Beginner/Toddler Lead Teacher
Beginner/Toddler Lead Teacher
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Job Description
Position Overview:
Wellan Montessori School is seeking an experienced educator to lead a Beginner classroom (ages 15 months - 3 years). This position would start on August 21 2025. The Beginner Lead Teacher oversees all aspects of classroom operation including planning and implementing curriculum communicating regularly with families and working with Beginner Assistant Teachers to ensure classroom standards are met consistently. The Beginner Lead Teacher must excel at preparing the environment taking overall responsibility for creating and maintaining an orderly safe and appropriately challenging learning environment for children in the class.
Successful candidates will be patient well organized flexible professional and dependable; have strong classroom management skills; have strong verbal and written communication skills; be able to function in a cooperative teaching environment; and be able to collaborate with other educators in our community to create an environment where children learn socialize explore and grow together. Experience working in a Montessori classroom is strongly preferred.
Position Details:
- Full time 40 hours per week with attendance at staff meetings and occasional night / weekend events outside of regular hours required.
- Regular Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30am to 3:30pm.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree or beyond in related field.
- Montessori certification for ages 0-3 or in training / willingness to undertake training.
- EEC qualified or certified.
- Experience working in a Montessori classroom.
- Letter of interest/cover letter resume and at least two references are required to be considered for this position.
Salary & Benefits:
Wellan seeks to provide competitive salaries and benefits to all employees. This position offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience. The position also offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to: health insurance; dental; vision; healthcare / dependent care / transportation flexible spending accounts; paid family medical leave; short and long term disability; life insurance; 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching; and paid holidays sick time and personal time. In addition Wellan offers to all full-time staff a tuition remission benefit for children enrolled at the school; a technology grant; an annual professional development budget; and the opportunity to apply for additional professional development funds to support international travel and other significant educational opportunities.
About Wellan:
Wellan Montessori School is an independent coeducational school of approximately 300 students age 15 months to grade 8 located in Newton Centre MA. More information about Wellan can be found at .
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Wellan Montessori School believes that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunity without regard to race color gender pregnancy age religion national origin ancestry sexual orientation gender identity disability veteran status military service application for military service genetic information or any other characteristic protected under federal or Massachusetts law. The School will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities in accordance with applicable law. The Schools equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment hiring job assignment compensation benefits transfer promotion training discipline and all other terms conditions and privileges of employment.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the Schools non-discrimination policies including its Title IX policy:
Name: Joseph Jolly
Title: CFO / COO Director of HR and Legal Affairs
Office Address: Wellan Montessori School 80 Crescent Avenue Newton Centre MA 02459
Telephone Number: ext. 3
For assistance related to Title IX or other civil rights laws please contact OCR at or TDD .
Employment Type
Full-Time
