Job Description:
About the position: The Classroom Assistant works in partnership with the Classroom Guide. This is a full time 10-Month (with required August Training before the school year begins).
Required Qualifications: All Assistants must successfully complete an AMI Assistants Training Course within their first years of employment. High School diploma is required.
Preferred Qualifications: The ideal applicant has a Bachelor's Degree in Education or a related field, is trained in the Montessori method and/or has experience as an assistant in a public school setting, collaborating as a member of a teaching faculty, supervising children, and supporting instruction for students with special needs. The candidate is kind, caring, compassionate, enthusiastic, well-organized, bilingual (Spanish), and creative with excellent written and oral communication skills.
Key Components of the Position:
- Supporting academic and social emotional work in the classroom
- Preparing and maintaining the physical environment
- Working with individual and small groups of children to support independence and learning
- Areas of Responsibilities:
- Instruction
- Assists the Guide in developing and modifying instructional materials to appropriately meet the academic, physical, and social emotional needs of all learners
- Monitors appropriate use and care of equipment, materials and facilities
- Continues planned instructional activities during Guide's temporary absence from the classroom during lunch, prep time, and team meetings
- Assists individuals and small groups of children in various subject areas and motor activities, e.g. Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, Music, Cultural Studies, Exercise, Games and Physical Education.
- Supporting Learning and Independence
- Supports children in following classroom procedures and grace and courtesy
- Helps maintain order and discipline and assists in managing the behavior of students, mediating conflicts and supervising for safety
- Monitors students engaged in independent work or similar activities, ensuring respect for classmates and materials
- Care of the Environment
- Reviews and resets classroom environment daily to ensure that learning materials are in good order and ready for student use each day
- Replenishes consumable items, e.g. paper, pencils, polish, cotton puffs, art supplies, etc.
- Prepares, monitors and assists children with clean up of food activities - breakfast, lunch, snacks, and food prep
- Assists students in clean-up of the environment at the end of the day
- Observation and Record Keeping
- Contributes to classroom record keeping and communication journals
- Alerts Guide to individual student progress and needs and offers suggestions
- Participates in individual student action plans, implementing activities and recording progress under direction of the Guide
- Collaboration and Professional Learning
- Communicates and interacts regularly and appropriately with students, faculty, staff and administration, maintaining positive relationships
- Meets regularly with classroom team, engaging in planning of activities
- Attends and actively participates in all required professional learning and events
- Keeps confidential information about students and families confidential at all times
- Miscellaneous
- Maintains all professional certifications necessary
- Seeks opportunities for professional development
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Compensation: $30,000-$40,000, based on education and experience. Medical, vision and dental benefits available.
Interested applicants may fill out ECMS Employment Application:
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