Pedagogical Director

Ami/USA; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k matching

Vacation + holidays

Tuition for children

Job summary

Fiore Montessori School in Vienna, VA, seeks an experienced AMI Elementary/Adolescent Guide to join as Pedagogical Director and lead our Elementary and Adolescent Programs.

The role focuses on managing guides, delivering high fidelity AMI education, and developing staff and parent relationships across two campuses near Washington DC. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years of leadership in AMI settings and a proven ability to mentor teams.

Qualifications

• AMI guide training at Elementary and/or Adolescent level.
• 5-10 years of experience leading an Elementary and/or Adolescent classroom.
• Exceptional communicator with strong relational skills.
• Able to manage a team of guides and assistants.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage guides in Elementary and Adolescent classrooms.
• Support guides in classroom responsibilities and AMI program fidelity.
• Review lesson plans, conferences, parent communications, and transcripts.
• Oversee budgets and inventory for classrooms and programs.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and training of staff.
• Coordinate after school and summer programs and logistics.

Skills

AMI guide

Leadership

Budget oversight

Staff mentorship

Job description

Fiore Montessori School is seeking an experienced AMI Elementary / Adolescent Guide who is interested in joining our dedicated faculty and staff as a Pedagogical Director to lead our Elementary and Adolescent Programs.

The Pedagogical Director has the fundamental responsibility to directly manage the guides in the Elementary and/or Adolescent classrooms and take responsibility to deliver a high fidelity AMI Program to families, children and the school community. They will work directly with guides to support them in their classroom responsibilities. This includes:

Manage and Normalize Classroom Communities

• Maintaining thorough knowledge of the students, offering strategic oversight and making recommendations related to their progress and parent relationships
• Offering feedback and guidance to ensure beautiful, well maintained and effective environments
• Reviewing, lesson plans, lessons given, conference reports, parent presentations and written communication
• Maintaining and/or overseeing classroom budgets and inventory, including ordering, materials and supplies
• Reviewing new student applications and making admissions recommendations
• Preparing student transcripts

Manage and Develop Guides and Assistants

• Mentoring the elementary and adolescent teams and individual guides, assistants and experts/specialists
• Assisting with hiring, onboarding and training of staff
• Observing environments, faculty and staff in their roles

Assist Guides in Parent Relationships

• Educating parents and answering parent questions about the programs
• Conference Preparation, Feedback and Written Reports
• Review Written Recommendation Forms from Guides
• Parent Resource, Parent Education and Parent Support

Collaborating with the Pedagogical Directors of other program levels and administration strategically

• Coordinating and managing after school and summer programs
• Substitute for long-term absence of a guide when applicable
• Coordinating staffing, events, logistics and schedules for the levels with the operations and business office teams

Our ideal candidate will be

• trained as an AMI guide at the Elementary and/or Adolescent level and dedicated to the AMI philosophy
• have 5-10 years of experience running an Elementary and/or Adolescent classroom
• an exceptional communicator
• able to manage a team of guides and assistants
• Wants to commit long term

Conveniently located on two campuses, each 4.5 rural acres just 20 miles outside of Washington DC. The first is a renovated "village-style" multi-building campus with Nido, Toddler, Primary, Elementary and Adolescent communities, a commercial kitchen, a fully equipped "maker" space, an art and music studio building, garden beds, undeveloped open land, a basketball court, a soccer field and a swimming pool. The neighboring property includes a farm with a Farmer's Market (CSA/Community Supported Agriculture) selling produce and eggs. The second has vast outdoor "natural play" areas for toddler and primary children, plus "wilderness" wooded acreage with a stream, garden beds in an "outdoor classroom," and an outdoor stage with seating. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and natural bike paths are directly across the street for student research, PE classes, and bike rides/hikes.

A fully AMI accredited school, Fiore offers a dedicated faculty and supportive culture. Our communities span the entire age range of three months (3) to fifteen (15) years. Our classrooms include: Nido (Infant Community) Toddler, Primary Children's House, Elementary (6 year span) and Adolescent (Junior High 3 year span). Conveniently located on two neighborhood campuses just 20 miles outside of Washington DC, our lovely environments are well-equipped with the full range of Nienhuis materials. We currently have 200 students.

Fiore is dedicated to supporting its guides and administrative team with competitive salaries, benefits, professional development and growth opportunities. We also regularly offer coaching from AMI trainers and consultants as new guides establish successful working environments. Our Pedagogical Council consists of talented and experienced trained guides who support each of the levels at our school thus raising the bar once again.

If you've always wished that you could be part of an authentic AMI community in line with your training, you have come to the right place.

Salary is commensurate with education, experience and roles/responsibilities. Benefits include health, matching 401k, vacation plus holidays, and tuition for children.