Child Care Center Director
Rohnert Park, CA
Child Care Center Director
Full Time • Rohnert Park, CA
Responsive recruiter
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Tuition assistance
Rohnert Park, CA | Full-Time | On-Site
Salary: $70,000–$80,000 annually + Performance Bonus
Are you an experienced child care or preschool leader who knows how to build a great team, create an exceptional family experience, and run a high-performing early childhood education center?
Salary: $70,000–$80,000 annually + Performance Bonus
Are you an experienced child care or preschool leader who knows how to build a great team, create an exceptional family experience, and run a high-performing early childhood education center?
The Learning Experience in Rohnert Park is looking for a Child Care Center Director to lead our center, develop our teachers, grow enrollment, and create a safe, engaging environment where children, families, and employees thrive.
At The Learning Experience, Happy Happens Here — and as Center Director, you set the tone and culture.
What You’ll Lead
As Center Director, you will have ownership of the center’s people, culture, enrollment, family experience, daily operations, financial performance, and California licensing compliance.
You will:
- Ensure compliance with California Community Care Licensing, Title 22 requirements, and all applicable health and safety standards
- Maintain a safe, clean, welcoming, and well-organized center
- Maintain required employee, child, training, and licensing documentation
- Ensure an exceptional experience for children and families every day
- Use enrollment and operating metrics to identify opportunities and take action
- Drive enrollment by ensuring consistent follow-up from inquiry through registration
- Lead center tours and build relationships with prospective families
- Recruit, onboard, coach, and retain a strong team of early childhood educators
- Build an engaged, accountable, and collaborative center culture
- Lead and develop teachers through regular coaching, feedback, recognition, and training
- Maintain appropriate staffing levels and teacher-to-child ratios
- Build strong relationships with current families and support family retention
- Manage staffing, scheduling, labor, expenses, and overall center performance
What We’re Looking For
- California Child Care Center Director qualifications are required.
- Knowledge of California child care licensing and Title 22 requirements
- Previous leadership experience in a licensed child care center, preschool, early learning center, or early childhood education program
- Experience managing and developing teachers and staff
- Experience with enrollment, family engagement, staffing, scheduling, and center operations
- Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
- The ability to balance a warm, family-focused environment with strong operational accountability
- Comfort using data and center metrics to make decisions and improve performance
- A genuine commitment to creating an exceptional experience for children, families, and employees
Candidates must meet applicable California Community Care Licensing requirements for a Child Care Center Director and be able to provide documentation supporting required education and experience.
Compensation: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 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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Living TLE®’s mission and values every day
Our mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of a child, their families, and the communities we serve.We achieve this mission through three core values: an Innovative Mindset, a Collaborative Spirit, and Community Impact.
TLE® Center job opportunities
The enthusiasm, commitment and care from our people is what makes TLE® the best place to work in early childhood education. Your talents will shine in our Centers. They’re great places to pursue your passion for teaching, daycare and providing quality early childhood education.
See for yourself what makes TLE® Centers special
Step inside a TLE Center and see how we’ve designed and built every classroom to ensure our little learners and staff are safe and supported.