Start Your Career. Inspire Young Minds. Make Every Day Matter!
Join Children of America, a nationally accredited early childhood education provider with more than 65 locations across 18 states!
At COA, we believe great teachers make a lasting difference in children's lives. As an Assistant Teacher, you'll work alongside experienced educators in a supportive, collaborative environment where your ideas, contributions, and passion for working with children are valued.
Our programs serve children from 6 weeks to 12 years old, including Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Pre-K, Before & After Care, and Summer Camp.
We believe in creating a workplace where employees feel appreciated, supported, and empowered to grow. Whether you're beginning your career in early childhood education or looking for an opportunity to develop your teaching skills, COA provides opportunities to learn, advance, and make a meaningful impact.
If you love working with children, enjoy being part of a team, and want to build a rewarding career, we'd love to meet you!
We believe in investing in our employees and creating opportunities for long-term career success.
As an Assistant Teacher, you'll play an important role in creating a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where children can learn, explore, and grow.
Working alongside the Lead Teacher and school leadership, your responsibilities will include:
We're looking for dependable, enthusiastic individuals who genuinely enjoy working with children and want to make a difference.
Previous childcare experience is a plus, but candidates who are eager to learn and grow in the field are encouraged to apply, provided they meet applicable state licensing requirements.
Your career in early childhood education can start here!
We believe in promoting from within and developing our employees into future leaders. Assistant Teachers have opportunities to build their experience, pursue educational credentials, and advance into Lead Teacher and school leadership positions.
At Children of America, we're not just looking for employees. We're looking for people who want to grow with us!
Our culture is built around five core values:
$14.00–$16.50 per hour
Final compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, skills, geographic location, and internal equity. This position may also be eligible for performance-based incentives and additional benefits.
Children of America is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair and transparent hiring practices. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.
Children of America (COA): It’s A Special Recipe of People, Principles And Pride...
Working at COA is more than just a job, it’s an environment that enables you to achieve your career goals while helping children and families realize their own. As industry leaders we offer an unparalleled developmental program that takes education, reading, physical fitness and nutrition to a new level in early childhood development. The same passion we put into our children and families guides our professional culture, empowering diverse and talented people to focus on the best parts of their character and capabilities – and to use those qualities to redefine their potential.
Our leaders not only have a vision, great communication and people skills, they also have a vast knowledge of their industry. As an organization, we believe in growing and nurturing from within. In fact, over 65 percent of our leadership team started as teachers. We pride ourselves on creating strong managers across our organization who are focused on motivating and engaging associates in today’s fast-moving workplace.
We all know that building a successful business cannot be done alone and staying relevant takes a team approach. For that reason, the foundation of our culture is PEEEPs, through which, People, Enrollment, Education, Expenses, and Performance, are the framework adopted to maximize success. COA is an environment where team members can bring their whole selves to work, and where individuality, creativity and contributions are valued. In short, we are passionate group of individuals driven by the common idea of delivering the exceptional COA Experience to everyone we meet. In this spirit, we manage more than 65 high-quality childcare centers in DE, IL, IN, MA, MD, NY, NC, OH, PA, VA and WI and employ more than 2,000 employees.
For opportunities at any one of our schools please go to: http://www.childrenofamerica.com/careers.
