Montessori Elementary Teacher

Are you a Montessori educator ready for something real?

Maybe you2re mid-credential and looking for a classroom where your training actually comes to life. Maybe you2ve spent years in Primary or Lower Elementary and you2re ready to work with older children. Or maybe you2re a fully credentialed Upper Elementary teacher who wants to co-teach in a small, intentional school where you2ll actually have the space to do your best work.

This role has a place for all of you.

Pear Tree Community School is looking for a Support Teacher or Co-Teacher to join our Grade 4–5 Montessori-inspired, project-based classroom. You2ll work alongside another teacher in an intentionally small class of just 15 children enough space to actually know every student, follow their curiosity, and do the kind of work that made you want to be in education in the first place

Who we2re looking for:

This role could be the right fit in several ways:

You2ll partner in a collaborative, inquiry-driven environment where children are known, challenged, and genuinely seen. Depending on your background and experience, your role will be shaped accordingly but this is never just aide work. It2s real partnership between two teachers building something together

• Competitive salary (commensurate with experience and role)
• 10-month position (late August through early June), with salary paid over 12 months giving you eight weeks each year with a paycheck and nowhere to be
• 5 weeks paid vacation built into school closure dates throughout the year
• A small, close-knit school community that takes care of its people
• A team that shows up for each other

We2re a small independent school in Oakland rooted in the belief that children thrive when they2re truly known. Our culture is warm, rigorous, and collaborative—and we hire people who want to be part of something, not just somewhere.