Montessori Elementary Assistant
Full Time • Phoenix
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Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Khalsa is a small, Montessori private and charter school located in downtown Phoenix that serves children from the Toddler level to Elementary school. Khalsa is a long-standing education provider in Phoenix and is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary! We value diversity and offer a safe place for all children and adults to grow.
Khalsa Montessori School has an opening for an Assistant Teacher in Elementary (6 - 9y). The assistant will provide support to the lead teacher and aid in running the classroom. This individual must be creative, loving and kind, calm, flexible, organized and dependable. They must be passionate about working with children!
Khalsa Montessori School has an opening for an Assistant Teacher in Elementary (6 - 9y). The assistant will provide support to the lead teacher and aid in running the classroom. This individual must be creative, loving and kind, calm, flexible, organized and dependable. They must be passionate about working with children!
This elementary classroom assistant position is full time, Monday- Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm, in a Montessori classroom. An assistant teacher is responsible for safety protocols (cleaning), monitoring the classroom, ensuring appropriate follow-through of the teacher's direction or student's choice of appropriate behavior, maintaining educational materials and keeping the class environment attractive for the students. Other duties include but are not limited to snack preparation, monitoring children during classroom time, outside playground time (approximately an hour a day), etc.
For all applicants, a minimum of one year of experience with young children is essential. We are looking for individuals with maturity, high integrity, open mindedness, flexibility, dedication to the well-being of the children, willingness to be a team player, and a "beginner’s mindset".
The following characteristics are essential components of a successful candidate:
- Experience working well in a team environment. The assistant is an integral part of creating a courteous, fun and energetic learning environment
- Assistant needs to have a positive attitude and is caring and curious about learning and working with children of all ages
- Ability to multitask and have strong classroom management skills
- Monitor students during lunch, recess, arrival and dismissal, and as needed
- Montessori experience is a plus
Benefits:
• Health Insurance benefits
· Paid Sick, Personal Time Off (PTO) and Federal Holidays
• 403(b) available, employer matching available after one year of employment
Other:
Khalsa Montessori School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Khalsa Montessori School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Required Education: High school or equivalent. College degree a plus.
Required experience: Childcare or experience working with children.
Classroom Management: 1 year
Required license or certification: Valid IVP AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card, CPR and First Aid certification, and a negative TB Test
Applicants must be reliable, trustworthy, physically healthy, free of chemical addictions (non-smoking)
Applicants must be reliable, trustworthy, physically healthy, free of chemical addictions (non-smoking)
Compensation: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour
Mission & Goals
The mission of the Khalsa Montessori School (KMS) is to:
- Integrate a challenging Montessori education and a caring, responsible community to provide for the academic, social, physical and emotional growth of students in central Phoenix;
- Offer children a holistic education in which teachers see the children as unique individuals, understand their multiple intelligences, respect their ideas, and encourage their enthusiasm for learning.
- Create an environment that offers young people opportunities to reach their highest potentials:
- academically, through appropriately high expectations, and a rich, self paced learning environment that provides the cognitive tools to achieve mastery and build confidence;
- creatively, through the integration of a variety of avenues for creative expression such as visual arts, creat
ive writing, drama, music and public speaking. - physically, through the integration of fine and gross motor movement within the curriculum, and through activities to encourage physical fitness, cooperation, nutritional awareness, mind/body discipline, and yoga;
- socially, through an environment where children may develop independence, personal meaning, and responsibility for themselves, others, and our world;
- Build a partnership of students, families, teachers and administrators who create an environment that lays the foundation for those habits of mind that support happiness and success both in school and in life.
The goals of the Khalsa Montessori School are to:
- Establish in each child a mastery of fundamental skills utilizing concrete Montessori materials that help students gain a complete understanding of basic concepts
- Increase the ability of each child to think critically with reasoning and creative problem solving tasks given throughout the curriculum
- Develop the ability of each child to learn quickly and easily and to effectively apply that knowledge in other situations
- Allow a wide variety of avenues for creative expression for each child within the classroom and special activity classes in all areas of the arts
- Encourage physical development of each child through a wide variety of activities in class and playground, physical education classes, and team training
- Encourage every child to develop independence and a sense of personal meaning and responsibility for themselves, others and our world;
- Develop in each child a deep love of learning and enthusiastic self-motivation
- Build in each child a foundation of self-confidence, and inspire students to realize their highest potential.
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