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Title: Director Early Learning Center

Employee Type: Unclassified Staff

Department: LSUNO Human Development Center 

Campus Location: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Job Summary/Basic Functions

The Director serves as the strategic, instructional, and operational leader of the Early Learning Center (ELC), guiding its development into a nationally recognized, high quality early childhood model and lab school. This role ensures the integration of exemplary care, evidence based practice, research, and professional development in alignment with LSUHSC’s mission and vision.

The Director is charged with elevating the ELC’s current operations—including three classrooms serving infants through toddlers and a team of seven teachers—into a cohesive, high functioning program that reflects best practices in early childhood education. This includes strengthening teaching quality, establishing clear and consistent operational systems, ensuring regulatory and licensing compliance, and cultivating a culture of professionalism, accountability, and continuous improvement.

A central responsibility of the Director is leading the implementation of the ELC’s new vision, coordinating space and operational transitions, and stabilizing daily functioning while driving long-term strategic growth. The Director will oversee staffing, coaching, and professional development; build strong partnerships with families, LSUHSC leadership, and the Advisory Board; and foster interdisciplinary collaboration that supports pediatric research, clinical training, and innovation.

This position requires a hands-on, forward-thinking leader with demonstrated success improving early learning programs, strengthening curriculum implementation, and building systems that ensure consistent, developmentally appropriate, and family centered care.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education: Master's

Required Field of Study: Early Childhood Education or a related Field

Certifications or Licenses Required: CPR, First Aid, and Medication Administration CLASS certification Eligible for Director 4 level in Louisiana Pathways system

Number of years required to perform the job: Three

Type of experience required to perform the job: Three years of leadership experience in an early childhood setting. Director or assistant director of licensed early learning center. Proven leadership experience in early childhood or lab school settings.

Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; generous annual and sick leave; 14 paid holidays per year; and an employee health primary care clinic. See following link for more details on our benefits offerings: LSUHSC, New Orleans - Benefits

Other employee benefits include a full-service credit union, wellness benefits featuring complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses, employee assistance program, campus assistance program, and pet insurance option. More information about these benefits can be found on this webpage:  Additional Benefits