Permanent recruiting for preschools and child care centers across Georgia.
A GA Pre-K lead teacher needs a bachelor’s in ECE or an approved field, a bachelor’s in another field plus a Preschool CDA or a TCC in ECE, or a GaPSC T4 or higher certificate in an approved field, all verified in GaPDS. These teachers get hired fast before every school year, so we start Pre-K searches early.
If you serve CAPS families, you have to be Quality Rated unless you qualify for an exemption, and 2-star and 3-star programs earn quarterly Commitment to Quality payments. Credentialed teachers strengthen your portfolio, so we ask candidates about their CDA, TCC and degrees.
DECAL’s licensing rules give a lead teacher without a credential 6 months from hire to enroll in a CDA or TCC program and 18 months from enrollment to finish, tracked on a Professional Learning Plan. Hiring someone who’s already enrolled buys you time, and we note it in our recruiter notes.
Georgia has the ninth-largest child care center workforce in the country.
Private centers with paid staff across the state.
Average annual pay per child care employee in 2025, including part-time staff (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
We recruit for every role in Georgia centers, from lead and assistant teachers and floaters to cooks, assistant directors and center directors. Every hire is a permanent placement on your payroll.
Anywhere in the state. Recent searches have included metro Atlanta (Sandy Springs, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Roswell, Marietta, Kennesaw, Cumming, Lawrenceville), Athens, Macon, Milledgeville and Augusta.
On roles we have recruited for in Georgia, center director pay has ranged from about $45,000 to $75,000 a year, and a recent lead toddler teacher role was posted at $14 to $16 an hour. Pay depends on the role, credentials and the school.
Directors must be 21, with a credential such as a CDA, an ECE technical certificate or diploma, an associate in ECE or 15 semester hours in ECE, each plus 6 months of experience. A bachelor’s or master’s in ECE or child development qualifies with no experience. See the full Georgia director rules.
A lead teacher must be 18 with a CDA, an ECE technical certificate or diploma, an ECE degree, a Georgia Paraprofessional Certificate or 15 semester hours in ECE. New hires without one can enroll within 6 months and finish within 18 months. See the full Georgia teacher rules.
Under DECAL Rule 591-1-1-.32, ratios are (max group size in parentheses): infants under 1 year, or under 18 months and not walking, 1:6 (12); walking 1-year-olds 1:8 (16); 2-year-olds 1:10 (20); 3-year-olds 1:15 (30); 4-year-olds 1:18 (36); 5-year-olds 1:20 (40); 6 and older 1:25 (50).
Quality Rated, run by DECAL, rates programs 0 to 3 stars and is required for any program that accepts CAPS subsidy. Its first standard scores the director's and teachers' Georgia Professional Development System career levels, so credentialed hires raise your rating.
We contact you within 24 hours of your request, and our sourcing team starts after a short intake call. Book a call to talk through your open roles.
We handle the search so you can run your school. From single classrooms to multi-site networks, we find the people who fit.