Toddler Guide | Lumin Lindsley Park Community School | Dallas, Texas
Organization: Lumin Lindsley Park Community School
Location: 7130 Lindsley Avenue
Position Title: Toddler Guide
Job Description: The Toddler Guide reports to the Lumin Lindsley Park Community School Director and leads a Montessori classroom for children ages 18 months to 3 years.
Responsibilities:
• Conduct high-fidelity Montessori Toddler class for 12 children
• Observe and coach respectful interactions with children and demonstrate methods of positive discipline, redirection, structured choice, and healthy communication.
• Collaborate with Primary Teachers to support student development and preparation to move into Lumin’s Primary classrooms.
• Create and maintain environment and implement curriculum so as to:
▪ Develop secure relationships with children and encourage trust and emotional security;
▪ Provide opportunities for sensory and motor exploration;
▪ Encourage self-awareness, autonomy, and self-expression;
▪ Support children’s emerging communication skills;
▪ Encourage the development of gross and fine motor skill and;
• Maintain close, frequent, and effective communication with parents, and encourage parents’ participation in their children’s education through observation, volunteering, and participation.
• Supervise indoor and outdoor play areas to monitor children’s safety.
• Train, direct, and supervise the classroom assistant to provide the best experience the children.
• Maintain required records and minimum standards forlicensed child care centers.
• Provide two parent-teacher conferences per year for each child.
Requirements: Qualifications
• Must be Montessori certified in Assistants to Infancy (AMI).
• Knowledge and experience in child development and early childhood education; principles of child health, safety, and nutrition; and adult learning principles.
• Respect for cultural, ethnic, socio-economic, and linguistic diversity.
• Ability to build relationships of trust and respect with Lumin staff, children, and parents.
• Experience working with infants and toddlers.
• Must be motivated and able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Must demonstrate a positive attitude.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
This position requires the ability to perform the following job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodations: kneeling, bending, sitting on the floor, pushing, pulling, running, jumping, mopping, dancing, sweeping, singing, standing, twisting at the waist, raising arms above the head, rising from kneeling/sitting position, and lifting/carrying children up to 5 years.
How to Apply: To be considered for this position, please submit your resume at jobs@lumineducation.org and complete the survey on our website at https://www.lumineducation.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3727438&type=d&pREC_ID=2490876
We offer Montessori Training Sponsorships for thisposition.: No