About this role
Benefits:
- Free uniforms
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Tuition assistance
Arvada, CO| Full-Time | On-Site
Salary: $60,000-$70,000 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: $60,000-$70,000 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 of Arvada 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 Colorado Licensing 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
- Colorado Child Care Center Director qualifications are required.
- 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
Applications accepted through 10/15/2026
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