SY Principal-Montessori Academic Director; CEMCO

SY 26-27 Principal-Montessori Academic Director (CEMCO)

Coastal Empire Montessori Community Organization, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Savannah, Georgia

Job : 5782571

Final date to receive applications: Jul 03, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Jun 15, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Description

This is an instructionally-focused director-level position (not a building leader position).

• Develops and implements an annual instructional plan that includes effective delivery of the Georgia state standards implemented through a high-quality program following Montessori philosophy and practices;
• Develops, updates and monitors a Montessori curriculum aligned to state standards;
  • Provides teachers with usable curriculum documents and materials to support implementation of the curriculum;
• Institutes, manages, and monitors the school-wide use of a Georgia standards and Montessori mastery tracking and record-keeping system;
• Implements, manages and monitors a school-wide assessment system and reporting calendar;
• Monitors and manages the implementation and success of the school’s supplemental instructional programs, such as Specialized Instruction, Multi‑Tiered System of Supports, Gifted Education, Title I Part A, English Language Learners, Specials, tutorials, and extra‑curriculars;
  • Fulfills the role of Lead Gifted Specialist for the school, executing the required screening and eligibility protocols, or delegates the responsibilities to a qualified alternate and monitors compliance of the program;
• Manages all protocols related to student placement in classrooms, including overseeing the class rostering process and working with instructional staff in order to ensure equitable subgroup representation and academic and social balance;
• Serves as the Georgia Pre‑K Site Director and oversees curriculum, instruction, assessment and the instructional environment in order to seamlessly combine Pre‑K with Kindergarten at the Primary Level, including completing annual orientation for Pre‑K staff members and ensuring their compliance with state training requirements;
• Serves in the role of School Testing Coordinator for state‑mandated testing and delegates related duties to a Back‑up School Testing Coordinator;
• Serves in the role of English Language Learner (ELL) Liaison or delegates the responsibilities to a qualified alternate and monitors compliance of the program;
• Produces a hard‑copy and/or electronic Montessori training and resources library;
• Selects texts for and manages the school’s library systems;
• Oversees the selection and procurement of curriculum, instructional texts, materials, and resources in collaboration with the Executive Director and Academic Excellence Committee;
  • Includes supervising the annual creation of grade‑level supply lists and ensuring adequate consumable supplies are available for use across all classrooms;
• Oversees the maintenance of an inventory system for curricular and instructional materials; and
• Ensures effective implementation of the school’s Positive Behavior Interventions System, ensuring that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable in accordance with the school’s discipline framework and CEMCO Family Handbook.

• Develops the professional development plan annually and facilitates training, development, mentoring and coaching of all instructional staff;
  • Provides guidance to and coaches the teaching staff on classroom instruction, management, observation, and assessment;
• Collaborates with the Executive Director to formatively and summatively evaluate and conduct performance management of all instructional personnel utilizing school‑wide expectations, the Teacher Keys Effectiveness System (TKES) and CEMCS evaluation tools;
  • Provides timely and productive feedback and support;
• Holds regular meetings with classroom teaching teams and/or individual instructional staff as appropriate using the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS) Coaching model;
• Fosters the…