Generic - Montessori Primary Grades

Position: Generic - Montessori Primary Grades (3-6 year old) - 2026-2027
Position Type:

Teaching, Elementary/Generic 2026 - 2027

Date Posted:

2/5/2026

Location:

Campus TBD

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Duty Days: 187

Pay Grade: 100

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Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree

* Valid Texas Elementary Teaching Certification with ESL endorsement

* Demonstrated general knowledge of curriculum and instruction

* Demonstrated strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills required to achieve the goals of the position

* Montessori credential from a MACTE accredited center and/or experience preferred

* Montessori training and/or experience preferred

* Experience in a multi-age Montessori environment preferred

* In addition to certification; you must have one of the following:

(A) A school district shall select and implement a curriculum for a prekindergarten grant program under this subchapter that:

(1) includes the prekindergarten guidelines established by the agency;

(2) measures the progress of students in meeting the recommended learning outcomes; and

(3) does not use national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

(B) Each teacher for a prekindergarten program class must:

(1) be certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21; and

(2) have one of the following additional qualifications:

(A) a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or another early childhood education credential approved by the agency;

(B) certification offered through a training center accredited by Association Montessori Internationale or through the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education;

(C) at least eight years' experience of teaching in a nationally accredited child care program;

(D) be employed as a prekindergarten teacher in a school district that has received approval from the commissioner for the district's prekindergarten-specific instructional training plan that the teacher uses in the teacher's prekindergarten classroom; or

(E) an equivalent qualification.

(A) A school district may allow a teacher employed by the district to receive the training required to be awarded a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential from a regional education service center that offers the training in accordance with Section 8.058. Training may not include national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

(B) A school district must attempt to maintain an average ratio in any prekindergarten program class of not less than one certified teacher or teacher's aide for each 11 students.