Toddler Teacher

Job Title: Toddler Teacher

Reports To: School Director

Primary Site: Lumin Lindsley Park Community School campus

Hours/Status: Full-Time, Exempt, 40 hours per week, 250-day year

This role contributes to our mission of transforming education by creating learning environments that inspire and nurture children from all cultural and economic backgrounds. We strive to be a compassionate, dynamic learning community that demonstrates integrity, respect, and sustainability, guided by Montessori principles.

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 for licensed child care centers.

• Provide two parent-teacher conferences per year for each child.

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.

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

• 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.