Preschool Guide

About the role

Ohana Child Development Center is seeking a Preschool Guide to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree preferred, 3 years of experience in early childhood education, and knowledge of Montessori/RIE caregiving techniques and Positive Discipline. Bonus points for a Master's degree in related fields, Montessori certification, and 5+ years of Montessori programming experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with a lead guide to plan, implement, and manage the classroom using Montessori principles.
• Manages physical care of children.
• Ensures the daily care of every child by following all school/classroom procedures and standards as well as all licensing guidelines.
• Ensures visual supervision and child safety at all times.
• Observes and documents observations regularly for each child.
• Prepares and maintains the environment based on observations of the needs of the children.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized classroom environment.
• Models appropriate pro social behavior and redirects children when appropriate using positive discipline strategies.
• Formulates relationships with families, children, and co-teachers that are respectful of individual differences and culture, family styles and cultural/socioeconomic diversity.
• Mets regularly with co-teachers to discuss observations, environmental design, curriculum planning, and challenges to ensure all guides are coordinating and collaborating.
• Provides developmental reports to parents and conducts parent conferences three times per year.
• Communicates important information to co-teachers regarding aspects of the children and classroom.
• Maintains a professional self-image and projects the values of Ohana and Bandwidth at all times.
• Maintains required training hours and certifications according to licensing.
• Be open to applying new teaching, learning strategies as directed by the Director and the Ohana Board.
• Lead level meetings regularly.
• Attends faculty meetings regularly.

Requirements

• Works in a normal Child Development Center environment.
• Able to lift, move, or hold children with weight up to 60 pounds.
• Able to observe children from various distances.
• Able to lift children from various heights.
• Able to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, reach with hands and arms and use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• Able to navigate uneven outdoor terrain for limited periods of time in various mild to moderate weather conditions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3 years working in early childhood education.
• Knowledge of Montessori/RIE caregiving techniques and Positive Discipline.
• Skilled in observation techniques and documentation.
• Communication skills (oral and written).

Bonus Points

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in early childhood education or child development.
• MACTE Accredited Montessori certification.
• 5+ years working in Montessori programming.
• Montessori pedagogy and Positive Discipline knowledge.
• Fluency in languages other than English.
• Experience working with neurodivergent children in a group setting.

Benefits

Bandwidth offers:

• 100% company-paid Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage for you and your family with low deductibles and low out-of-pocket expenses.
• All new hires receive four weeks of PTO.
• PTO Embargo. When you take time off (of any kind!) you’re embargoed from working. Bandmates and managers are not allowed to interrupt your PTO – not even with email.
• Additional PTO can be earned throughout the year through volunteer hours and Bandwidth challenges.
• "Mahalo moments" program grants additional time off for life’s most important moments like graduations, buying a first home, getting married, wedding anniversaries (every five years), and the birth of a grandchild.
• 24/7 Fitness Facility and unlimited meetings with our very own nutritionist.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible and can be discussed during the interview process.