Make a difference every day at Children of America!
Do you love working with children and creating an environment where they can learn, grow, and thrive? Children of America (COA) is looking for a passionate and dependable Lead Teacher to join our team.
As a Lead Teacher, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the classroom while working alongside experienced educators and a supportive management team. We value your ideas, encourage professional growth, and want you to bring your energy and personality to the classroom.
Children of America is a nationally accredited early childhood education organization with 65+ locations across 18 states.
Our programs serve children from 6 weeks through 12 years, including:
At COA, we believe that every child deserves a safe, engaging, and nurturing environment-and that our teachers deserve a workplace where they can grow and succeed.
As a Lead Teacher, you'll be responsible for creating an engaging classroom environment and providing high-quality educational experiences for the children in your care.
We're looking for an educator who is passionate about children, dependable, creative, and committed to making a difference.
You'll interact daily with:
We believe that strong communication and teamwork create better outcomes for children and a better experience for everyone.
We want our teachers to have opportunities to build their careers while doing work they love.
Accountability – Take ownership, follow through, and learn from challenges.
Collaboration – Work together to create positive experiences for children, families, and colleagues.
Growth Mindset – See challenges as opportunities to learn and improve.
Integrity – Treat others with respect and make decisions with honesty and professionalism.
Consistency – Provide children and families with dependable, high-quality care and clear expectations.
If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity where you can teach, inspire, grow, and make an impact every day, we'd love to meet you.
Apply today and join Children of America!
Compensation: $16.00–$17.00 per hour. Final compensation will be based on experience, skills, geographic location, and internal equity. This role may also be eligible for performance-based incentives or other benefits.
Children of America is committed to fair and transparent hiring practices. This job description is intended to comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidelines, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and applicable state-specific pay transparency requirements.
Children of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status under applicable law. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.
All job offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and the submission of the required state documents.
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.
