Seeking Full Time Lead Montessori Primary (3-6 years old) Teacher Brixham Montessori Friends School – York, Maine
The successful candidate will join a well-established, cohesive and team-oriented school community made up of three primary classrooms, a lower elementary classroom, and a toddler classroom. Located in York, Maine Brixham Montessori Friends School serves approximately 75 students from Seacoast Maine and New Hampshire. Small classroom sizes and low student to teacher ratios help ensure student needs are met in a holistic and inclusive learning environment. Brixham is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the American Montessori Society.
Brixham’s mission to honor each child’s individuality, creativity and intellectual potential through an enriched Montessori educational program guides its work with children and their families, and supports a vision to inspire a passion for lifelong learning where academic excellence, innovation, creativity and service-minded learning prepares children to be engaged and thoughtful stewards of the natural world.
If you are collaborative, innovative, and deeply committed to nurturing the whole child, please call Alica Johnson-Grafe, Head of School at 207-351-2700 or email her at [email protected]
Education and Training:
- AMS/AMI teaching credential at the primary (3-6) level
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in education, family studies or environmental studies
- Experience or willingness to be trained in: Positive Discipline, Maine Early Learning and Development Standards (MELDS), Wilson Reading Fundations/Orton-Gillingham, Health and Safety, and Nature Connection
Prior Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of lead Montessori teaching experience at the primary level (3-6 years)
- Teaching outdoors in a traditional or non-traditional setting
Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills
- Attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment
- Demonstrate initiative, curiosity, and ability to “think outside the box”
- High level of comfort with the outdoors
- Genuine love of children, families and all things in art, nature and music
- Values an inclusive, holistic and community-driven approach to teaching and learning
Role Expectations:
- Prepare a high-fidelity indoor Montessori learning environment
- Inspire a Montessori-prepared outdoor learning environment
- Create a system for daily observations and recordkeeping of skills, learning activities, and developmental milestones
- Communicate with parents and staff concerns or observations regarding child development in areas of social emotional, academic, and motor skills
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with associate teacher to delegate responsibilities for preparing Montessori learning activities, tone-keeping, and caring for the classroom
- Ensure curriculum goals are met in regard to both Montessori teaching and learning standards to include online recordkeeping, lesson planning, and conference report writing
- Develop a deeply reflective teaching practice that challenges and promotes continuous growth and learning as a teacher and person
Compensation and Benefits:
- Salary range: $44,400-$48,000 (37 weeks per year /40 hours per week)
- Matching Retirement Contribution: 3% of salary
- Health Stipend Contribution: $200/month
- Paid Personal and Sick Days: 10 days
- Paid Professional and Teacher Work Days: 10 days
- Professional Development Stipend: $500
- 60% tuition reduction for full-time employee
- Paid AMS membership and state teacher credentialing fees
- Maine Child Care Supplemental Salary Bonus
Brixham Montessori Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic background, or any other personal identity marker unrelated to a person’s ability to carry out the responsibilities of the role.
Pay: $28.00 - $32.50 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
Work Location: In person
