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Team Lead (Director Qualified Management)

Learning Care Group

Schaumburg, ILJob$18.57–19.29/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$18.57–19.29/hr
Location
Schaumburg, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Learning Care Group is hiring a Team Lead at La Petite Academy to support children’s learning and daily care. The role combines classroom instruction, classroom management, curriculum implementation, family communication, and mentoring teachers. The Team Lead may take on Director or Assistant Director duties when they are absent. Classroom instruction makes up at least 50% of the weekly schedule.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Classroom LeadershipLesson PlanningPhysical Activity

Qualifications

Must Be 18+Licensed Childcare ExperienceEarly Childhood Education Credits or CDAState or Accreditation Requirements

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

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Team Lead (Director Qualified Management)

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  • Brand: La Petite Academy

  • Location:

651 Windsor Dr

Schaumburg,

IL

Join a strong community where all we do is care-for the children and families we serve every day, as well as for our dedicated team members. Our people are our best asset. We listen and we know what you're looking for:

  • You want benefits. We support you with a minimum 50% childcare discount, immediate access to benefits, innovative health programs, 401(k) company match, and much more.

  • You want balance. We offer flexible schedules that work for you, no nights or weekends, the ability to bring your children to work with you, and paid time off.

  • You want opportunity. We invest in your future with ongoing training, tuition reimbursement, credential assistance, and our unique Master Teacher Program.

  • You want recognition. We provide a positive, fun workplace where employees are appreciated.

This is more than just a daycare job. It’s a journey, where you learn, grow, thrive—and play—every day. Are you a teacher ready for your next step? Being a Team Lead at a child care center is something special. We’re hiring and we want difference makers who will inspire children to become lifelong learners.

As a Team Lead, you are a:

  • Teacher! Promote the social, physical, and intellectual growth of the children in your care. Take the lead on classroom management and curriculum implementation. Classroom instruction is at least 50% of weekly schedule.

  • Communicator! Communicate and build relationships with families to promote achievement for the child and to support your center’s success.

  • Mentor! Be responsible for, or assisting with, the management, training, and mentoring of new hires and your fellow Teachers, as you create fun, interactive learning experiences to share with the preschool children.

  • Leader! Take on the duties of Director or Assistant Director in his/her absence, including opening and closing the school.

  • Expert! Ensure the daily care of every child by following all licensing guidelines and implementing all company standards.

We want energetic, dependable, passionate individuals who are at least 18 and have:

  • Experience in a licensed childcare facility, leading a classroom, and implementing lesson plans.

  • College credits towards Early Childhood Education or Child Development degree or a CDA, preferred.

  • The ability to meet state and/or accreditation requirements for education and experience.

  • Able to work indoors or outdoors and engage in physical activity with children.

  • $18.57-19.29/hr

Learning Care is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,640 open Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$18.57–19.29/hr
  • Illinois median$19–24/hr71 hourly ranges
  • US median$21–25/hr1,291 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $18.93/hr, is 14% below the Illinois median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Teacher hourly ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 175 open Teacher jobs in Illinois and 4,640 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
Teacher postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (777 postings).
Education
1,723 of the 4,640 open Teacher jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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