Afternoon Primary Assistant

Monday - Friday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

• Consult with Aide
• Outline projected routine of day and special activities.
• Select a point on which to concentrate observation.
• Convey information concerning the special needs of some children; propose possible strategies o support positive behavior and minimize negative.
• Identify a given group of children who might be shown certain materials (or steps), if they ask for help or seem to need a new stimulus.
• Receive and welcome children.

• Prepare area for nap with help of children
• Observe group’s overall feeling – the tone of the day.
• Assist children who need individual help to choose work.
• Protect working children from interference (including adult).
• Give individual lessons.
• Withdraw at regular intervals to observe.
• Uphold and reinforce positive behavior by modeling adult behavior and drawing attention to ground rules at a ‘neutral’ time.
• Remain in contact with the whole group and sense changing mood or activity symptoms.
• Unobtrusively monitor the work of the individual child.
• Record important points briefly – expand later.
• Treat children according to individual needs.
• Keep an eye on group activities to maximize healthy socialization, fostering of community and healthy recreation.
• Calmly prepare for transition activities.
• Incorporate dismissal routine as one of the day’s crucial activities.

• Make minor material repairs.
• Refresh environment.
• Complete daily notes.
• Think about individual children and group interaction.
• If necessary, program and assemble a new exercise for the next day.
• Confer with Aide
• Compare observations.
• Discuss relevant points in Montessori theory.
• Demonstrate a learning material.
• Exchange ideas or alternate way to cope with a given child (not just problems).
• Review successful group activities and invent new ones.
• Review transgressions of ground rules by adults and children and try to analyze possible causes; attempt to find counter strategies.

• Double-check all learning materials.
• Remove all items in need of repair, replacement, or cleaning.
• Rotate books.
• Note needed janitor services.
• Restructure classroom routines as needed. Place orders or go shopping (with approval).
• Confer with Administrator/Head of School as requested.

• Prepare notes for conferences.
• Attend staff meetings and parent meetings if requested.
• Prepare for Open Houses, observations, and special events if requested.
• Other duties as requested.

• Supervise major clean.
• Take inventory.
• Develop and program special holiday events.
• Organize and orientation program for children entering.
• Attend seminars.

• Bend
• Squat
• Stand
• Sit on the floor
• Walk
• Push/pull
• Carry/lift up to 50lbs