Paché Montessori
Brooklyn,NY, usa
Email: admin@pachemontessori.com
Paché Montessori Cobble Hill is seeking Lead Guides for the 2021/22 school year for our Toddler English (18 months – 3 years) environment.
Our anti-bias, antiracist Montessori school focuses on community growth, collaboration, and unity through shared values rooted in empathy and peace. With ample space in south Brooklyn, including two private outdoor spaces, our prepared school and classroom environment is fully equipped with materials and supplies to deliver a quality experience for children 3 months to 6 years old in English and full Spanish Immersion. A supportive community of families, guides and administrators alike, Paché Montessori truly puts the child at the center of decision-making. In order to best serve our children, we then prioritize how to best serve our teachers once we consider the child’s needs first. This principled approach allows our school to set up an environment that fosters growth, innovation, collaboration, empathy and support to individualize our classrooms and approach for each child in a deeply meaningful way.
Join a team of like-minded, value-driven individuals pursuing our spiritual preparation together with frequent professional development opportunities along with personal growth investment to build a foundation together to change the world through the peaceful education of children.
Lead Guides work a 10-month schedule, working throughout the academic school year, with summers off to pursue personal and professional growth, to return to school each fall eager and excited to continue guiding students. Our entire team enjoys a competitive salary, excellent health, dental and vision benefits as well as 20-25 paid holidays per year and ample flexible paid time off. In addition, Lead Guides enjoy discretionary classroom material and professional development budgets and sponsorship of annual Montessori conference attendance. This position exercises discretion and independent judgment to lead classes, prepare the Montessori classroom environment, create materials and activities, directly supervises and manages one or more Associate Guide and/or Floaters, handle complex parent and student issues, participate in campus events and community building. See summary full description of responsibilities below.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the Montessori Classroom
Design and actively refine/maintain the Montessori classroom “prepared environment” for the child to explore, creating materials and designing activities as necessary for the success of the classroom
Give sequential Montessori presentations, according to the individual needs and progress of each child, and in accordance with the AMI Montessori teaching method
Track individual child progress
Create and maintain a safe, joyful, positive atmosphere for the children
Carefully observe individual children gain insight into their needs, and problem-solve their challenges in order to meet those needs
Be a positive leader for one or more Assistant Teachers and/or Floaters who will support the classroom
Parent Communication and Parent Education
Communicate proactively with parents on an informal basis, including emails, verbal conversations, and active Facebook posting on the campus closed Facebook group
Write progress reports twice per year
Conduct parent/teacher conferences twice per year
Hold one-on-one meetings with parents as necessary to meet the needs of individual children
Write class newsletters in accordance with the normal campus practice
Participate in Parent Education Events to educate parents and families about the
Montessori Outreach
Participate as needed in outreach and community-building events such as open houses and holiday celebrations
Participate in local charitable initiatives to spread your passion, knowledge, and love of Montessori pedagogy to groups and individuals who otherwise do not have the opportunity
Professional Development
Participate in periodic professional development opportunities, including travel to AMI or AMS annual conferences
Small personal development budget for pursuing spiritual preparation activities including yoga, meditation, courses, and more
Participate in observations with other teachers and staff (both as the observer and as the observed)
Offer training and resources to Associate Guides
Academic Administration
Engage in various administrative activities that support the school’s academic programs (e.g. planning for events, participating in staff meetings or one-on-one Head of School meetings, etc.)
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field
Montessori diploma for the appropriate age group, from any AMI, AMS or MACTE Montessori teacher training program worldwide
Experience and proven success in working with toddler-aged children
Passion for the Montessori philosophy, combined with excellence in communicating about the Montessori method to parents and community members
Desire and ability to partner effectively with parents in “following the child”, to thoughtfully provide them with the individual support needed to overcome his personal challenges
Palpable warmth of spirit and benevolence towards children, parents, and colleagues
Growth mindset and problem-solving approach; excited and eager to collaborate with community
Ability to embrace and exemplify Paché Montessori Cobble Hill’s “Core Values”
Technologically comfortable with systems such as Google Suite, Transparent Classroom, and more
Creative, innovative, and excited to individualize classroom approach tailored to each student
Positive outlook, embracing challenges to find solutions together while identifying growth and learning opportunities along the way
Desired
Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field
NY State Teacher Certificate in Early Childhood Education or related field
Three years of experience as a Lead Guide in a Montessori classroom
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Competitive salary
Summers off (July-mid-August)
Generous PTO package
~20-25 paid holidays
Excellent health, dental and vision benefits
Monthly classroom material budget
Ongoing professional development budget and opportunities (including annual Montessori conference)
School Hours: 8am to 5pm