RIE Infant Assistant Teacher

Ambrosia Montessori • Seattle, WA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

A RIE Infant Classrooms serves children 3 months of age to 18 months of age. As an Assistant RIE Teacher in the Infant classrooms, you will be a 1 of 4 compassionate, patient guides for 9 infants ages 3 months to 18 months of age; a receptive, courteous, and graceful assistant to the RIE Lead teacher; and a responsive community builder for the families in your classroom community. As a Assistant RIE teacher, you will be an ambassador of Ambrosia Montessori. You will learn the expectations of the RIE approach and the RIE environment. Ultimately, you will be a model of kindness, respect, and care for the team of teachers with whom you will work, the children and the families that will join our program; and for all people that enter our building. The assistant teacher/aide is responsible for supporting the learning of each child with which you work under the direction of the lead teacher. Additionally, you will be helping children through transitions, maintaining supplies for the classroom, and working as a team member across classrooms. The person in this role should see children as people equally deserving of respect, have compassion for families and be willing to problem solve with, as well as be willing to support and care for your fellow staff. In turn you will receive all of those same graces from your colleagues. Our mission is to offer each child the opportunity to learn and grow. Your position is to support the mission Ambrosia Montessori through teacher and family collaboration and implementation of a warm, nurturing, supportive, and culturally sensitive learning environment. We also want to create an excellent professional environment that provides each employee with professional growth, a healthy paycheck, excellent benefits in a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Compassionate, patient guide for infants.
• Receptive, courteous, and graceful assistant to the RIE Lead teacher.
• Responsive community builder for families.
• Ambassador of Ambrosia Montessori.
• Willingness to learn the expectations of the RIE approach and the RIE environment.
• Model of kindness, respect, and care.
• See children as people equally deserving of respect.
• Compassion for families.
• Willingness to problem solve with families.
• Willingness to support and care for fellow staff.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the learning of each child under the direction of the lead teacher.
• Helping children through transitions.
• Maintaining supplies for the classroom.
• Working as a team member across classrooms.
• Implementing a warm, nurturing, supportive, and culturally sensitive learning environment.

Benefits

• 100% coverage of monthly health insurance premium for the employee.
• 100% coverage of monthly dental insurance premium for the employee.
• 100% coverage of monthly vision insurance premium for the employee.
• Free child care during working hours while on site.
• Paid for scheduled time during school closure days.
• Sick leave accrued at 1 hour for every 40 hours worked (usable after 30 days).
• Paid Time Off accrued at 1 hour for every 40 hours worked (usable after 30 days).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed