Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator resume
What the work involves, what it pays, and real lines you can start from. Answer a few small questions and leave with a resume.
Also called center administrator, child care center administrator, childcare center administrator and education and childcare administrators preschool and daycare.
$59,300
Median pay a year
73,660
People do this work
6
Resume lines ready for you
Pay and headcount are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lines are written from what the US Department of Labor records about this work.
An example
A Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator resume, filled in
Every line below comes from the same public record as the rest of this page. The greyed parts are the ones only you can answer.
Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator
Summary
Education and childcare administrator coordinating academic and nonacademic activities in preschools and childcare centers, overseeing staff recruitment, student progress, and program evaluation to ensure compliance and quality standards
Experience
Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Conferred with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and students' behavioral or learning problems
Monitored students' progress and provided assistance to students and teachers in resolving any problems
Recruited, hired, trained, and evaluated primary and supplemental staff, recommending personnel actions for programs and services
Taught classes or provided direct care to children at daycare centers
Set educational standards and goals, establishing policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out
Prepared and maintained attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies
Reviewed and evaluated new and current programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with regulations
Yours will not say this. It will say what you did, in your own words, and Rung writes it with you one question at a time.
Nothing to write from scratch
What to put on a Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator resume
Real duties for this job, already written the way a resume reads. Inside Rung you choose the ones that were yours.
What did you do each day?
Choose what fits, or say your own.
Conferred with parents and staff on policiesMonitored students' progress and resolved issuesRecruited, hired, and trained staff membersTaught classes and provided direct careSet educational standards and established policiesPrepared and maintained attendance and activity reports
becomes
On your resume
Conferred with parents and staff to discuss educational policies and activities, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
Recruited, hired, and trained staff members, enhancing team capabilities and improving service delivery
These are written the way a resume line reads. Rung asks which ones are actually yours, keeps your own words, and never claims work you did not do.
Then it asks for one more thing
The line that could show more, and the fact that lands it.
Make it stronger
A few lines could show more. Each one is asked, and answered by choosing.
Show what improved once the policies were in place
The line
Discussed educational policies with parents and staff, helping parents feel more informed about their children's progress
Show what improved once the policies were in place
Pick one that fits
Parents felt more informed about their children's progressStaff implemented changes that improved classroom engagementCommunication led to better support for students' needs
Or add your own.
In your wordsAdd it
Adding it to the line…
Added to your resume
Mention if you were trusted to evaluate staff performance
The line
Recruited, hired, and trained staff members, enhancing team capabilities and improving service delivery
Mention if you were trusted to evaluate staff performance
Pick one that fits
Evaluated staff to ensure quality educationProvided feedback that shaped staff developmentLed performance reviews for new hires
Or add your own.
In your wordsAdd it
Adding it to the line…
Added to your resume
Every ready answer is in plain words, never a figure. Nothing is invented to fill a gap.
What it is made of
Skills for a Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator resume
What this work is made of. Rung offers these and keeps the ones you claim.
What are you good at?
Directing services
Monitoring member performance
Determining operational compliance
Evaluating program effectiveness
Evaluating employee performance
Analyzing forecasting data
Approving expenditures
Estimating labor requirements
Determining resource needs
Developing procedures
Developing promotional materials
Developing organizational policies
The work itself
What a Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator does
The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
What it pays
How much does a Preschool and Daycare Education and Childcare Administrator make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$47,040
Median
$59,300
75th percentile
$75,500
About 73,660 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$66,610
$75,540
$93,350
AL
$34,900
$41,780
$58,370
AR
$35,910
$44,990
$57,670
AZ
$43,260
$48,160
$60,730
CA
$54,020
$67,100
$80,640
CO
$56,030
$64,620
$77,210
CT
$48,010
$59,760
$78,040
DC
$56,020
$77,850
$104,390
DE
$46,320
$58,230
$69,790
FL
$45,790
$56,750
$63,930
GA
$41,200
$60,300
$69,470
HI
$58,240
$65,080
$76,420
IA
$40,140
$47,480
$59,630
ID
$40,040
$48,530
$61,990
IL
$45,720
$58,550
$71,650
IN
$48,000
$58,740
$64,370
KS
$46,600
$56,970
$62,210
KY
$37,290
$44,530
$58,030
LA
$36,950
$46,030
$61,990
MA
$57,090
$70,320
$79,490
MD
$52,030
$62,520
$75,750
ME
$51,710
$60,090
$64,960
MI
$46,990
$56,870
$65,600
MN
$49,650
$62,020
$72,620
MO
$38,880
$47,940
$59,600
MS
$33,700
$49,740
$59,380
MT
$41,600
$48,140
$57,960
NC
$46,110
$57,200
$69,950
ND
$39,530
$51,390
$62,340
NE
$46,660
$56,160
$74,500
NH
$47,680
$55,120
$63,990
NJ
$59,800
$78,770
$104,570
NV
$48,200
$60,120
$80,940
NY
$73,190
$96,810
$103,570
OH
$45,030
$49,580
$61,410
OK
$38,220
$46,690
$62,400
OR
$47,270
$60,250
$75,370
PA
$46,500
$56,380
$61,790
PR
$41,250
$45,990
$55,940
RI
$50,830
$55,290
$59,580
SC
$43,780
$51,200
$65,710
SD
$52,520
$63,240
$66,000
TN
$45,900
$49,200
$60,270
TX
$42,200
$50,840
$61,040
UT
$45,030
$60,980
$92,280
VA
$46,410
$53,320
$62,700
VT
$58,020
$63,220
$79,490
WA
$54,530
$70,470
$87,560
WI
$45,540
$59,930
$69,220
WV
$37,900
$45,660
$60,790
WY
$44,530
$56,170
$74,960
Other names
Other names for this job
center administrator, child care center administrator, childcare center administrator, education and childcare administrators preschool and daycare, after school site director, art coordinator, assessment coordinator, before and after school program director, before and after school site director, center manager, child care center director, child care director.
More names for this work
childcare center director, childcare director, day care center director, daycare director, daycare manager, early childhood education director, early childhood program supervisor, early head start director, ecp supervisor, education coordinator, education director, education site manager, educational program director, extended care director, head start director, montessori program director, on site coordinator, onsite coordinator, pre school director, prekindergarten program coordinator, preschool director, preschool program director, principal, school director, site coordinator, site director, special education director, testing director, vice principal.
Free resume help
Start with this job
Answer a few small questions and leave with a resume. Your answers stay on your own device.
A truly free resume that is yours to keep
You leave with a PDF and a Word file, and a cover letter if you want one.
Nothing to pay when you download, no account, and the resume saves to your own device.
Every question can be read aloud, and answered out loud.
Nothing to write from scratch: the lines are ready, and you choose the ones that were yours.
This page is about the occupation Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.