If you teach young children for a living, this page is written for you. Grace Learning Tree is hiring across multiple age groups, and we'd rather tell you the truth about working here than market at you. Read this; if any of it lands, we'd love to talk.
What's open right now
Infant Lead Teacher (6 weeks – 12 months)
Full-time. Calm temperament, real love of babies, Texas HHS-compliant credentials. Tighter ratios than state minimum, Frog Street infant curriculum, Brightwheel parent communication.
Toddler Lead Teacher (12 – 35 months)
Full-time. Patience, language explosion, motor and social development. Frog Street curriculum. Strong parent communicator.
Preschool / Pre-K / Kinder Bridge Lead Teacher (3 – 6 years)
Full-time. Frog Street curriculum, focused on Aledo ISD kindergarten readiness for older years. Strong literacy and early-math foundation.
Floater / Assistant Teacher (All ages)
Full-time or part-time, flexible scheduling. Top of the Aledo private market for this role. Great fit for ECE students, retired teachers, parents whose kids are in school.
Why this page is different from most "now hiring" pages
Most preschool job listings show you a pay range you'll never reach, vague "competitive benefits," a corporate brand promise the local owner doesn't have to keep, and a black-hole portal application. We're not going to do any of that. Here's what we offer instead, in plain words:
What we offer (the boring-but-real list)
- Posted pay — the number on this page is the number on your offer. No range you'll never hit.
- No training-rate period — start at your full rate on day one.
- Real PTO in writing — published in your offer letter, not buried in a handbook.
- Discounted Grace childcare for staff kids — talk to Dawn about specifics; we want to compete here.
- 40 hours = full-time — no scheduling tricks to dodge benefit thresholds.
- Annual raise structure published — you know what you're working toward.
- Continuing education paid — state minimum + one conference per year.
- Grace pays the background check — symbolic but real.
- Direct access to Dawn — she's on campus daily, not three time zones away.
- $500 referral bonus when a current Grace teacher refers a hire who completes 6 months.
What we don't do
We don't promise raises and quietly never deliver them. We don't schedule you 32 hours and call it full-time. We don't tell you the curriculum is one thing and then change it every six months. We don't burn out our staff to hit a margin target someone else set.
If those four lines sound oddly specific, it's probably because you've worked somewhere that did them. So have most early-childhood teachers in Texas. We are the alternative.
Who we're looking for
- Lights up around young children — not just tolerates them, delights in them
- Leads with kindness as a default
- Communicates well with parents in writing and in person
- Reliable, consistent, shows up — the gift consistency is to young children is enormous
- Wants to grow as an educator
- Comfortable in a faith-based environment where grace, kindness, and gratitude are part of the daily tone — you don't have to be religious to fit; you do have to be at peace with the tone
Email Dawn directly.
No portal. No black-hole form. Email Dawn with a short note about yourself, what age groups you've worked with, and what you're looking for next. We respond personally within 2 business days.
Email Dawn →Or call: 817-458-4300 · director@gracelearningtree.com
One last note — if you're currently teaching somewhere else
Conversations are confidential. We won't contact anyone without your permission. We won't put your current employment at risk. Lots of our best teachers came to us through a quiet conversation that started with "I'm just curious." You don't owe anyone an explanation for exploring a better fit. We won't make you give one.