Permanent recruiting for preschools and child care centers across New Jersey.
Every New Jersey center needs an approved head teacher under the state’s Manual of Requirements (N.J.A.C. 3A:52), or a consulting head teacher while yours finishes qualifying. There are several ways to qualify, including the Professional Impact NJ Head Teacher endorsement. Licensing doesn’t wait when your head teacher leaves, so we treat it as an urgent search.
About 39% of state-funded preschool seats were projected to be in child care and Head Start classrooms in FY26, and the 2025 mixed delivery law pushes districts to partner with providers even more. Those provider classrooms need a lead teacher with a bachelor’s and at least a P-3 CE or CEAS, with no more than 15 children in the room. We recruit P-3 certified leads for them.
CCAP fully reopened to all eligible families in April 2026, and Grow NJ Kids is the state’s quality rating. More subsidized families mean more rooms to staff, so we help you hire ahead of enrollment.
New Jersey has the sixth-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 New Jersey 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 Hoboken, Jersey City, Harrison, Lyndhurst, Paramus, Hackensack, Montclair, Livingston, Parsippany, Warren, Hillsborough, the Princeton area and Cherry Hill.
On roles we have recruited for in New Jersey, posted teacher pay has ranged from about $15 to $25 an hour, and center director pay from $52,000 to $80,000 a year. Pay depends on the role, credentials and the school.
For centers licensed for more than 30 children, a master’s in a child- or business-related field, or a bachelor’s plus 1 year of managerial or supervisory experience. Smaller centers can use a director who meets group teacher qualifications, and every center also needs a qualified head teacher. See the full New Jersey director rules.
A group teacher needs 1 year of experience with children under 6, plus an associate in ECE, 15 qualifying credits (6 in ECE), a CDA, a CCP or a Professional Impact NJ endorsement. Centers also need a head teacher with higher qualifications. See the full New Jersey teacher rules.
Under N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3, ratios are (max group size in parentheses): under 18 months 1:4; 18 months to 2.5 years 1:6; 2.5 to 4 years 1:10 (20); 4-year-olds 1:12 (20); 5 and older 1:15 (20, or 30 for school-age care). In mixed-age groups, each age group's share of staff is added together.
Grow NJ Kids is voluntary and rates programs at levels 1 to 5, with Stars 3 to 5 earned by points. Rated programs get higher CCAP subsidy rates, and programs earn more points as more educators reach higher NJ Workforce Registry Career Lattice levels.
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.