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At Breakthrough Montessori PCS, we believe in the unbounded potential of all children; students of all races, classes, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and backgrounds deserve a personalized education. Our school is grounded in an institutional commitment to development, prevention, and community. We support human </span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">development </span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">through a strict application of the time-tested Montessori instructional model. We support </span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">prevention </span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">through early learning, support, and intervention, enabling us to quickly and effectively address learning challenges. Finally, we support the </span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">community </span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">through an intensive approach to family engagement. </span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Breakthrough Montessori PCS is committed to equity in all areas of our school's work. We believe in the unbounded potential of all children. Therefore, we are a supportive environment that seeks to employ a diverse staff reflective of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and backgrounds. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Breakthrough Montessori PCS is a coaching school; all team members receive and give coaching to support professional growth.<br> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt\">Position Summary:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Under the direction of the Principal, the Montessori Primary Assistant Principal is a member of the school administrative team. The Assistant Principal creates a community of reflective practitioners and ensures high fidelity implementation of the Montessori method. The Assistant Principal further promotes the school’s anti-racist, anti-bias goals by ensuring an equitable, culturally-responsive program for all students.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">The Montessori Primary Assistant Principal coaches all seven primary classroom teams in order to create and sustain an outstanding school culture that supports human flourishing. The Assistant Principal furthermore offers philosophy/curriculum support to families through presentations and demonstrations as needed. <br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt\">Essential Functions and Responsibilities:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">The </span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Georgia, serif\">Montessori Primary Assistant Principal</span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\"> is a 12-month position. Working hours are Mondays from 8:00am-4:30 pm and Tuesday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm.</span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br>Responsibilities include the following:<br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Development and Implementation of Montessori Curriculum</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Ensures that the educational program is delivered according to the school’s mission and vision and increases access to Montessori education. This occurs within the parameters set forth by the Principal. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Works with educators to ensure equity in access to quality lessons, materials, and experiences throughout the school.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Models grace and courtesy in all interactions with children, adults, and families.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Integrates the how and the why of Montessori pedagogy through actions and beliefs about human potential.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"><br>Academics</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Leads regular Lesson Study meetings for Primary.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Supports Principal in disproportionality study.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Consults and supports summer school programming.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"><br>Planning and Management</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Coordinates daily substitute coverage for all Primary classrooms.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Collaborates with Principal in Primary staff performance assessments.</span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Responsible for performance assessments of primary Montessori Assistants and Classroom Assistants.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Provides input for Montessori Guide assessments conducted by the Principal.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Collaborates on the recruitment, selection and orientation of academic school staff.</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Supports the processes for primary classroom placement for students.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Collaborates with the Principal to establish and support procedures and routines of the school.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Collaborates on the creation of a school schedule that supports the implementation of the Montessori approach.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Helps to determine priorities for use of time in the daily, weekly, and yearly calendars.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"><br>Staff Selection and Development</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Conducts bi-weekly observations and one-on-one meetings with classroom teachers.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Conducts bi-weekly group meetings with all non-leads, such as Montessori Assistants and Classroom assistants.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Collaborates with the Principal to create and facilitate a year-long scope and sequence for staff professional development.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Organizes and facilitates weekly professional development. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Meets regularly with all adults that interact with children and families to ensure consistency of Montessori practice.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Ensures that consistent Lesson Study is followed and implemented with fidelity.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Helps teachers develop and implement classroom-based, developmentally appropriate interventions for individual children and groups of children to enhance their acquisition of social/emotional and cognitive skills.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Helps teachers implement and follow-through grade-level benchmarks.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Prepare and support Primary guides for conferences and in writing progress reports.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Proofread progress reports prior to publishing.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Foster collaboration and teacher leadership.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Demonstrate the importance of feedback, documentation and informal development discussions which supplement the annual performance review.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"><br>Data and Assessment</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Collects data about student work engagement and academic performance through regular observation of all primary classrooms.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt\">Uses a variety of data points (including classroom observations, lessons plans and records, mastery checklists, and i-Ready results) to drive conversations about classroom practice and planning.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; 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