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Start Date: August 2022 (Flexible to accommodate an earlier start date, as early as January 2022) 

Faculty Teaching Position: Marin Montessori Junior High School

Position Overview:

Located just on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge in beautiful San Rafael, California, Marin Montessori School’s Junior High seeks a full-time faculty member for our Junior High who can support a range of academic subjects (i.e. some combination that could include science, history, English, and/or math). Faculty are responsible for serving a community of about fifty adolescents between the ages of 12 to 15 years old. The faculty lead the education of the students in their care in alignment with the Montessori educational philosophy: experiential learning, project and place-based learning, and all with a strong emphasis on healthy social-emotional development and the development of independence.  The faculty will work as part of a vibrant team and under the guidance and direction of the Director of the Junior High and Head of School. The Junior High campus includes an acre of farmland, and the curriculum is often connected with active engagement with the land. 

Marin Montessori School:

It is a thrilling time to join Marin Montessori, a highly regarded not-for-profit Bay Area school with a history of more than fifty years, a newer and thriving Junior High program in San Rafael, and accreditations from both AMI (Association Montessori International) and CAIS (California Association of Independent Schools). MMS recently completed a $3.5mm capital campaign and completed a stunning waterfront and nature-rich elementary wing for our campus in Corte Madera. Committed to inclusion, MMS allocates $1mm of its $9mm annual budget towards tuition assistance every year. As a Green-Ribbon awarded school committed to positively impacting our environment, MMS was proud to welcome former Vice President Al Gore as the keynote speaker in 2019-2020; he spoke on climate change and youth activism at the school's annual fundraiser in support of tuition assistance. Chef and food activist Alice Waters was the keynote speaker in 2020-2021. 

Salary:

This is an exempt, full-time teaching position. The salary and benefits package is very competitive, matching or exceeding Bay Area independent school norms.

Required Experience and Attributes:

• Bachelor's degree 
• 2 years teaching through experiential, project-based curriculum
• If not already established, an interest in and commitment to learn and adopt authentic Montessori pedagogy and practice.
• Flexibility and warmth along with a high degree of professionalism and strong work ethicA collaborative work style 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with fostering and maintaining excellent professional relationships with students, parents, faculty, and administration

Preferred Qualifications:

• AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) adolescent diploma, AMI orientation certificate, or equivalent AMS (American Montessori Society) adolescent training. 

Additional Expectations:

• Civility, honesty, and integrity as reflected in daily interaction with faculty 
• students and parents
• Service to the community as reflected in student/parent relationships 
• Sound judgment, as reflected in decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to develop appropriate relationships in support of teaching and learning
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Possession of positivity and high expectations for themselves and student
• Willingness to work hard and be a steadfast role model
• Ability to manage competing tasks with competing deadlines
• Ability to remain on task and follow through with projects to their completion
• Competent computer skills

Marin Montessori School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of age, ancestry, color, religious creed, denial of Family and Medical Care Leave, disability (mental and physical), marital, familial or parental status, medical condition, genetic information, military and Veteran status, national origin (including language use restrictions), race, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, political affiliation or sexual orientation.