Employment Opportunities
Seeking Full-Time Montessori Toddler Teacher at Brixham Montessori Friends School in York, ME. This position begins on August 18, 2025 and includes two weeks of set-up and pre-service training.
Brixham’s mission to honor each child’s individuality, creativity and intellectual potential through an enriched Montessori educational program guides its work with children and their families, and supports a vision to inspire a passion for lifelong learning where academic excellence, innovation, creativity and service-minded learning prepares children to be engaged and thoughtful stewards of the natural world.
If you are collaborative, innovative, and deeply committed to nurturing the whole child, please send a cover letter, resume, official transcripts and three written letters of reference to Alica Johnson-Grafe, Head of School, Brixham Montessori Friends School, 18 Brickyard Court, York, ME 03909 or by email, alica@brixhammontessori.org or contact us online by completing the employment inquiry form.
Education and Training:
AMS/AMI teaching credential preferred
Bachelor's degree, preferably in education, family studies or related field
Experience or willingness to be trained in: Positive Discipline, Maine Early Learning and Development Standards (MELDS), Inclusion, Health and Safety, and Nature Connection
Prior Experience:
Minimum of 3 years of related early childhood teaching experience
Qualifications:
Excellent communication skills
Attention to detail and organizational skills
Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment
Demonstrate initiative, curiosity, and ability to “think outside the box”
High level of comfort with the outdoors
Genuine love of children, families and all things in art, nature and music
Values an inclusive, holistic and community-driven approach to teaching and learning
Role Expectations:
Assist in preparing a high-fidelity indoor Montessori learning environment
Inspire a Montessori-prepared outdoor learning environment
Collaborate with Lead Teacher to maintain daily observations and record-keeping of skills, learning activities, and developmental milestones
Work collaboratively and in partnership with Lead Teacher to plan and prepare Montessori and Nature-inspired learning activities
Assist Lead Teacher to ensure curriculum goals are met in regard to both Montessori teaching and learning standards
Develop a deeply reflective teaching practice that challenges and promotes continuous growth and learning as a teacher and person
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary range: $25-$27 per hour
Summer teaching option
Retirement Match: 3% of salary
Health Care Stipend: $200/mo
Paid Personal and Sick Days: 10 days
Paid Professional and Teacher Work Days: 10 days
Professional Development Stipend: $500
60% tuition reduction for full-time employee
Paid AMS membership and state teacher credentialing fees