Master Teacher

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Serving over 70,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, women’s health, and a family birth center. In 2025, we opened our new patient tower, Grand Tower, featuring a dramatically expanded Emergency Department and Family Birth Center that will increase patient comfort and privacy.

Additionally, California Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and recently was awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.

California Hospital Medical Center shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.  One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Master Teacher, you will provide a safe, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate early childhood education environment that supports the cognitive, social-emotional, language, and physical development of infant, toddler, and preschool children. This role is ideal for an experienced early childhood educator who is passionate about fostering child development, school readiness, and lifelong learning.

Every day, you will develop and implement engaging early learning curriculum and daily lesson plans tailored to the needs of young learners in a high-quality child care and preschool setting. You will build strong partnerships with parents and families, support child assessments and developmental milestones, and maintain accurate documentation for the evaluation and management of early care and education programs.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate expertise in child development, curriculum planning, classroom management, family engagement, and developmentally appropriate practices. You will have a proven ability to create engaging learning environments that support the success of children, families, and fellow educators.

The California Hospital Medical Center Early Care and Education Program provides year-round child care, infant care, toddler care, and preschool education services. Our center-based early learning programs serve children Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Key Master Teacher Responsibilities:

• Plan, prepare, and implement daily classroom activities and lesson plans.
• Provide direct instructional services that support early childhood learning and development.
• Maintain safe, engaging, and high-quality classroom environments.
• Foster positive social-emotional growth and age-appropriate skill development.
• Complete daily recordkeeping, child assessments, and required program documentation.

Job Requirements

Required

• 2 years of experience working with children birth to five years
• BA in Child Development or a minimum of 24 Child Development units 
• Current CPR and First Aid training

Preferred

• Bilingual English/Spanish language skills
• California Department of Education Teacher Permit