We are not your average child care center! Are you an experienced Child Care Director or Assistant Director ready to lead a center with awesome, hard-working teachers and supportive families where you will be appreciated? Do you have a BIG vision as a leader and ideas to help our schools continue to expand and grow? Do you enjoy setting the bar high in a fast-paced environment filled with smiles, laughter, and fun each day?

Our growing center is expanding to a brand new location near Oxon Hill in Alexandria and seeking 2 experienced leaders to join our team as a Child Care Assistant Director or Center Director! Our ideal candidate is able to maintain high expectations while also ensuring a fun and positive environment daily!

Why Join Our Team:

When we say we have fun and work hard to appreciate our team, we really mean it!As a leader on our team, enjoy quarterly spa days, staycations, and performance incentives for meeting organizational goals, plus we believe our leaders should have fun too! Get silly and connect with our teachers at our quarterly teacher appreciation days, school spirit days or our annual team retreat and "Field Day" that help to keep morale high and build a fun and positive culture where our entire team thrives. Of course, full-time employees are also eligible for the standard benefits package to include:

• Health coverage,
• Paid time off,
• 14 paid holidays,
• Paid training,
• Retirement Plan,
• Opportunities for travel, (We love going to ECE and Leadership Conferences)
• A personal development program and
• Free CDA training.

Responsibilities: Our leadership team is responsible for the full daily success and growth of our schools. In overseeing daily operations, an average day as a leader may include:

*Greeting teachers, children, and families and ensuring a positive experience.

*Observing and coaching classrooms for high quality lesson plans and interactions.

*Ensuring program and staff accountability for all policies and regulations.

*Handling administrative duties like creating the newsletter, responding to emails, hiring, managing enrollment, running errands, parent communication, etc.

*Leading community events as part of our mission to give back locally.

*Strategic planning to help with company growth and expansion.

*....and of course, you will also be a fun and loving leader for our children by giving high fives, hugs, and passing out scratch-and-sniff stickers to our kiddos each day!

Qualifications: We don't require a degree or CDA but we do require prior experience in this role. All Center Director and management candidates must have at least 1 year of LEADERSHIP and SUPERVISORY experience in a licensed child care center serving children 4 years old and younger.

Our Hiring Timeline - We are interviewing immediately - apply today!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $26.00 per hour

Work setting:

• In-person

Application Question(s):

• Current Positon and Current Pay Rate
• Asking Pay Rate

Work Location: In person