Generic - Montessori Primary Grades (3-6 year old) - 2026-2027

Generic - Montessori Primary Grades (3-6 year old) - 2026-2027

JobID: 10455 Position Type: Teaching, Elementary/Generic

2026 - 2027 Date Posted: 2/5/2026 Location: Campus TBD

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Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree • Valid Texas Elementary Teaching Certification with ESL endorsement • Demonstrated general knowledge of curriculum and instruction • Demonstrated strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills required to achieve the goals of the position • Montessori credential from a MACTE accredited center and/or experience preferred • Montessori training and/or experience preferred • Experience in a multi-age Montessori environment preferred

In addition to certification, you must have one of the following:

(A) A school district shall select and implement a curriculum for a prekindergarten grant program under this subchapter that:

1. includes the prekindergarten guidelines established by the agency;
2. measures the progress of students in meeting the recommended learning outcomes;
3. does not use national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

(B) Each teacher for a prekindergarten program class must:

1. be certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21;
2. have one of the following additional qualifications: (A) a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or another early childhood education credential approved by the agency; (B) certification offered through a training center accredited by Association Montessori Internationale or through the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education; (C) at least eight years experience of teaching in a nationally accredited child care program; (D) be employed as a prekindergarten teacher in a school district that has received approval from the commissioner for the districts prekindergarten-specific instructional training plan that the teacher uses in the teachers prekindergarten classroom; (E) an equivalent qualification.

(A) A school district may allow a teacher employed by the district to receive the training required to be awarded a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential from a regional education service center that offers the training in accordance with Section 8.058. Training may not include national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

(B) A school district must attempt to maintain an average ratio in any prekindergarten program class of not less than one certified teacher or teachers aide for each 11 students.