Center Director

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Employee discounts
• Free uniforms
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Training & development

Join the fastest growing childcare company today! 
We are leaders in the early education industry and our people are given the opportunity to do their best every day, in our state-of-the-art centers. 
Center Directors influence the growth and development of both children and teachers. They create an environment of collaboration and community, encouraging everyone to thrive.

We are opening a brand-new early childhood center in Bartlett, and we are hiring the leader who will open it. You will hire every teacher. You will set the culture before there is one. You will meet the first family who walks through the door and enroll the first child. When this center is full and thriving, it will be because of decisions you made before it opened.

Daily responsibilities for Center Directors:

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 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/points of difference with 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

Center Qualifications:

• At least two years of center leadership/management experience required. Three or more years of center leadership/management experience highly preferred. 
• Must have professional teaching experience with infant to preschool children.
• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of state licensing rules and regulations.
• CPR and First Aide Certification highly preferred.
• Must meet state specific guidelines for the role.

Illinois DCFS Qualifications 
Please read carefully before applying. Illinois requires day care center directors to meet specific state standards (89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130). Applicants who do not meet these cannot be licensed, regardless of experience.

You must have all of the following:

Education

• Associate degree or higher in Child Development or Early Childhood Education, OR
• 64 semester hours in any discipline, including at least 21 semester hours in child development, early childhood education, or early childhood special education

Coursework

• At least 18 semester hours in courses directly related to child care / child development, birth to age 6
• Alternative experience-based pathways exist under 407.130. If you believe you qualify another way, tell us in your application.

Administration

• Gateways to Opportunity Level I Illinois Director Credential, OR
• 3 semester hours of college credit — or 3 points of Gateways-approved training — in administration, leadership, or management
• Don't have this yet? Apply anyway. This requirement is closable, and we will fund it for the right candidate.

Other requirements

• At least 21 years of age
• Must clear DCFS background check requirements (89 Ill. Adm. Code 385)