Regular, On-going Tasks

       Daily

Pre-class:

• Consult with Aide 

• Outline projected routine of day and special activities. 

• Select a point on which to concentrate observation. 

• Convey information concerning the special needs of some children; propose possible strategies o support positive behavior and minimize negative. 

• Identify a given group of children who might be shown certain materials (or steps), if they ask for help or seem to need a new stimulus. 

• Receive and welcome children.

During Class:

• Prepare area for nap with help of children 

• Observe group’s overall feeling – the tone of the day. 

• Assist children who need individual help to choose work. 

• Protect working children from interference (including adult). 

• Give individual lessons. 

• Withdraw at regular intervals to observe. 

• Uphold and reinforce positive behavior by modeling adult behavior and drawing attention to ground rules at a ‘neutral” time. 

• Remain in contact with the whole group and sense changing mood or activity symptoms. 

• Unobtrusively monitor the work of the individual child. 

• Record important points briefly – expand later. 

• Treat children according to individual needs. 

• Keep an eye on group activities to maximize healthy socialization, fostering of community and healthy recreation. 

• Calmly prepare for transition activities. 

• Incorporate dismissal routine as one of the day’s crucial activities.

Post-class – in cooperation with Aide:

• Make minor material repairs. 

• Refresh environment. 

• Complete daily notes. 

• Think about individual children and group interaction. 

• If necessary, program and assemble a new exercise for the next day. 

• Confer with Aide 

• Compare observations. 

• Discuss relevant points in Montessori theory. 

• Demonstrate a learning material. 

• Exchange ideas or alternate way to cope with a given child (not just problems). 

• Review successful group activities and invent new ones. 

• Review transgressions of ground rules by adults and children and try to analyze possible causes; attempt to find counter strategies.

Weekly

• Double-check all learning materials. 

• Remove all items in need of repair, replacement, or cleaning. 

• Rotate books. 

• Note needed janitor services. 

• Restructure classroom routines as needed.\Place orders or go shopping (with approval). 

• Confer with Administrator/Head of School as requested.

Occasional, On-going Tasks 

• Prepare notes for conferences. 

• Attend staff meetings and parent meetings if requested. 

• Prepare for Open Houses, observations, and special events if requested. 

• Other duties as requested

Seasonal Tasks

• Supervise major clean. 

• Take inventory. 
• Develop and program special holiday events
• Organize orientation program for children entering school
• Attend seminars

Physical - One the job at least 80% of the time, the employee must:

• Bend
• Squat
• Stand
• Sit on the floor
• Walk
• Push/Pull
• Carry/lift up to 50lbs