Job Details
Assistant Center Director
2026-01-06 The Learning Experience Austin,TX
Description:
As an Assistant Center Director and a proud "TLE Happiness Ambassador", you are passionate about creating a joyful, safe, and nurturing environment where our little learners can truly Learn, Play, and Grow. Your purpose is to support the Center Director in managing the daily operations of the center, ensuring that every child receives the highest quality care and early education experience.
This dynamic role blends leadership, administrative expertise, and a deep understanding of child development. You help foster a positive culture among staff, build strong relationships with families, and uphold the highest standards of safety, learning, and engagement within the center.
This is a unique chance help establish a new location from the ground up, gaining exposure to all aspects of center operations. It's a tremendous career opportunity for the right candidate who is passionate, driven, and ready to grow with us.
Duties and responsibilities
Compensation: $45,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year
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.
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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Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Free uniforms
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
As an Assistant Center Director and a proud "TLE Happiness Ambassador", you are passionate about creating a joyful, safe, and nurturing environment where our little learners can truly Learn, Play, and Grow. Your purpose is to support the Center Director in managing the daily operations of the center, ensuring that every child receives the highest quality care and early education experience.
This dynamic role blends leadership, administrative expertise, and a deep understanding of child development. You help foster a positive culture among staff, build strong relationships with families, and uphold the highest standards of safety, learning, and engagement within the center.
This is a unique chance help establish a new location from the ground up, gaining exposure to all aspects of center operations. It's a tremendous career opportunity for the right candidate who is passionate, driven, and ready to grow with us.
Duties and responsibilities
- Assist the Center Director in managing the day-to-day operations of the center.
- Be capable of running the center in the absence of the Center Director.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to new hires during their initial employment period to promote confidence, consistency and retention.
- Provide leadership and guidance to the teaching team and ensure that they are delivering high quality programs and services. This includes helping with the monthly monitoring of teaching team
- Build and maintain positive relationships with families and ensure they are informed and engaged in their child's learning and development.
- Work in the classroom as needed, to ensure that children are receiving safe and nurturing learning experiences.
- Support and ensure full compliance with all applicable regulations, licensing requirements, and record-keeping standards as mandated by The Learning Experience and Texas State Licensing.
- Support center growth by actively assisting in strategies to increase and maintain enrollment.
- Engage with prospective families through tours, inquires, and follow-up communication and to support enrollment goals.
- Helping create a safe environment for employees and little learner, including reporting potential safety hazards and recommendations for eliminating or reducing hazards in the workplace.
- Help the Center Director with staff scheduling to maintain proper classroom ratios.
- Associate's degree in early childhood education
- Understand and adhere to the Texas Minium Standards as outlined by Child Care Licensing.
- Be able to happily communicate with parents and staff, (i.e. answer the phone in a happy tone)
- Pass an FBI finger printing and background check
- Exhibit a patient, welcoming, nurturing attitude with little learners and families
- CPR/First Aid certification
- 2+ years of experience in early child education
- This will be a highly paced job that requires a Happy Happens Here attitude.
- This position is full-time salaried employment in a childcare setting.
- Competitive benefits, PTO and Sick leave are offered.
- Be able to walk up and down stairs.
- Be able to sit on the floor for extended periods of time.
- Be able to bend, push, pull and carry up to 40 pounds
Compensation: $45,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year
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.
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.