Assistant Director

Learning Care Group • Burnt Mills, MD

19d

About The Position

The Assistant Director is responsible for the safe and effective operation of the school alongside the School Director, helping achieve Learning Care Group’s safety vision. In the Director’s absence, the Assistant Director has sole responsibility for the school. The role supports children’s social, physical, and intellectual growth.

The Assistant Director ensures the school operates in accordance with company and state licensing standards; fosters an educational, caring, and safe environment for children and parents; helps children build imagination and self-esteem and discover new things; promotes the company’s positive image and role as a provider of choice in the communities it serves; recruits, selects, and retains quality staff; and helps achieve company profitability.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Previous leadership experience.
• At least 1 year of experience working in a licensed childcare facility.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must meet state education requirements and center/school requirements.
• Associate degree in Early Childhood Education, or a bachelor’s degree in another field with 90 documented hours of classroom experience with children from infants through school age.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the school operates in accordance with company and state licensing standards.
• Foster an educational, caring, and safe environment for children and parents.
• Promote children’s social, physical, and intellectual growth, imagination, self-esteem, and discovery.
• Promote the positive image of the company and its role as a provider of choice in the communities it serves.
• Recruit, select, and retain quality staff.
• Help achieve profitability for the company.
• Share responsibility for the safe and effective operation of the school with the School Director; assume sole responsibility in the Director’s absence.

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) for full-time employees.
• Paid time off for full-time employees.
• 401(k) with company match for full-time employees.
• Child care discount.
• Education assistance, including tuition reimbursement and certification, available to all employees.
• Bi-weekly and daily pay options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree