Regular, On-going Tasks 

Daily

Pre-class

Consult with Aide 

Outline projected routine of day and special activities. 

Convey information concerning the special needs of some children; propose possible strategies to 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 

• 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. 

• Place orders or go shopping (with approval). 

• Update personal albums or notes. 

• As needed, organize special project, read professional journals 

• Confer with Administrator/Head of School as requested.