Child Care Executive Director
Bolingbrook, IL - USA
Job Summary
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Happy Happens Here
Exceptional Benefits & Perks
- Health Vision Dental and Life Insurance
- Childcare Discounts
- And more!
- Beautifully designed classrooms with modern technology and enriched learning materials
- A clean safe and polished environment that is always tour-ready
- Proprietary curriculum delivered with consistency and excellence
- Ongoing training and leadership coaching
- Tuition reimbursement
- Clear advancement pathways within a growing national brand
- Recruit hire and retain high-performing educators who reflect premium service standards
- Build a professional respectful and inclusive culture aligned with TLE values
- Conduct monthly team meetings focused on excellence accountability and growth
- Provide ongoing coaching performance feedback and annual reviews
- Maintain employee turnover below 40% annually
- Serve as a trusted leader for staff and families resolving concerns with discretion and care
- Deliver a luxury-level tour and enrollment experience for prospective families
- Execute marketing and community outreach strategies that support enrollment goals
- Maintain strong enrollment retention and lead-to-start conversion metrics
- Build lasting relationships with families rooted in trust communication and satisfaction
- Manage online presence social media engagement and positive reviews
- Manage budgets and revenue targets
- Ensure accurate billing tuition collection and responsible discounting
- Identify efficiencies while preserving the premium experience families expect
- Ensure full compliance with licensing health and safety regulations
- Maintain immaculate classrooms and common areas at all times
- Ensure proper supervision documentation and secure record-keeping
- Leverage TLE systems and tools to drive consistency and operational excellence
- Minimum of 1 year of child care center leadership or people management experience (2 years preferred)
- Proven salesmanship and business-growth experience with the ability to drive enrollment conversion and retention in a premium service environment
- Demonstrated success in hiring onboarding training and developing high-performing teams
- Strong ability to hold staff accountable to performance goals expectations and professional standards
- Confident solution-focused conflict resolution skills including addressing employee performance issues and family concerns with professionalism and care
- Required state Director or Administrative Credential and ability to meet all licensing and background requirements
- Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education Business or a related field preferred
- Solid understanding of early childhood education best practices and licensing regulations
- Excellent communication organizational and leadership skills
- Results-driven mindset with the ability to balance educational excellence and business performance
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 weve 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.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
The Learning Experience is more than just a child care center. It’s a place where children learn, grow, and have fun. Discover our programs for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners today!