Permanent recruiting for preschools and child care centers across Texas.
If you serve Child Care Services (CCS) families through your local Workforce Solutions board, you have 24 months after your Entry Level designation to become Texas Rising Star certified. Director and staff qualifications and training count toward your score, so we ask candidates about their CDA and training hours on the first phone call, before they ever reach you.
Texas school districts can partner with child care centers to run pre-K, and starting in 2025-26, HB 2 requires the district to pass at least 85% of per-student funding to the partner unless TEA approves a waiver. The hard part is the teacher: a partner classroom needs someone qualified, such as a CDA plus 2 years at a Texas Rising Star program. We recruit for those classrooms specifically.
Your CCR inspector works from the state’s Minimum Standards (26 TAC Chapter 746). Your director needs a director’s certificate from HHSC Licensing, and most new caregivers need 24 hours of preservice training, 8 of them before they’re responsible for a group of children. We tell candidates this up front so their first week isn’t a surprise.
Texas has the second-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 Texas centers, from lead and assistant teachers to cooks, assistant directors, center directors and regional leaders. Every hire is a permanent placement on your payroll.
Anywhere in the state. Recent searches have included Dallas-Fort Worth (Mesquite, Sachse, Rockwall, Forney, Murphy, Lantana), Houston, Pflugerville, San Antonio, Sherman and Waco.
On roles we have recruited for in Texas, posted teacher pay has ranged from about $12 to $20 an hour, and center director pay from $45,000 to $90,000 a year. Pay depends on the role, credentials and the school.
Directors must be 21 and hold a Texas Director Certificate. Paths range from a bachelor’s with child development and management credits plus 1 year, to a CDA or CCP with 6 management credits plus 2 years. See the full Texas director rules.
Teaching staff must be 18 with a high school diploma or equivalent. Texas sets no separate lead teacher tier, but everyone completes 24 hours of preservice training and 24 hours a year after that. See the full Texas teacher rules.
Under 26 TAC 746.1601 and 746.1609, for centers with 13 or more children, ratios are (max group size in parentheses): 0 to 11 months 1:4 (10); 12 to 17 months 1:5 (13); 18 to 23 months 1:9 (18); 2-year-olds 1:11 (22); 3-year-olds 1:15 (30); 4-year-olds 1:18 (35); 5-year-olds 1:22 (35); 6 to 13 years 1:26 (35). In mixed-age groups, the age of the median child sets the ratio.
Texas Rising Star, run by the Texas Workforce Commission, is required for every provider that accepts Child Care Services subsidy. Levels run from Entry Level to Four Star, with 5 to 9% higher reimbursement at Two to Four Stars, and director and staff qualifications make up 20% of the score.
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.