Bryant Woods Montessori Children’s House Hiring for Lead Montessori Teacher Job at Columbia, MD Full Time

Lead Teachers are educational leaders within their own classroom at Bryant Woods
Montessori Children’s House. Through their daily work with children, families and colleagues they embody and convey the Mission of the School.

Lead Teachers oversee all aspects of classroom operation. They plan and implement curriculum for the children in their class, cooperating with their level teaching teams to review and revise program curriculum as necessary. Lead Teachers must be excellent preparers of the environment, taking overall responsibility for creating and maintaining an orderly, safe, and appropriately challenging learning environment for children in their class.

An understanding of, respect for, and love of children is essential to working successfully in this child-centered environment. In addition, deep understandings of the Montessori philosophy and child development principles are critical components of success. Lead
Teachers oversee the observation of children’s development and the collection of pertinent records to assess and convey each child’s progress.

We expect our Lead Teachers to be involved and active in the School community and to act as role models for children, both in and out of school. The School looks for long term commitment from its Lead Teachers.

It is also expected that Lead Teachers show strong self-motivation toward establishing and reaching professional development goals each year.

Duties of the Lead Teacher include:

• Preparation of the overall learning environment
• Planning and implementing a Montessori educational program that appropriately challenges children enrolled in the class
• Maintaining a thorough record keeping system to accurately note and assess the progress of each child as well as the class as a whole
• Leadership of parent-teacher conferences
• Preparation of written child progress reports
• Preparation of classroom newsletters
• Leadership in parent-guardian education events
• Open and respectful communication with classroom team members and school staff
• Mentorship of new or less experienced faculty
• Coordination of key classroom events, including Parent Orientation Night, Primary

Curriculum Night, Parent Appreciation and Shadowing events, and attendance at some Parent Education events

• Professional and discreet behaviors in matters pertaining to school staff and families
• Attending regularly scheduled staff meetings, professional development in-service workshops and school-wide events
• Setting yearly professional development goals; following through towards attainment of these goals
• Maintaining a stance of professionalism at all times in dress, timeliness, demeanor

Lead Teachers must minimally hold a bachelor’s degree and a Montessori credential from a MACTE-accredited teacher education program for Primary Level.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $38,000.00 – $55,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Columbia, MD 21044: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)
• Primary from an accredited AMS/AMI training center (Preferred)

Work Location: One location