Child Care Center Director

The Learning Experience Corp.; Bastrop, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Employee discounts

Paid time off

Childcare discount

Professional development

Training & development

Job summary

The Learning Experience is opening a brand-new childcare center in Bastrop, TX, and seeks an experienced Child Care Center Director to build and lead the school from the ground up. The role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, with the chance to shape center culture from day one.

You will recruit and develop a high-performing team, oversee daily operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive enrollment while managing budgeting and workforce planning for the new Bastrop

Qualifications

• 2+ years of leadership or management experience in a licensed childcare setting
• Must meet Texas Child Care Regulation requirements to serve as a child care center director
• Current Texas Director's Certificate or ability to meet Texas director qualification requirements preferred
• Experience with center operations, staffing, payroll, budgeting, or financial management
• Experience recruiting, coaching, and developing teachers
• Experience supporting enrollment growth and family engagement

Responsibilities

• Lead the center team, recruit, hire, coach, and develop teachers and center leaders
• Build a positive culture focused on employee engagement and retention
• Oversee daily center operations, staffing, ratios, health and safety
• Ensure compliance with Texas Child Care Regulation requirements and TLE standards
• Champion LEAP Curriculum and high-quality classroom experiences
• Drive enrollment through tours, family follow-up, and community outreach
• Monitor enrollment, staffing, payroll, budgeting, and other center metrics
• Manage payroll, labor costs, scheduling, and staffing aligned with enrollment
• Support center budgeting, accounts receivable, expense management, and financial performance
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, enrollment, retention, and business results
• Partner with ownership and support teams to achieve center goals

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Business management

Education

Associate or Bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development/Education/Business

Job description

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Training & development

$65,000–$75,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications

Bastrop, TX

Full-Time

Health, Paid Time Off, Childcare Discount, Professional Development and more

About the Opportunity

The Learning Experience is opening a brand-new childcare center in Bastrop, TX, and we're looking for an experienced Child Care Center Director to build and lead our school from the ground up.

What You'll Do

Lead Your Team & Center

• Recruit, hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team of teachers and center leaders
• Build a positive culture focused on employee engagement and retention
• Oversee daily center operations, staffing, classroom ratios, health, and safety
• Ensure compliance with Texas Child Care Regulation 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, community outreach, and relationship building
• Monitor enrollment, staffing, labor, and other key center performance metrics
• Manage payroll, labor costs, scheduling, and staffing levels in alignment with enrollment
• Support center budgeting, accounts receivable, expense management, and financial performance
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, enrollment, retention, and overall business results
• Partner with ownership and TLE support teams to achieve center goals

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of leadership or management experience in a licensed childcare, preschool, daycare, or early childhood education setting preferred
• Previous Center Director, Assistant Director, Education Director, or similar leadership experience
• Must meet Texas Child Care Regulation requirements to serve as a child care center director
• Current Texas Director's Certificate or ability to meet Texas director qualification requirements strongly preferred
• Experience with center operations, staffing, payroll, budgeting, or financial management
• Experience recruiting, coaching, and developing teachers
• 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 related field preferred

Why Join The Learning Experience?

• Lead a brand-new center from the beginning
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
• Build your own team and shape center culture
• Established curriculum, systems, training, and operational support
• Professional development and leadership growth opportunities
• Make a lasting impact on children, families, and educators in the Bastrop community