California Hospital Medical Center·Los Angeles, California
The Master Teacher provides a safe, developmentally appropriate environment to foster the cognitive, social, and physical growth of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Responsibilities include developing tailored curricula, implementing daily lesson plans, and maintaining collaborative relationships with families.
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.
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One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Master Teacher, you will be responsible for providing a safe, developmentally appropriate early care and education environment that fosters the cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical skill development of infant, toddler, and preschool children.Every day you will develop and implement curriculum and daily lesson plans tailored for early childhood education classrooms.
You will also build collaborative relationships with parents and families, and meticulously complete all necessary documentation for the evaluation and management of early childhood education programs.To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate exceptional expertise in early childhood education, a proven ability to create engaging and developmentally appropriate learning environments, and strong collaborative skills for working with parents and managing program documentation.
The California Hospital Medial Center Early Care and Education programs provide early care and education services for infants toddlers and pre-school children.
Center-based Early Care and Education programs are open year round from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m Monday though Friday.
Duties include: Planning and preparing daily classroom activities.
Direct instructional services.
Maintaining high quality classroom environments Daily record keeping.
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 required.
Current CPR and First Aid training required Bilingual English/Spanish language skills preferred.
California Department of Education Teacher Permit preferred
Candidates must have at least 2 years of experience with children aged 0-5 and a BA in Child Development or 24 Child Development units. Current CPR and First Aid certifications are required, while a California Department of Education Teacher Permit and bilingual skills are preferred.
Market context
In California, Master Teacher roles are often tied to early childhood programs that need experienced educators who can support children ages 0–5 and meet state and center-level staffing requirements. Competition is usually shaped by credentials, hands-on experience, and preferred extras like a California Department of Education Teacher Permit or bilingual skills. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm your CPR, First Aid, and child development coursework before applying.