Toddler​/Preschool Assistant Teacher

Wellan Montessori School is seeking an experienced educator to support our Toddler and Preschool program. The Assistant Teacher supports all aspects of classroom operation while working closely with co-teachers to ensure that classroom standards are met consistently. This teacher must excel at taking shared responsibility for creating and maintaining an orderly, safe, and appropriately challenging learning environment for children.

Additional responsibilities include:

planning/implementing age appropriate curriculum and activities, communicating with families, and implementing strict health and safety protocols.

Wellan Montessori School is seeking an experienced educator to support our Toddler and Preschool program. The Assistant Teacher supports all aspects of classroom operation while working closely with co-teachers to ensure that classroom standards are met consistently. This teacher must excel at taking shared responsibility for creating and maintaining an orderly, safe, and appropriately challenging learning environment for children.

Additional responsibilities include:

planning/implementing age appropriate curriculum and activities, communicating with families, and implementing strict health and safety protocols. Successful candidates will be patient, well organized, flexible, professional, and dependable; have strong classroom management skills; have strong verbal and written communication skills; be able to function in a cooperative teaching environment; and be able to collaborate with other educators in our community to create an environment where children learn, socialize, explore, and grow together.

Experience working in a Montessori classroom is strongly preferred.

• Full time, 40 hours per week, with attendance at staff meetings and occasional night / weekend events outside of regular hours required.
• Regular
  
  Hours:
  
  Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 3:30pm.

• At least 1 year of relevant experience required.
• Experience working with young children required.
• Experience working in a Montessori environment preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Letter of interest/cover letter, resume, and at least two references are required to be considered for this position.

This position offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience.

• health insurance
• dental
• vision
• healthcare / dependent care / transportation flexible spending accounts
• paid family medical leave
• short and long term disability
• life insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching
• paid holidays, sick time and personal time

In addition, Wellan offers to all full-time staff a tuition remission benefit for children enrolled at the school; a technology grant; an annual professional development budget; and the opportunity to apply for additional professional development funds to support international travel and other significant educational opportunities.

• tuition remission benefit for children enrolled at the school
• technology grant
• annual professional development budget
• the opportunity to apply for additional professional development funds to support international travel and other significant educational opportunities

Wellan Montessori School is an independent, coeducational school of approximately 300 students, age 15 months to grade 8, located in Newton Centre, MA. More information about Wellan can be found lan.org.

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