5. Other Staff Duties:

• Collaboration: Collaborate with the Lead Teacher during sanitizing and prep time.
• Child Greeting: Ensure each child is warmly greeted upon arrival.
• Environment Maintenance: Maintain a safe, clean caregiving environment, practicing good hygiene and ensuring the well-being and safety of all children.
• Positive Attitude: Maintain a positive, calm attitude and a pleasant, soothing voice, modeling this for parents and others.
• Training and Meetings: Attend all training opportunities, staff meetings, and professional development activities.
• Organized Environment: Maintain a neat, well-organized, and attractive prepared environment consistent with Montessori pedagogy.
• Parent Relationships: Develop effective relationships with parents, providing opportunities to discuss and understand the child’s progress and encouraging bonding with the class and school community.
• Regular Attendance: Consistently and regularly attend work as scheduled.
• Additional Duties: Complete other duties as assigned by the Head of School.
• Facility Maintenance: Supervise facility clean-up and maintenance of student areas, both interior and exterior.

Employees may be assigned additional duties and responsibilities beyond their job description as needed. These duties may vary from time to time. Such assignments are expected to be within the employee's skills and capabilities and contribute to their professional development.

REQUIREMENTS

Salaried employees are required to maintain a valid, one-year, employment agreement with St. Mary’s Montessori School.

1. EDUCATION / WORK EXPERIENCE:

The MINIMUM required to qualify for this position.

• 12 ECE units.
• Coursework in child development.
• One year of experience in an early childhood program.

1. SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND/OR LICENSING:

• Required licenses, certificates, or specialized ongoing training (e.g., CPR, ECE units, law enforcement clearance).
• Training and experience necessary to develop supportive relationships with young children.

1. ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

Special abilities the position requires.

• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Flexible and adaptable to constant change.
• Strong tact and diplomacy; ability to interact and work cooperatively with students, parents, and staff.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and plan work activities independently.
• Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Initiative to develop and maintain communication and relationships with parents and others.
• Knowledge and skill in instructional principles, methods, and techniques of the Montessori program.
• Skill in obtaining, clarifying, and exchanging information.
• Skill in classroom management with guidance from the Lead Teacher/Assistant Director.
• Skill in handling student discipline.
• Ability to serve as a role model and treat students as individuals professionally.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in a diverse setting.
• Ability to fully participate as a team member in a professional learning community.
• Ability to embrace and incorporate Montessori philosophy guidance.

1. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The mental discipline and physical requirements that occur regularly in performing the job duties.

• Reading/interpreting • Customer service • Hearing/Talking/Seeing

instructions • Reasoning/judgment • Pushing/pulling

• Language skills • Carrying • Repetitive motion

• Detailed work • Standing • Reaching

• Training • Driving • Walking

• Confidentiality • Kneeling/Crouching/Crawl • Sitting

• Math • Attendance • Lifting 10-40 lbs.

• Problem-solving • Squatting • Speaking

1. EXPOSURE TO:

• Moderate hazards

• Childhood illnesses

• Heat/cold

• Noise

1. SUPERVISION:

The amount of supervision this position requires: Limited supervision.

SCOPE

1. ANALYSIS & DECISION MAKING:

Examples of typical decisions and/or recommendations this position makes.

1. Determine responses to parental inquiries.

2. Recommend Staffing needs

3. Make recommendations of Staff performance reviews

4. Communicate issues and problems with the Administration and H.R.

5. Inform the supervisor of any requests or actions violating the parent handbook, employee manual/policies, and procedures.

1. IMPACT:

• Positive interaction with parents enhances the school's reputation; negative interaction can result in loss of trust and enrollment.
• Good decisions benefit students’ well-being and education; poor decisions can negatively impact students and cause parental concerns.
• Effective training and orientation can facilitate a positive start for students; poor interaction can lead to staff problems and poor student supervision.

1. CONTACT WITH OTHERS:

External Contacts FrequencyParents Regularly

Government/state Agencies Rarely

Internal Contacts FrequencyManagement Regularly

Staff Regularly

Students Regularly

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Assistant Teacher

Lead Teacher

Assistant Director

Head of School

Corporate Staff

Company President

The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the position. It is not intended to be

construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required in order to perform the work.