St Mary's Montessori·Fontana, California
The Assistant Teacher provides nurturing care and academic guidance to infants, toddlers, and preschool children within a Montessori environment. They collaborate with the Lead Teacher to maintain a safe, clean classroom and foster positive relationships with parents and staff.
The Montessori Assistant Teacher serves as a guide, effectively communicating with children, parents, and staff. This role requires providing quality, nurturing care to infants, toddlers, and preschool children enrolled in the school. The Assistant Teacher must demonstrate skills to address developmental needs and help direct children academically, emotionally, and physically within a prepared Montessori environment. The role includes adapting to student and community needs, fostering positive interactions with teacher assistants, students, and parents, assisting in Montessori teacher training, ensuring a safe and clean environment, and participating in special events and assisting the Lead Teacher.
Responsibilities: And duties
Full knowledge and understanding of St. Mary’s Montessori School parent and employee policies, handbooks, and procedures.
Full knowledge and understanding of
State of
California: Department of Social Services Title 22 regulations.
2.
Customer
Service: Consistently meet teacher responsibilities related to customer service, guiding, and nurturing the development of infant, toddler, and preschool students.
Prepared
Environment: Provide a prepared environment with identifiable activity routines, facilitating activity transitions and constantly observing students.
Montessori
Principles: Demonstrate working knowledge and application of Montessori principles/philosophy.
Daily
Schedule: Use a daily schedule based on Montessori ideals, acting as a reference and exemplar for students.
Learning
Environment: Create an environment that fosters and showcases Montessori learning.
Kindergarten
Readiness: Maintain knowledge of local primary expectations for kindergarten readiness, guiding the learning process accordingly.
Confidentiality: Recognize and respect parent/student confidentiality.
Positive
Interaction: Interact with parents positively and in a friendly manner.
Feedback: Provide parents with basic daily feedback.
Parental
Involvement: Encourage parental involvement and support the student’s relationship with their family by appreciating student’s families as part of the Montessori program and incorporating family culture into student experiences.
4.
Supervision: Maintain constant supervision of students, attend to students in distress, and ensure safety during activities.
Positive
Discipline: Use positive Montessori discipline techniques.
Supportive
Interaction: Interact with students supportively, using their names and a calm tone of voice.
Policy
Adherence: Follow policies, procedures, and regulatory standards for student activities.
Reporting: Report signs of illness, injury, or abuse to the Head of School and take appropriate emergency action.
Sanitary
Standards: Maintain sanitary standards for self and students.
Employees may be assigned additional duties and responsibilities beyond their job description as needed. These duties may vary from time to time. Such assignments are expected to be within the employee's skills and capabilities and contribute to their professional development.
Salaried employees are required to maintain a valid, one-year, employment agreement with St. Mary’s Montessori School.
Limited supervision.
Examples of typical decisions and/or recommendations this position makes.
1. Determine responses to parental inquiries.
2. Recommend Staffing needs
3. Make recommendations of Staff performance reviews
4. Communicate issues and problems with the Administration and H.R.
5. Inform the supervisor of any requests or actions violating the parent handbook, employee manual/policies, and procedures.
Positive interaction with parents enhances the school's reputation; negative interaction can result in loss of trust and enrollment.
Good decisions benefit students’ well-being and education; poor decisions can negatively impact students and cause parental concerns.
Effective training and orientation can facilitate a positive start for students; poor interaction can lead to staff problems and poor student supervision.
Assistant Director: Head of School
The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the position. It is not intended to be
construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required in order to perform the work.
Market context
In California, preschool assistant teacher openings often draw steady interest because early childhood programs need staff who already meet state and center-level qualification expectations. This role is competitive for candidates with at least 1 year in an early childhood setting, 12+ completed ECE units, and current First Aid and CPR, with an associate’s or bachelor’s degree strengthening an application. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your ECE units and certification dates before applying.