Assistant Teacher, La Petite Academy of Des Moines
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La Petite Academy is hiring an Assistant Teacher to support the daily care and learning of children. The role involves maintaining an interactive classroom, observing and planning for children, and communicating with families. The employer provides training on childcare, preschool, and child development topics, and seeks energetic, dependable individuals with a passion for working with children who can meet applicable state or accreditation education and experience requirements.
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Assistant Teacher, La Petite Academy of Des Moines
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Brand: La Petite Academy
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Location:
5708 SW 9th
Des Moines,
IA
Join a strong community where all we do is care-for the children and families we serve every day, as well as for our dedicated team members. Our people are our best asset. We listen and we know what you're looking for:
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You want benefits. We support you with a minimum 50% childcare discount, immediate access to benefits, innovative health programs, 401(k) company match, and much more.
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You want balance. We offer flexible schedules that work for you, no nights or weekends, the ability to bring your children to work with you, and paid time off.
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You want opportunity. We invest in your future with ongoing training, tuition reimbursement, credential assistance, and our unique Master Teacher Program.
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You want recognition. We provide a positive, fun workplace where employees are appreciated.
This is more than just a daycare job. It’s a journey, where you learn, grow, thrive—and play—every day. Being a teacher at a child care center is something special. We’re hiring and we want difference makers who will inspire children to become lifelong learners.
Assistant Teachers:
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Love to help! Follow all licensing guidelines and company standards to ensure the daily care of every child. Maintain a fun, interactive classroom that is clean and organized.
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Love to engage! Develop your ability to accurately observe, assess, and plan for children, as well as effectively communicate with families.
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Love to learn! Complete extensive training on childcare, preschool and child development topics.
We want energetic, dependable individuals, with a passion for working with children, who have:
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The ability to meet state and/or accreditation requirements for education and experience.
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The ability to work indoors or outdoors and engage in physical activity with children.
Learning Care is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,021 open Assistant Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$16–18/hr522 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 16 open Assistant Teacher jobs in Iowa and 1,021 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Learning Care Group (this employer)562 open
- Bright Horizons141 open
- BrightPath Early Learning & Child Care78 open
- Experience
- Assistant Teacher postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (211 postings).
- Education
- 6 of the 1,021 open Assistant Teacher jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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