Center Director – Catherine Hershey Schools – Middletown

at Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning, Hershey, United States

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Closing date: 31 December 2026
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Contract: Full-Time
First seen: 6 November 2026, on a public job listing

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Company Overview Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning (CHS) provides year-round, weekday care and education for children from six weeks to age 5, with a focus on children and families from under-resourced and overburdened communities. As part of a $350 million initiative to develop six Early Childhood Education Centers across Pennsylvania, CHS is building a new model for early childhood education—one that gives children a strong foundation for lifelong success while embracing and supporting their families. Job Overview The CHS Center Director is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children ages six weeks to 5 years old from under resourced and overburdened backgrounds by providing high-quality early childhood education and care. This individual oversees operations of a state-of-the-art Early Childhood Education Center at Middletown, PA. Responsibilities of the Center Director include providing leadership and guidance to a team of up to 80 individuals in line with CHS policies, guidelines, and curriculum. They are accountable for ensuring the delivery of a top-tier early childhood and family support program that delivers results for up to 150 CHS children and families. The Center Director manages the day-to-day operations, implementation, and administration of the center, leading scholastic, family success, health services, and operations teams to deliver the CHS mission, vision and values. As the leader of CHS Middletown, the Center Director reports to the CHS Central Office's Senior Director of Programs. They are expected to exemplify leadership for administrators, teachers, children, and families, setting a national standard for quality early childhood education and guiding staff towards achieving this standard. The salary range for this position is $106,340 to $139,000 per year, based on expertise. Responsibilities: - Supervising and guiding the center departments to deliver high quality, child-centered education tochildren. Department staff include Teachers, Family Success, Health & Safety, Facilities, and additional operations support roles - Establishing an inclusive, welcoming environment and Center culture through value-inspired leadership for all employees - Observing and resolving gaps, inefficiencies, and conflicts in the day-to-day operations - Mediating issues with families and employees - Providing proper resources for children and employees - Collaboratively spearheading staff recruitment, hiring, training, benefit, and retention efforts. - Leading child recruitment, acceptance, and retention efforts alongside the Family Success and Central Office teams - Implementing policies and procedures to safeguard health and safety of families and employees in compliance with the state requirements (DHS/OCDEL) and NAEYC standards - Establishing and reinforcing rules of behavior and compliance with procedures - Ensuring adherence to all CHS policies, procedures, and governance standards - Creating an effective sy