- Signing bonus
Job description
Benefits:
- Signing bonus
- Paid time off
- Training & development
Center Directors at The Learning Experience influence the growth and development of both children and teachers. They create an environment of collaboration and community, encouraging everyone to thrive.
Role Responsibilities:
PEOPLE LEADERSHIP
- Identifies, schedules and interviews teacher candidates; Builds networks of external future talent
- Conducts classroom observations, evaluations, and provides feedback that motivates and encourages learning.
- Manages team to ensure TLE curriculum is executed in alignment with brand standards;
- Uses a growth mindset to train, coach and develop for the future
- Listens objectively to employee concerns and plans a recommended course of action
- Builds and communicates weekly schedules
- Daily management of classroom ratios
- Manages new hire paperwork and all employee files in compliance with state licensing regulations
- Builds and communicates center schedules to ensure appropriate ratios are always intact and labor is effectively managed to budget.
CUSTOMER FOCUS
- Leads tour with prospective families, highlighting key features and points of difference of our curriculum, teacher tenure/quality, etc.
- Regularly communicates with families regarding student progress
- Executes “parent pleasers”
- Execution of our Show and Tell
- Regularly audits and maintains all records and files for students and teachers
- Ensures the physical environment and health/safety standards are full compliance with local and state licensing regulations
- Manages relationships with state licensors and conducts center evaluations
- Responsible for accident/incident reporting
- Medication management
- Conducts monthly emergency safety drills
- Manages new customer administration and files in compliance with state licensing regulations
Qualifications:
- Must have two or more years of Child Care center leadership/management experience in early child care.
- Must have Texas state Director's License.
- Must have professional teaching experience with infants to preschool children.
- Bachelor’s degree in ECE or related field highly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of state licensing rules and regulations.
- CPR and First Aid Certification highly preferred.
- Must meet state specific guidelines