Adolescent Lead Teacher / Guide – Humanities and Language (24-25 school year)
We are seeking dedicated and innovative Lead Guides to join the founding team at Mountain City Public Montessori Adolescent Program for the 2024-2025 school year. Guides’ responsibilities include delivering high-quality lessons, assessing and supporting student’s individual needs and growth potential, record keeping, and communicating with families regularly. Guides inspire a love for learning in students and create nurturing, engaging classrooms where every student feels included. Candidates must be interested in continually improving their teaching craft, and welcome coaching and support.
Mountain City Public Montessori is a tuition-free public Montessori Charter school for children in grades kindergarten through 7th grade (Fall 2024) in Asheville, North Carolina. Our mission is to provide equitable access to a high-quality, relevant Montessori education to meet the needs of all students and to strengthen our community. An integral part of our mission as an organization is to operate with a lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Our organizational structure is one of shared leadership that gives our staff the support they need to provide the best learning environment and experience for the students, and allows each individual to focus their attention, energy, and skills on what they do best. Shared leadership enables the school to draw on a larger pool of talent, wisdom, expertise, and experience beyond a single administrator, and nurtures the development of leadership experience and skills within the school, thereby cultivating the next generation of leaders.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- AMI/AMS/IMC diploma in related age group or willingness to complete Montessori training
- Two or more years of classroom teaching and management experience in a public school and/or Montessori environment
- North Carolina teaching license or willingness to complete North Carolina Residency License
Adolescent Humanities/ Language Guide Description
The Humanities/ Language Guide leads a 7th- 8th grade learning community using the Montessori method in the prepared classroom environment. This position will teach history and language arts using a place based model incorporating the farm, microeconomy, and guesthouse whenever possible. Guides also ensure that all students are meeting North Carolina Standards within the Montessori framework. Guides meet weekly with the Montessori Coach for ongoing support and coaching.
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Application Process
Interested applicants may submit a CV, two letters of recommendation, and a cover letter.