Director of Child Care

About the role

The Education Director – Early Childhood (STEM Preschool) oversees, coaches, and mentors teachers and assistants, conducts observations, evaluations, and training, ensures classrooms meet quality and compliance standards, supports staff schedules, ratios, and daily coverage, assists with hiring, onboarding, and professional development, oversees weekly STEM-based lesson plans, ensures curriculum follows PA Early Learning Standards, supports hands-on science, technology, engineering, math, and literacy activities, reviews and approves classroom projects, STEM experiments, and materials, maintains a positive, organized, and engaging learning environment, communicates effectively with families, supports parent tours, orientations, and conferences, participates in school events and community partnerships, resolves concerns professionally and promptly, maintains compliance with OCDEL/DPW regulations, ensures accurate attendance and documentation, supports incident reports and behavior plans, uses Procare/Brightwheel for communication and tracking, maintains health and safety standards throughout the center.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, coach, and mentor teachers and assistants
• Conduct observations, evaluations, and training
• Ensure classrooms meet quality and compliance standards
• Support staff schedules, ratios, and daily coverage
• Aid in hiring, onboarding, and professional development
• Oversee weekly STEM-based lesson plans
• Ensure curriculum follows PA Early Learning Standards
• Support hands-on science, technology, engineering, math, and literacy activities
• Review and approve classroom projects, STEM experiments, and materials
• Maintain a positive, organized, and engaging learning environment
• Communicate effectively with families
• Support parent tours, orientations, and conferences
• Participate in school events and community partnerships
• Resolve concerns professionally and promptly
• Maintain compliance with OCDEL/DPW regulations
• Ensure accurate attendance and documentation
• Support incident reports and behavior plans
• Use Procare/Brightwheel for communication and tracking
• Maintain health and safety standards throughout the center

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field (required)
• 3–5 years of ECE teaching experience (required)
• 1–2 years of leadership or supervisory experience in childcare or a preschool setting (required)
• Knowledge of PA Early Learning Standards and DPW regulations
• Strong communication, organization, and leadership skills
• Passion for early childhood education and STEM learning

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Education, ECE, Child Development, or Educational Leadership (preferred)
• Experience in STEM-based or Reggio/Montessori-inspired environments (preferred)
• Experience with curriculum development or instructional coaching (preferred)

Skills

• Passion for early childhood education and STEM learning
• Strong communication, organization, and leadership skills
• Experience in STEM-based or Reggio/Montessori-inspired environments
• Experience with curriculum development or instructional coaching

Benefits

• Short-term Disability
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) matching
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development

Pay

Competitive salary

Schedule

Full-Time

Application Instructions

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.