Montessori Assistant: Primary

Job Opportunity:
Montessori Assistant
- Primary

Location:

Washington, DC

Department:
Academics

Final date to receive applications:
Until filled

Employment Type:

Full-time

Expected Start Date of Position:
August 2026

Reports to:

Assistant Principal (Primary)

Compensation:
Salary starts at $39,000 - $65,195 and will be commensurate with degree and years of experience

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School’s mission is to provide diverse families in Washington, DC, a public Montessori education designed to enable children to develop within themselves the power to shape their lives and the world around them.

Founded in 2016, Breakthrough Montessori is a public charter school in Washington, DC. We will serve 388 students in PK3 through grade 6. At Breakthrough Montessori PCS, we believe in the unbounded potential of all children. Students of all races, classes, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and backgrounds deserve a personalized education.

Our school is grounded in an institutional commitment to development, prevention, and community. We support human development through an uncompromising application of the time-tested Montessori instructional model. We support prevention through early learning, support and intervention, enabling us to quickly and effectively address learning challenges. Finally, we support the community through an intensive approach to family engagement.

Breakthrough Montessori PCS is committed to equity in all areas of our school’s work. We are a supportive environment that seeks to employ a diverse staff reflective of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and backgrounds.

Breakthrough Montessori PCS is a coaching school; all team members receive and give coaching to support professional growth.

Under the direction of the Assistant Principal, the Montessori Assistant
- Primary works with the classroom Guide as they plan and provide appropriate learning experiences for students. They assist the Guide in preparing a structured, student-centered learning environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of all children; monitor and evaluate student development and outcomes; communicate and interact with students, parents, staff, and community; works within the Montessori pedagogical scheme to develop and modify instructional plans and materials to meet the needs of all students;

maintains appropriate records; follows required procedures and practices and monitors appropriate use and care of equipment, materials and facilities.

The Montessori Assistant
- Primary is a 10-month position. Typical working hours are Mondays from 8:00am-4:30 pm and Tuesday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm. Responsibilities include the following:

• Assist in the planning, implementation, and coordination of the Montessori classroom
• Maintain a prepared learning environment according to the developmental and curricular specifications outlined in the Montessori Scope & Sequence
• Knowledge of the nomenclature associated with Montessori materials and an understanding of how to support children with their use
• Set limits and boundaries and maintain appropriately high standards for child behavior in the Montessori context
• Observe student activity and base lesson support on observed needs and interests as well as knowledge of previous lessons given
• Participate in weekly group coaching meetings
• Ability to complete record-keeping tasks for the needs of the individual child as well as the group
• Ability and openness to being trained by the Lead Guide to maintain consistent limits and freedoms for students according to the Montessori method
• Knowle…