Education ​/ Teaching Assistant, Preschool ​/ Daycare

The Dynamic Assistant is responsible for supporting a safe, respectful, and nurturing environment that promotes each student’s development of self‑discipline, self‑confidence, cooperation, and responsibility.

The role will contain multiple classroom interactions ranging from PK3 through 8th grade students. The Dynamic Assistant will assist with the physical education program, lunch pick up, PK3-Kdg daily assistance, Aftercare, etc.

• Check in with the Classroom Guide on the pressing needs for the day.
• Assist in preparation of and clean up from classrooms.
• Stay alert to instances where tone‑keeping is needed; redirect students to purposeful work.
• Be proactive rather than reactive. Anticipate and peacefully stop disruptions before they begin.
• Be observant; communicate pertinent observations with the Classroom Guide, immediately.
• Attend enrichment and special events with students to monitor behavior.

• Facilitate students’ handwashing before eating lunch.
• Promote student communion and appropriate conversation during lunch.
• Monitor behavior at recess very carefully.
• Adults must be positioned in a manner that offers maximum supervision of students at play.
• Model and teach appropriate use of play equipment.
• Report any injuries as soon as they occur.

• Collaborate regularly with the school’s Instructional Teams to implement a cohesive educational program.
• Attend regularly scheduled Staff Meetings.
• Attend various Professional Development offerings, with a focus on those that promote student achievement in a public Montessori environment.
• Promote favorable public relations for the School in the community.