Daycare Assistant Director $1,000 Sign on Bonus!

Join Our Team at Little Sprouts in Lawrence!

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Assistant Early Childhood Director to help lead our amazing team! Little Sprouts is a family of 39 preschools and early learning centers across New England, and we’re all about creating a supportive, fun, and nurturing environment—for both our children and our staff.

At Little Sprouts, we care about YOU. That’s why we’re closed the week between Christmas and New Year, giving you a guaranteed week of paid time off from the start!

This position also offers exciting growth opportunities—our current Assistant Director was recently promoted to Director! You’ll have the chance to lead a vibrant center with a capacity for 100 wonderful students, making a lasting impact on their lives and their families.

As Assistant Director, you’ll:

Perform administrative tasks to keep the center running smoothly.

Provide leadership and support to staff and families.

Occasionally step into the classroom to connect with the children directly.

If you’re highly organized, a great communicator, and have a passion for nurturing little ones and their families, this could be the perfect role for you.

We’d love to have you join our Little Sprouts family. Let’s grow together!

$1,000 sign-on bonus will be paid out:

$500 paid out after 90 days of employment

$500 paid out after 180 days of employment

Offer must be signed by 12/22/24

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Human Development, or related field, or 30 college credits with an Early Childhood or School Age focus
• Lead Infant/Toddler & Preschool Preferred
• Director I & II EEC Qualifications

• Schedule and administer smooth daily opening and closing procedures
• Oversee all on-site teacher and administrative training (including building a succession plan for AD 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
• Demonstrate a complete mastery of the regulatory environment, including compliance, licensor relationships, and the ability to adapt to regulatory changes
• Oversee school culture and activities
• Maintain exceptional relationships with enrolled families through excellent verbal and written communication, family events, and positive interactions
• 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 Years
• Competitive wages
• Up to 75% off discount on your children's tuition
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and pet insurance
• Free Subscription to First Stop Health; 24/7 access to virtual doctors
• 401k with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Career advancement and coaching
• Additional Paid Time off and Holidays
• Referral Program
• Annual bonus potential of up to $2k

We’re Growing! Little Sprouts LLC is a subsidiary of Babilou Family, a global network of 1,100 early education and child care centers. Little Sprouts LLC provides award-winning early education and child 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 Little Sprouts, LLC 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.

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