Montessori Teacher

Description:

Our Early Childhood Center has a Four Star Parent Aware rating, the highest possible rating. The Center offers a Montessori Children’s House and an Early Learning Program. The Montessori Children’s House supports children in developing independence through choice of purposeful work. We serve children ages 33 months to 6 years for families within and outside of the St. Catherine University community.

The Program Lead develops, leads and maintains a model program facilitating children’s self-creation and fosters social, spiritual, emotional, cognitive, physical and critical thinking skill development. Additionally, the Program Lead ensures a state of the art program that is a resources for Montessori students as a hands on experience for skill development. Responsibilities include:

• Providing vision, direction and development for the Montessori Children’s House model of early childhood education
• Developing curriculum and observation/assessment plans in alignment with the NAEYC Accreditation and Parent Aware expectations
• Leading and guiding staff in the program, including training new staff and students
• Teaching in the classroom and recording children’s progress
• Conducting team meetings with program staff
• Communicating with Parents including conference preparation, conferences and newsletters
• Maintaining standards of practice for the program, Ensuring that the program meets the requirements of NAEYC, Parent Aware, and DHS licensing (Rule 3)
• Overseeing the development and maintenance of the learning environment
• Staying current with early childhood practices and theories