Elementary Guide
LOCATION:
SE Portland, OR
START DATE:
August 2025
DATE POSTED:
1/24/25
ABOUT THE POSITION:
Puddletown School is hiring for the position of elementary guide in a 6-12 classroom (upper, lower, or span) for the 2025/26 school year. We are a primary through middle school program in Eastmoreland SE Portland with a growing and active commitment to social justice, Anti-bias Anti-racism, and Equity work (within and outside of our community). We are a caring and committed team of educators who greatly respect each other, the children, and the philosophies of Dr. Maria Montessori.
Eligible candidates will need:
~ Montessori elementary diploma (AMS 6-12, or AMI)
~ Criminal history registry
~ CPR/1st aid
~ Food Handlers
~ Familiarity and willingness to engage with Anti-bias, Anti-racist work
~ Experience working in an elementary Montessori environment
~ Willingness to commit to at least three years of employment with us (a full cycle)
~ Classroom management skills, including: providing support to children, overview and redirection as needed to children in class, working individually with children and in small group follow-up work, using positive discipline techniques with children (non-shaming and non-punitive)
~ Ability to collaborate, communicate directly, lesson plan, keep records, hold adult/teacher conferences, and lead adult education nights, working closely with other elementary staff
~ Assist with cleaning and maintenance of the classroom environment
Key performance characteristics:
~ Work with children in a warm, patient, calm, respectful and confident manner
~ Maintain a calm demeanor in a busy, highly flexible environment
~ Carefully observe daily and use these observations to inform your interactions and lessons with children
~ Be organized, attentive to details, and independently follow through with the ongoing tasks of running a classroom
~ Understand and execute verbal and written instructions, policies and procedures and implement them with a degree of independence
~ Achieve and maintain strong positive relationships with children, staff and adults
~ Maintain confidentiality
~ Engaging with the lightness and silliness of our very important, and often humorous, work
Compensation:
Compensation is regionally competitive and acknowledges years of experience. We understand sharing a specific amount as an important factor, and will share more soon.
Benefits include:
~ Retirement matching up to 3%
~ Health Insurance
~ Personal paid time off
~ Work/Life Balance considerations
~ Fall, Winter & spring breaks, summers off (With an option of additional pay for staffing summer camps)
~ Paid training opportunities
~ Discounted tuition for any staff with children who attend Puddletown School
A note to potential candidates:
Studies have shown that Women, LGBTQIA+ folx, and BIPOC are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization, and we are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. That candidate may be one who comes from a background less traditional to our field of work,, and that’s okay. We would strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications described.
(note suggested by Tiffany D. Loftin, a liberatory thinker & movement architect)
TO APPLY:
Please check out our website for more information about our program and the community: www.puddletownschool.com
Send a short cover letter and resume to office@puddletownschool.org We look forward to hearing from you!
Puddletown does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, physical or mental ability, or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws in the admission of otherwise qualified students or in the administration of its educational policies or programs, hiring or employment practices.