Operations Support Specialist – Early Childhood Education
Location: The Learning Experience – Worcester, MA
Pay: $22–$23 per hour
Schedule: Full-Time, Monday–Friday
Use Your Teaching Experience Beyond One Classroom
The Learning Experience – Worcester is seeking an experienced Operations Support Specialist to help keep our classrooms and daily center operations running smoothly.
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced EEC Lead Teacher who enjoys variety, problem-solving, and supporting an entire school rather than remaining assigned to one classroom every day.
You'll work closely with center leadership, provide classroom coverage where needed, support teachers, help maintain required ratios, and assist with the day-to-day needs that keep a busy early childhood center organized and successful.
What You'll Do
- Provide classroom leadership and coverage across Infant, Toddler, and Preschool programs as needed
- Help maintain appropriate staffing and teacher-to-child ratios throughout the day
- Support classroom transitions, breaks, opening/closing needs, and schedule changes
- Assist teaching teams with classroom organization, curriculum materials, and daily routines
- Step in as a Lead Teacher when classroom coverage is required
- Support new teachers and help reinforce center procedures and expectations
- Assist center leadership with daily operational priorities
- Help maintain classroom documentation and licensing readiness
- Identify needs throughout the center and proactively help resolve them
- Maintain compliance with Massachusetts EEC licensing, health, and safety requirements
Qualifications
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Massachusetts EEC Lead Teacher Certification required
- Qualifications/certifications across Infant, Toddler, and Preschool age groups strongly preferred
- Professional experience in a licensed childcare or preschool setting required
- Strong understanding of Massachusetts EEC regulations
- Highly organized, flexible, and comfortable changing priorities throughout the day
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Able to confidently support both classrooms and center leadership
What We Offer
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$22–$23 per hour
- Full-time Monday–Friday schedule
- Opportunity to expand your experience beyond a traditional classroom role
- Professional development and leadership growth
- Employee childcare discount
- Supportive leadership team
- Opportunity for future advancement
Apply Today
If you're an experienced EEC Lead Teacher who enjoys being the person everyone can rely on, this could be an excellent next step. Join The Learning Experience – Worcester and help keep our classrooms, teachers, and daily operations running successfully.
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.
This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to The Learning Experience Corporate.
