
Children of America (COA) is hiring Lead Teachers!
Are you an experienced Early Childhood Education professional who is passionate about helping children learn, grow, and thrive? Join Children of America and become part of a supportive team where your experience, creativity, and dedication are valued.
As a Lead Teacher, you'll take an active role in creating an engaging classroom environment, building meaningful relationships with children and families, and helping children reach important developmental milestones.
Children of America is a nationally accredited early childhood education provider with 65+ locations across 18 states.
Our programs serve children from 6 weeks through 12 years old, including:
At COA, we believe great teachers bring their whole selves to work. We value the unique experiences, ideas, and perspectives our educators bring to the classroom.
As a Lead Teacher, you'll take ownership of your classroom and create a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where children can learn and develop.
You'll:
We're looking for an educator who is passionate, dependable, organized, and confident leading a classroom.
At COA, we believe in investing in our educators. Whether you're an experienced Lead Teacher, Preschool Teacher, Infant Teacher, Toddler Teacher, Daycare Teacher, Childcare Teacher, or Early Childhood Educator, you'll have opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
If you're ready to lead a classroom, make a difference, and grow with a company that values its educators, we'd love to meet you!
Apply today and join the Children of America team!
Pay: $17.00–$20.00 per hour
Final compensation is based on experience, skills, geographic location, and internal equity. This position may also be eligible for performance-based incentives and/or additional benefits.
Children of America is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.
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.