Infant/Toddler/Preschool Teacher at Needham Montessori School

With the support and supervision of the Educational Directors, is expected to establish and maintain a quality educational program, which follows the Montessori philosophy and pedagogy and Early Childhood model by fulfilling the following responsibilities. Responsible for curriculum planning, caring for the physical and emotional well-being of the children, maintaining an orderly and clean classroom, and preparing children’s evaluations for parent-teacher conferences 

**EEC TEACHER LICENSE REQUIRED**

Duties:

1. Teach and supervise all students in Lead Teacher’s class in the Montessori method and curriculum in all academic and specialty areas of study. Prepare materials and maintain their cleanliness and good condition/repair.
2. Responsible for the safety and physical well-being of all students in your charge at all times.
3. Demonstrate the ability to relate to
4. Exhibit emotional maturity and
5. Assume leadership by demonstrating appropriate and professional behaviors when in the school building, during classroom outdoor times, and whenever you are in the surrounding school
6. Be proactive at sharing your Montessori and child development knowledge with parents.
7. Address all school (parents, team, child) issues
8. Prepare and have available weekly lesson plans and record students’
9. Prepare a written “Child Communication Log” sheet for any child that you have a concern about. File this in the communication logbook located in the office. Review the form weekly for the follow-up indicated by the administration. Maintain confidentiality of the information in this book by maintain it in the
10. Observations done every day for each
11. Organize work so that daily time is available for recordkeeping, meetings with assistants and with School supervisors and parents as deemed reasonably necessary by
12. Maintain ongoing communication with team members. Share all information given at weekly staff meetings with the teachers on your
13. Plan and implement a classroom schedule identifying a fair and equitable distribution of job responsibilities for all adults to
14. Supervise, guide, and teach all substitute and site teachers in the Montessori method.
15. Attend all staff meetings and after-hour parent meetings, admissions events, or classroom
16. Prepare and participate in parent conferences at least twice each School year, including two evening conferences as determined by School, at its sole discretion, and as requested by parents. Call all parents in February to inquire if a 3^rd conference is
17. Communication: Return parent telephone calls within the same day. Check all email messages daily and reply within 24 hours. Check classroom telephone messages twice
18. Maintain ongoing records (communication logs, conferences summary forms, observation notes) on all students in your charge and have copies available for School’s review upon request. Maintain the confidentiality of all such

1. Record observations on all children using the required recordkeeping system provided by the
2. Organize notes for and write all reports requested by outside agencies and ongoing schools, in addition to end-of-the-year reports for all eligible students, in a timely manner.
3. Maintain a binder ensuring that all information included is updated for the current school
4. Report all accidents or incidents immediately and prepare a written report stating the date, time, and nature of the accident and the action taken. Copies need to be made: one for the child’s file; one for the parents to sign, one for the parents, and one for the
5. Child Abuse: any incident of unexplained bruises, cuts, burns, etc. or any suspected child abuse should be reported to the
6. Follow all School policies and procedures as stated in the Staff Member Handbook and the School’s Rules and Regulations, as presently existing or as may hereafter be amended.
7. Follow all standards in accordance with the American Montessori Society, and Early Childhood Education.
8. Co-Lead teachers must work cooperatively to ensure that all the above is successfully
9. Additional duties are determined by the Directors of the School.