Child Care Center Director (Hosp. Op.) jobs in Stamford, CT

Building Blocks Early Learning Center is currently seeking an Executive Director to lead our team in Stamford, CT.

Building Blocks is part of a network of 39 preschools and early learning centers across New England.  We prioritize employee experience and the total well-being of our teachers and leaders. We prioritize employee experience and are closed the week between Christmas and New Year. This offers you a guaranteed week of paid time off upon hire. 

The Executive Director is responsible for the school’s financial, operational, educational, and cultural success.  Ultimately, the Executive Director is tasked with creating and sustaining a happy and healthy learning environment for all enrolled children and staff.  Through effective written, virtual, and in-person communication skills, the Executive Director will model and foster genuine teamwork, leadership, and transparency in school and across our network of early education centers. 

Our shared values are rooted in team spirit, passion, and continuous learning. All of our in-school services center around four strategic pillars: People First, Pedagogy for Tomorrow, Planet at the Core, and Positive Growth.

If those pillars are values that align with your personal approach to education, and you are looking to grow in your career in Early Childhood Education, our dedicated team would love to connect!

• Must be at least 20 years’ of age, and:
• Obtained a high school diploma or equivalent and 1,080 hours of documented, supervised experience and 12 credits in ECE or child development from an approved program
• OR 4-year college degree in ECE or child development from accredited institution and 360 hours of documented, supervised experience
• Must have at least 3 credits in early childhood education administration with at least one year being hired/designated as director
• Three to ten years in-school early education/classroom experience
• Demonstrate kindness and respect for self, others, and our community at large
• Skilled in play-based learning approaches and social-emotional learning

• Ensure and implement all child to teacher state-mandated ratio compliances
• Ensure and implement all state-mandated safety and education regulations
• Ensure and implement all company policies and procedures per employee and family handbooks
• Convey and display mastery of licensure regulations, including the ability to prepare a school for licensure visits, communicate with licensors, and adapt to changing regulations
• Ensure all staff and child files meet compliance at all times
• Ensure monthly fire drills are completed
• Schedule school staff within P & L payroll guidelines, ensuring that licensure guidelines and company quality standards are met and maintained. 
• Own center-based daily/educational operations, including but not limited to:
• Schedule and administer smooth daily opening and closing procedures
• Oversee all on-site teacher and administrative training (including building a succession plan for Assistant Director to act as the center/school director in your absence)
• Supervise curriculum to meet or exceed the standards of NAEYC’s developmental guidelines, and state education standards
• Oversee school culture and activities
• Ensure that anti-bias and anti-racism perspectives are evident throughout the school
• Actively engage children, staff, and families in age-appropriate social-emotional learning
• Serve as a mandated reporter, and ensure all staff understand their obligations as a mandated reporters
• All weekly scheduling and payroll calculation are handled in the payroll system, i.e., Paylocity
• Weekly Profit & Loss calculations are completed
• Budgeting (e.g., billing, managing and collecting outstanding tuition, handling all voucher renewals, revenue drivers, and the ordering of supplies)
• Communicate with families about all things related to tuition and billing 
• Updating family payment and attendance schedules through company systems (e.g., Procare) 

• Paid week off between Christmas & New Year.
• Competitive wages.
• 75-50% off discount on your children's tuition
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and pet insurance.
• Health benefits are available upon start date.
• 401k with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Career advancement and coaching.
• Additional Paid Time off and Holidays.
• Free Subscription to First Stop Health; receive ongoing care from doctors and prescribers through easy telehealth services.
• #INDBB

We’re Growing!

Little Sprouts LLC, Building Blocks Early Learning, and Heartworks Early Education are a subsidiary of Babilou Family, a global network of 1,100 early education and child care centers, providing award-winning early education and care across 39 New England schools. Through the experience and talents of nearly 900 early education professionals and in partnership with nearly 4,000 families, we are on a meaningful journey to create optimal learning spaces where children ages 0-5 can learn, grow, and thrive.

Our teams, whether at our home office or inside our schools, are change makers – they inspire, create, model, and most importantly make this a great place to work. At Building Blocks Early Learning we are consistently recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity within the communities in which we operate. Our focus on equity and inclusion allows us to develop a broader scope of ideas and approaches, offering a collaborative and dynamic educational experience for the youngest members of society.

#LI-Onsite