Benefits:- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
Looking for a Rockstar Child Care Director!Are you the leader who walks into a child care center and immediately sees its potential?
Do you know how to inspire teachers, earn parents’ trust, maintain licensing compliance, control staffing, and turn tours into enrollments? Are you proactive, confident, organized, and willing to take ownership of results?
If so, we want to meet you.
An established, family-owned, faith-based early childhood organization in San Antonio is searching for an exceptional Child Care Center Director. We need a hands-on leader who can strengthen operations, build a dependable team, create accountability, and help a center thrive.
This is not a position for someone who simply keeps the office running. We are looking for a leader who:
- Leads from the front and follows through
- Coaches employees and holds them accountable
- Creates efficient staffing schedules
- Maintains Texas licensing and quality standards
- Builds strong relationships with children, families, and employees
- Conducts excellent tours and follows up with prospective families
- Understands that enrollment and family retention are essential
- Keeps the center clean, organized, safe, and tour-ready
- Identifies problems quickly and brings solutions
- Treats the center’s success as their personal responsibility
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Managing all daily center operations
- Recruiting, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluating employees
- Maintaining proper ratios and controlling scheduled labor hours
- Ensuring compliance with Texas Child Care Regulation and Texas Rising Star
- Making sure teachers consistently implement the approved curriculum
- Communicating proactively and professionally with parents
- Conducting tours and helping convert prospective families into enrollments
- Monitoring tuition accounts, CCS processes, CACFP requirements, and center records
- Maintaining a positive, professional, and accountable workplace culture
- Communicating regularly with and remaining accountable to the owners
What You’ll Need
- Must meet Texas qualifications to serve as a child care center director
- At least three years of experience in a licensed child care program
- At least two years of successful leadership experience as a director or assistant director
- Strong knowledge of Texas Minimum Standards
- Ability to pass all required background checks
- Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Experience managing employees, schedules, parent relationships, and center operations
- Confidence conducting tours and supporting enrollment growth
- Professionalism, reliability, initiative, and a genuine love for children
Texas Rising Star, Procare, CCS, CACFP, and bilingual English/Spanish experience are preferred.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Performance bonus opportunities
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Professional development
- Direct access to supportive, involved owners
- The opportunity to make a meaningful and measurable impact
This is a confidential search. The employer’s identity will be shared with qualified candidates during the interview process, and all applications will be handled discreetly.
To apply, submit your rsum and briefly answer:
- Do you currently meet Texas director qualifications?
- How many years have you worked as a director or assistant director?
- What measurable improvement have you made at a previous child care center?
- What salary range are you seeking?
- When could you begin?
If you are ready to lead, build, grow, and make a difference, we want to hear from you!
