
Lead Teacher
Albany, NYJob$18.52–19.23/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Childtime at Executive Woods is hiring a Lead Teacher to support preschool children’s learning and development. The role includes creating interactive learning experiences, mentoring fellow teachers, managing the classroom and curriculum, following licensing guidelines and company standards, and building relationships with families. Candidates must be at least 18 and have classroom-leading and lesson-planning experience, meet applicable education requirements, and hold a CDA or higher, or be working toward a CDA or degree with nine early childhood credits.
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Full job description
This is more than just a daycare job. Its a journey, where you learn, grow, thrive and play every day. Being a teacher at a child care center is something special. Were hiring and we want difference makers who will inspire children to become lifelong learners. Create! Develop fun, interactive learning experiences while mentoring fellow Teachers. Care! Promote the social, physical, and intellectual growth of the preschool children in your class. Call the shots! Take the lead on classroom management and curriculum implementation, plus be an expert on all licensing guidelines and company standards. Communicate! Build sincere relationships with enrolled and prospective families to promote achievement for the child and to support your centers success. We want energetic, dependable, passionate individuals who are at least 18 and have: Experience leading a classroom and creating educational lesson plans. The ability to meet state requirements for education and our childcare center requirements. The ability to work indoors or outdoors and engage in physical activity with children. CDA, or higher OR 9 Early Childhood Credits working toward CDA or degree. Compensation & Benefits: Pay $18.52 - $19.23 hourly, Bi-weekly and Daily Pay options; based on Position, Education and Experience Immediate Health insurance (medical, dental and vision), paid time-off and 401K (plus company match) provided for full-time employees. Limited medical offered for part-time workers. Education assistance including tuition reimbursement and certification available to all employees Monday-Friday work week
How this job compares
Set against the 1,156 open Lead Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$18.52–19.23/hr
- New York median$19–20/hr81 hourly ranges
- US median$18–20/hr544 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $18.88/hr, is close to the New York median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the middle half of Lead Teacher hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 89 open Lead Teacher jobs in New York and 1,156 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Learning Care Group42 open
- Healthy Kids Programs25 open
- Cadence Education4 open
- Experience
- Lead Teacher postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (162 postings).
- Education
- 50 of the 1,156 open Lead Teacher jobs (4%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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