Early Learning Center Director

Mystic Valley YMCA; Malden (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Mystic Valley YMCA in Malden, MA seeks an Early Learning Center Director to lead a 70-child program for ages 2.9 to 5. You will oversee daily operations, staff supervision, licensing readiness, and curriculum implementation in a safe, inclusive environment.

The role emphasizes building a developmentally appropriate program, recruiting and coaching staff, ensuring EEC compliance, and partnering with guardians to support children's growth in line with YMCA values.

Qualifications

• Meets educational and experience qualifications established by EEC.
• Director’s License is required.
• CPR, First Aid and AED certifications due within 30 days of hire date.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit and build a strong team.
• Experience working with diverse populations and building positive relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the Early Learning Center, ensuring a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment.
• Develop, implement and improve an age-appropriate curriculum supporting social-emotional and cognitive development.
• Ensure teachers conduct ongoing observations and assessments to individualize learning.
• Monitor classroom quality through coaching, feedback and direct involvement with children and staff.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, train, schedule, supervise and evaluate teachers and program staff.
• Maintain staffing patterns and ensure compliance with EEC requirements.
• Conduct regular staff meetings and provide ongoing coaching and professional development.
• Maintain EEC records, policies and licensing readiness.
• Follow emergency, health, safety, and incident procedures and ensure staff credentials are up to date.
• Serve as primary contact with EEC and coordinate licensing visits and follow-ups.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff coaching

Recruitment

Curriculum development

Observation & assessment

Education

Director’s License

CPR/First Aid/AED certifications

Job description

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Early Learning Center Director

Full Time Malden, MA, US

8 days ago Requisition ID: 1157

Salary Range: $55,000.00 To $63,000.00 Annually

• Are you energetic, compassionate and caring? Join our team providing leadership to our Early Learning Child Care Center with a growing enrollment!
• Job Description
• This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The Early Learning Center Director at the Malden YMCA oversees the development and operations of the childcare program, while ensuring the program meets its intended goals.
• This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for creating a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and high-quality early learning environment while managing the people, programs, operations, enrollment, licensing, and resources necessary for the Center's success. They provide a quality experience for children ages 2.9 to 5 years of age and their guardians that focuses on the YMCA values: caring, honest, respect and responsibility. Program capacity is 70 children.
• EARLY LEARNING CENTER DIRECTOR ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
  
• Lead the day-to-day operation of the Early Learning Center, ensuring a safe, nurturing, inclusive, engaging, and developmentally appropriate environment for every child.
• Develop, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve an early childhood curriculum that supports children's social-emotional, cognitive, physical, language, and creative development.
• Ensure teachers conduct ongoing developmental observations and assessments and use the information to individualize learning experiences and support each child's development.
• Monitor classroom quality through regular observation, coaching, feedback, and direct involvement with children and staff.
• Maintain an environment that recognizes individual needs, abilities, cultures, family backgrounds, and diverse learning styles.
• Recruit, interview, hire, onboard, train, schedule, supervise, coach, recognize, and evaluate teachers and program staff.
• Ensure appropriate staffing patterns are maintained and that staff qualifications, assignments, ratios, and supervision practices comply with current EEC requirements.
• Conduct regular staff meetings and provide ongoing coaching and professional development.
• Maintain required EEC records, policies, plans, inspections, documentation, and program information and ensure readiness for licensing visits and renewals.
• Ensure required emergency, health, safety, medication, incident-reporting, child protection, and evacuation procedures are consistently followed.
• Ensure staff maintain required credentials, background checks, health and safety training, and other documentation.
• Serve as a primary point of contact with EEC and coordinate licensing visits, corrective actions, documentation, and follow-up as necessary.
• EARLY LEARNING CENTER DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS:
• 
  1. Meets educational and experience qualifications established by EEC. Director’s License required.
  2. At least 21 years of age.
  3. CPR, First Aid, AED certifications and child abuse prevention training within 30 days of
  hire date.
  4. Demonstrated ability to recruit and build a strong team.
  5. Ability to plan, organize and implement age-appropriate/developmentally appropriate
  program activities.
  6. Previous experience with diverse populations. Ability to develop positive, authentic relationships
  with people from different backgrounds.
  7. Passes a CORI, SORI and DCF background record check.
  8. Meets all other requirement of the Mystic Valley YMCA for employment
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS
  Ability to lead and participate in activities. Sit on floor with children, reach, stand for periods of time, walk slowly and run fast. Ability to lift and carry fifty pounds.
• This is a full-time exempt position with benefits.