Beginner/Toddler Lead Teacher

Wellan Montessori School • Newton, MA

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About The Position

Wellan Montessori School is seeking an experienced educator to lead a Beginner classroom (ages 15 months - 3 years) to start immediately. The Beginner Lead Teacher oversees all aspects of classroom operation including planning and implementing curriculum, communicating regularly with families, and working with Beginner Assistant Teachers to ensure classroom standards are met consistently. The Beginner Lead Teacher must excel at preparing the environment, taking overall responsibility for creating and maintaining an orderly, safe, and appropriately challenging learning environment for children in the class. Successful candidates will be patient, well organized, flexible, professional, and dependable; have strong classroom management skills; have strong verbal and written communication skills; be able to function in a cooperative teaching environment; and be able to collaborate with other educators in our community to create an environment where children learn, socialize, explore, and grow together. Experience working in a Montessori classroom is strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or beyond in related field
• Montessori certification for ages 0-3 or in training / willingness to undertake training
• EEC qualified or certified
• Experience working in a Montessori classroom
• Letter of interest/cover letter, resume, and at least two references are required to be considered for this position

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a Montessori classroom

Responsibilities

• Oversees all aspects of classroom operation including planning and implementing curriculum
• Communicating regularly with families
• Working with Beginner Assistant Teachers to ensure classroom standards are met consistently
• Preparing the environment
• Taking overall responsibility for creating and maintaining an orderly, safe, and appropriately challenging learning environment for children in the class

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental
• vision
• healthcare / dependent care / transportation flexible spending accounts
• paid family medical leave
• short and long term disability
• life insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching
• paid holidays, sick time and personal time
• tuition remission benefit for children enrolled at the school
• a technology grant
• an annual professional development budget
• the opportunity to apply for additional professional development funds to support international travel and other significant educational opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level