Are you passionate about working with children and looking for an opportunity to start or grow your career in early childhood education?
Join Children of America (COA) as an Assistant Teacher and become part of a supportive team where you can learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of children every day.
At COA, we believe our people are what make our organization special. You'll work alongside experienced educators in a positive, team-oriented environment where your ideas, experiences, and passion for working with children are valued.
Children of America is a nationally accredited early childhood education organization with 65+ locations across 18 states.
Our programs serve children from 6 weeks to 12 years old, including:
Our culture encourages employees to bring their whole selves to work. We believe that your unique perspectives and experiences make our team stronger.
*Benefits may vary based on eligibility and location.
As an Assistant Teacher, you'll help create a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where children can learn, play, and grow.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
We're looking for someone who is positive, dependable, patient, and passionate about working with children.
Previous childcare, preschool, daycare, babysitting, teaching, camp, or youth-program experience is a plus!
Your first step in early childhood education can lead to a long-term career.
At Children of America, we provide opportunities for professional development, continued education, and career advancement. If you're ready to learn and grow, an Assistant Teacher position can be a great pathway toward becoming a Lead Teacher and taking the next step in your career.
Accountability – Take ownership, follow through, and learn from every experience.
Collaboration – Work together to create the best possible experience for children and families.
Growth Mindset – View challenges as opportunities to learn and improve.
Integrity – Treat children, families, and coworkers with honesty, respect, and professionalism.
Consistency – Provide dependable care and clear expectations for children and families.
$15.03–$16.36 per hour
Final compensation will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, and internal equity. This position may also be eligible for performance-based incentives or other applicable benefits.
If you enjoy working with children, love being part of a team, and are looking for an opportunity to learn, grow, and make a difference, we'd love to meet you!
Apply today and start your journey with Children of America!
Children of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. Reasonable accommodations may be provided 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.
