Permanent recruiting for preschools and child care centers across Maryland.
Private providers in Blueprint pre-K need Maryland EXCELS Level 3 or higher and a plan to reach Level 5 within 5 years. Lead teachers generally need a bachelor’s, and assistants need a Preschool CDA or an associate in ECE or child development. Since July 1, 2026, a new law (HB 748) gives assistants at private providers 3 years from hire to earn it.
The Child Care Scholarship has been under a partial enrollment freeze since May 2025, and MSDE started awarding scholarships to some waitlisted families in July 2026. Swings like that make staffing hard to plan, so we help you hire for the rooms you’ll actually open.
The voluntary Maryland Child Care Credential runs from Level 1 to Level 6 for staff, with a separate track for administrators and bonuses starting at Level 2. We ask candidates for their level so you can see it on their resume.
Maryland has the 15th-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 Maryland 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 Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Boyds, Annapolis, Severn, Baltimore, Timonium and Bel Air.
On roles we have recruited for in Maryland, posted teacher pay has ranged from about $17 to $30 an hour, and director pay from $60,000 to $75,000 a year. Pay depends on the role, credentials and the school.
Directors must be 21 with a high school diploma or GED, and requirements scale with center size. Centers over 40 children need an associate with 15 ECE credits or any bachelor’s, plus 2 years of experience and 90 clock hours of ECE training or a CDA. See the full Maryland director rules.
A lead teacher must be 19 with a high school diploma or GED, 90 clock hours or 6 semester hours of approved preservice training (or a CDA or ECE degree), and 1 year of supervised experience or 1 year of college. See the full Maryland teacher rules.
Under COMAR 13A.16.08.03, ratios are (max group size in parentheses): infants 6 weeks to 18 months 1:3 (6); toddlers 18 months to 2 years 1:3 (9); 2-year-olds 1:6 (12); 3- and 4-year-olds 1:10 (20), or 1:12 (24) in an approved educational program; 5 and older 1:15 (30). Maryland has proposed a larger school-age group size, which is not final.
Maryland EXCELS, run by MSDE, rates programs at Quality Ratings 1 to 5. It is required to serve families on the Child Care Scholarship program, Quality Ratings 3 to 5 earn bonus payments, and staff qualifications are one of its five standards.
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.