Location: The Learning Experience - North Andover, MA
Salary: $75,000-$90,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications
Job Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday
About the Opportunity
Are you an experienced childcare leader who would love the opportunity to help open and build a brand-new early childhood education center?
The Learning Experience is preparing to open a new location in [City], MA, and we're looking for a Center Director who is excited to lead the school from the beginning.
This is an opportunity to build a strong teaching team, welcome our first families, establish a positive school culture, and help create a place where children love to learn and teachers love to teach.
Working closely with ownership and regional leadership, you'll play a key role in preparing the center for opening and guiding its continued growth.
In addition to overseeing daily operations, staffing, licensing, and educational quality, you'll help introduce our school to the community, support enrollment, and build lasting relationships with families.
New Center Opening Responsibilities
- Recruit, hire, onboard, and develop the initial teaching and leadership team
- Support pre-opening preparations, classroom readiness, and licensing requirements
- Establish consistent classroom routines, operating procedures, and quality standards
- Welcome prospective families, conduct tours, and support pre-opening enrollment
- Build relationships with families and community partners
- Coordinate with ownership and regional leadership on opening priorities and timelines
- Create a positive, supportive team culture from day one
- Lead the center through opening and into ongoing operations, enrollment growth, and family retention
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.