Early Childhood Assistant Director

Heartworks seeks an Assistant Director to join our team in Essex. Heartworks Early Education is a part of the Little Sprouts 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.

This Assistant Director supports maintaining center operations and occasional classroom coverage. This role helps oversee the center's function, operation, and leadership. The position requires the ability to support the day-to-day operations of a high-quality Early Childhood Education program. The Assistant Director will have strong interpersonal and organizational skills and a passion for nurturing children and their families.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Human Development, or related field, or 30 college credits with an Early Childhood or School Age focus
• Must qualify as an Assistant Director per the Child Care Licensing regulations for the state of Vermont
• 1-3 Years in a formal childcare setting
• Vermont Early Educator License is preferred
  
  
  
  
  

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 training
• Supervise curriculum to meet or exceed the standards of NAEYC’s developmental guidelines, and state education standards
• 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
  
  
  
  
  

Own center-based financial management, including, but not limited to:

• 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)
  
  
  
  
  

Benefits

• 75-50% discount on employee child care tuition
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and pet insurance
• Health benefits are available upon start date
• Free Subscription to First Stop Health; receive ongoing care from doctors and prescribers through easy telehealth services
• 401k with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Career advancement and coaching
• Employee referral bonus
• #INDHW
  
  
  
  
  

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 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.