Preschool Center Director
Summary
Lead a brand-new childcare center, overseeing team hiring and development, daily operations, licensing compliance, enrollment growth, family relationships, and budgeting. Requires an associate's or bachelor's degree and 2+ years of leadership in licensed childcare or early childhood.
Highlights
- Benefits
- Wellness benefits, paid time off, childcare discount, professional development
- Experience
- 2+ years leadership or management in licensed childcare; center operations experience
- Education
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Education, Business, or related field
- Department
- Childcare
Job description
Salary: $60,000 - $65,000 + Bonus Eligible
Benefits: Wellness Benefits, Paid Time Off, Childcare Discount, Professional Development, and more
Benefits: Wellness Benefits, Paid Time Off, Childcare Discount, Professional Development, and more
About the Opportunity
The Learning Experience is opening a brand-new childcare center in Greenville, SC and we're looking for an experienced Preschool Center Director to build and lead our school from the ground up.
This is an exciting opportunity to:
- Build and lead your own team
- Shape center culture from day one
- Welcome and build relationships with your first families
- Drive enrollment and center growth
- Make a meaningful impact in the Greenville community
We're looking for a hands-on early childhood leader who can balance educational quality, team leadership, family experience, and strong business operations.
What You'll Do
Lead Your Team & Center
- Recruit, hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team.
- Build a positive culture focused on engagement and retention.
- Oversee daily operations, staffing, scheduling, and classroom ratios.
- Maintain health, safety, and licensing standards.
- Ensure compliance with South Carolina childcare licensing requirements and TLE standards.
- Champion TLE's proprietary L.E.A.P.® Curriculum and high-quality classroom experiences.
Grow the Business
- Drive enrollment through center tours, family follow-up, and community outreach.
- Build strong relationships with prospective and current families.
- Support family retention and satisfaction.
- Monitor enrollment, staffing, labor, and key center performance metrics.
- Manage payroll, labor costs, scheduling, and staffing levels.
- Support budgeting, accounts receivable, and expense management.
- Identify opportunities to improve enrollment, retention, efficiency, and business results.
- Partner with ownership and TLE support teams to achieve center goals.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a confident, relationship-driven leader with experience in childcare, preschool, daycare, or early childhood education.
Preferred qualifications:
- 2+ years of leadership or management experience in a licensed childcare or early childhood setting.
- Previous Center Director, Child Care Director, Assistant Director, Education Director, or similar leadership experience.
- Experience recruiting, coaching, and developing teachers.
- Experience with center operations, staffing, scheduling, payroll, budgeting, or financial management.
- Experience supporting enrollment growth and family engagement.
- Strong leadership, communication, organization, and business management skills.
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Education, Business, or a related field required.
Why Join The Learning Experience?
- Lead a brand-new center from opening day.