Childcare Center Director
Location
Papillion, NE
Type
Full Time
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Free food & snacks
- Free uniforms
Benefits: Childcare discounts, paid time off, meals provided
- 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 Nebraska child care licensing requirements and TLE standards
- Champion TLE's proprietary L.E.A.P.® Curriculum and high-quality classroom experiences
- 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
- 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
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Must meet Nebraska child care licensing requirements applicable to the Director position
- 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
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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 Papillion community
This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to The Learning Experience Corporate.
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The Learning Experience
At The Learning Experience, we make early education joyful, engaging and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow.
Our curriculum focuses on the six ages and stages of early childhood development and engages children in hands-on learning activities that encourage them to explore and solve problems at their own rate of development. This forms a foundation for kids to Learn, Play and Grow under the care of our nurturing teachers and staff.
At TLE®, we’ve created a full cast of characters that become our little learners’ educators, partners and friends through their preschool education journey. Each character has a unique personality and area of interest and brings learning to life by allowing children to explore the world through fun and imagination.
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