Lead Montessori Teacher (Early Childhood) Maternity Coverage

Position Overview:

Wellan Montessori School is seeking an enthusiastic educator to join our preschool and Kindergarten programs (ages 3 - 6 years). This is a full-time position covering a maternity leave scheduled to begin in the Fall and likely to run through the end of the 2026-2027 school year. A lead Early Childhood Montessori teacher oversees all aspects of the classroom operation including planning/implementing curriculum and communicating with families while working with a co-teacher to ensure classroom standards are met consistently. The teacher must excel at preparing the environment taking shared 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 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 required with certification for ages 3-6 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.
• Salary Range: $47000 to $78000

Job Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree or beyond in a related field.
• EEC Preschool Lead Teacher certified.
• Montessori certification for ages 3-6 or in training.
• 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.

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 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 .

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

Email Address:

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