Primary Guide | Fiore Montessori School | Vienna, VA

Organization: Fiore Montessori School

Location of Position: Vienna, VA

Job Title: AMI Primary Guide

Job Description: Primary Guide Position. Your role will be to lead a community of 24-30 primary children, a Spanish speaking assistant and an all-day assistant. Your focus will be on normalizing your community, creating and maintaining your environment, managing your assistants and keeping your parent community engaged. Fiore values the AMI standard greatly and you will be expected to maintain that in every way.

Responsibilities.
We expect you to be responsible to normalize any community that you are a part of.
Be an ambassador to your parent community by modeling appropriate behavior and verbalizing the Fiore / AMI philosophy.
We expect you to adhere to the AMI principles that you have been trained in and work with the school and the AMI accreditation community to continue to develop the environment for children over the years.
Guide and normalize your child community by creating a beautiful environment. It will be your responsibility to envision and lead the way to prepare and maintain this environment. This means to model the behavior and inspire your team to follow your lead.
Be personally well groomed, organized and positive towards your day - to - day environment.
Observe and guide the learning and development of each child in your classroom community
Maintain children’s records using Transparent Classroom or other means. Update information relevant to the child regularly
Maintain orderly and organized closets, shelf tops, cabinets and online files.
Communicate as appropriate with the other guides, school administration and the parent community
Participate in parent education to help establish trust in the AMI Montessori pedagogy. Focus both on structure in the classroom and any support at home to enable the parent to learn more about their child.
Manage your assistant/s through daily routines and tailored communication.
Clean, fix and replace materials in the classroom, both indoors and outdoors to entice the children
Adhere to school policies and procedures as is outlined in the handbook
Coordinate with the Administrative team to continue to grow our school and its reputation in the community

Requirements: - AMI Primary diploma or Other Primary diploma, experience in a Primary Classroom and willingness to take the AMI training
- Commitment to grow with our team
- Excellent communication skills and Fluent in English (spoken and written)
- Willingness and ambition to grow as a guide
- Team player

How to Apply: Email staffing@fioremontessori.com. Attention - Donna Ferko (Director of HR)

We offer Montessori Training Sponsorships for this position.:Yes