Preschool Director

We Are Discovery; Vero Beach, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Church in Vero Beach, FL is seeking a Preschool Director to build and lead our new preschool with Christ at the center.

You will hire, train, and coach staff, maintain safe child-to-staff ratios, coordinate tours and admissions, and manage enrollment and records.

You will drive spiritual leadership, pursue Florida Early Education Director certification, and ensure licensing/accreditation readiness from day one.

Qualifications

• The role requires leading and developing a faith-centered preschool, with emphasis on staff coaching and safety.
• Experience guiding programs toward accreditation readiness and compliance with licensing standards is preferred.
• Strong collaboration with families and church leadership is essential for the program's success.

Responsibilities

• Hire, train, schedule, and coach preschool lead teachers and aides; cultivate healthy staff culture.
• Maintain child safety: ratios, check-in/check-out, drills, licensing compliance.
• Oversee classroom quality: curriculum, routines, clean and engaging rooms.
• Serve as primary contact for families: tours, admissions questions, orientation, conferences.
• Handle enrollment, attendance, staff and student records, background checks, incident reports.
• Provide spiritual leadership for staff, children, and families; lead staff devotionals.
• Work toward Florida Early Education Director certification; CPR/First Aid as required.

Skills

Staff leadership

Child safety

Family engagement

Program development

Administration

Education leadership

Education

Florida's Early Education Director certification

Job description

Discovery Church is one church with two locations on Florida's Treasure Coast, Fort Pierce and Vero Beach. We exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus. Every role on this team serves that one mission, and the people who thrive here care about the person in front of them more than the program around them.

Employment Full-time

Location Vero Beach

Reports to Kids Director

The Role

What you would carry

The Preschool Director builds and leads Discovery Church's new preschool with Christ at the center: hiring and shepherding teachers, keeping every child safe, partnering with families, and shaping a program aimed at accreditation standards from day one.

• 01 Hire, train, schedule, and coach the preschool lead teachers and aides, and build a healthy staff culture.
• 02 Keep children safe and well cared for: child-to-staff ratios, check-in and check-out, emergency drills, and state licensing requirements.
• 03 Oversee classroom quality, from age-appropriate curriculum and routines to clean, engaging rooms.
• 04 Be the primary contact for families: tours, admissions questions, orientation, parent-teacher conferences, and the hard conversations.
• 05 Run the administration behind the program: enrollment, attendance, staff and student files, background checks, and incident reports.
• 06 Provide spiritual leadership for staff, children, and families, and lead the staff devotionals.
• 07 Hold or be working toward Florida's Early Education Director certification (the preschool is still being built and licensed, so there is time), plus current infant/child CPR and first aid.