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Compass Montessori is a unique public charter school educating Children's House (Pre-K) through High School on two campuses in Wheat Ridge & Golden, Colorado.
Our purpose is to guide students using authentic Montessori methods, foster interdependence, and nurture intrinsic motivation from within the whole child academically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
We aspire to be authentic, curious, intrinsically motivated, socially conscious, inclusive, respectful, connected to the natural world, ready to change the world and to be in community with one another.
If this feels like a good fit for you, we're always seeking qualified applicants and welcome your inquiry. Please feel free to browse job openings below, and/or send your cover letter and resume’ to Human Resources by mail or email:
Compass Montessori School
Human Resources
10399 West 44th Ave
Wheat Ridge, CO 80003
Job Openings Below
If you don't see an ideal fit for you below, please note that many of our full time teaching staff started at Compass as an assistant or para, and it can be a great way to get your foot in the door to one of the most prestigious public Montessori schools in the country.
After Care Assistant
AFTER CARE ASSISTANT (click arrow to expand)
After Care - Assistant
This position is a part-time hourly position of approximately 15-20 hours per week when school is in session. Must be available to work between 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Essential Job Functions:
- Ensure the safety and security of students and staff at all times
- Ensure daily activities are running according to schedule
- Ensure supplies and snacks are distributed to children
- Assist in other student areas as directed by the Aftercare Coordinator
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Supervising the children with their safety at the forefront.
- Assisting in the planning and preparing of the child care environment, setting up the environment, and preparing needed materials and supplies.
- Supporting the general housekeeping tasks needed in the environment.
- Maintaining professional attitude and loyalty to the program at all times.
- Serve snacks to children daily.
- Attending and completing all recommended training to meet employment requirements prior to their first day of employment.
- Maintain ratios at all times in accordance with licensing requirements.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to react and move quickly
- Ability to get along with co-workers
- Patience
- Skills in time management
- Be able to be flexible and adapt to schedule changes
- Be able to lift, push, and carry up to 40 lbs, sit for 30 minutes, stand for 1 hour
- Be perceptive and aware of all children in your care
- Be able to communicate effectively with children and staff.
Job Type: Part-time, Contract
Pay: $15.00 - $19.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee assistance program
- PERA - Retirement plan
Schedule:
- Days - Monday through Friday
- Hours - 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Childcare: 2 years plus (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Early Childhood Teacher Certification (Required)
- CPR & First Aid Certification (Preferred)
Full Time ECE-6th Grade Mental Health Provider
COMPASS MONTESSORI SCHOOL WHEAT RIDGE CAMPUS
Full-time ECE-6th Grade Mental Health Provider
About Compass:
Compass Montessori is one of a limited number of public schools in the nation that offers a fully articulated Montessori Education program.
Compass Montessori is a unique public charter school educating Children's House (Pre-K) through High School on two campuses in Wheat Ridge & Golden, Colorado.
Our purpose is to guide students using authentic Montessori methods, foster interdependence, and nurture intrinsic motivation from within the whole child academically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
Compass aspires to be authentic, curious, intrinsically motivated, socially conscious, inclusive, respectful, connected to the natural world, ready to change the world and to be in community with one another.
Other ways to learn more about Compass Montessori:
Learn more about out academic programs HERE
Meet our Leadership Team HERE
Browse our Staff Directory HERE
Compass FAQs HERE
New to Montessori? Learn more HERE
Professional Observation available HERE
Follow us on Instagram at compass_montessori
General Position Description:
The staff member in this full-time mental health provider position will work closely with and give direction/delegate to the part-time social emotional learning assistant, as well as the building student support services and administrative team to coordinate, facilitate, and implement mental health support services. Staff in this position will provide social-emotional support to foster a safe and successful learning environment for students in the ECE through 6th grade level, including assessment for and design/implementation of specialized support services in legal compliance with IDEA and OCR.
Essential Functions:
- Provide comprehensive school mental health services to students addressing barriers that limit students from receiving full benefit from their educational experience
- Respond to referrals from school administration, parents/guardians, teachers, the Student Support Team, the Special Education team, and others by providing direct services and by assisting families in accessing appropriate community resources
- Drive and support school priorities for promoting tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 social-emotional well-being among students and staff
- Provide school-based mental health services in compliance with student’s individualized special education and Section 504 plans
- Conduct functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) to develop behavioral intervention plans (BIPs) in partnership with IEP team and administration
- Serve on student support teams and special education committees within the school.
- Review student records to identify previous barriers and/or interventions.
- Facilitate screenings for suicide risk and behavioral threat assessments in partnership with school administration and other staff, in conjunction with Jeffco Public Schools protocols
- Attend and meaningfully participate in IEP and Section 504 plan meetings
- Maintain records (ie EasyEdMed), meet identified student minutes and accommodations, and conduct timely progress monitoring.
- Conduct parent/guardian interviews to acquire information as needed for special education referrals, evaluations, and coordination of care
- Analyze information gained through record reviews and interviews to determine environmental impacts and appropriate resource needs; integrate gained information into a written report and oral presentation.
- Interview students and parents/guardians to discuss issues related to non-attendance and develop a plan of action.
- Put together resources on various social emotional topics for staff and parents/guardians, as needed
- Develop and implement social emotional curriculums for general education students in partnership with general education staff.
- Provide individual and/or group counseling in response to school or school community events that impact students and staff
- Participate in, and implement, professional development activities aimed at current trends and best practices for the provision of comprehensive school social work services.
- Maintain an ongoing liaison with community agencies and other resources to meet student needs; refers parents/guardians and students to agencies, when appropriate.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Desire to work as a collaborative team member in a ECE-6th grade public Montessori school
- Knowledge and skills for direct and indirect intervention including, but not limited to: counseling on an individual, group, or family basis; consulting with administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, and other professionals about student struggles and appropriate change strategies
- Experience as a school-based mental health provider with 504/IEP caseloads
- Understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes for effective casework practice
- Understanding of the school social work profession including associated laws (IDEA, ADA, compulsory attendance, etc.), ethical issues, professional issues and standards
- Prior experience with special education data management systems and caseload management
- Foundations of school psychology; and the role and function of the school mental health provider
- Understanding of child development, psychopathology, approaches to working with twice exceptional and gifted and talented learners, social and environmental conditioning, equity, cultural diversity and family systems
Physical Requirements:
- Routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average/routine levels of activity at times that can not always be determined.
Education/Licensure Requirements:
- Master's of Social Work (MSW) from an accredited school of social work with a Colorado school social work special service provider license or eligibility to qualify for a provisional school social work license
OR
- Master’s in school counseling from an accredited school of school counseling with a Colorado school social work special service provider license or eligibility to qualify for a provisional school social work license
Interested Applicants Should:
- Apply through Talent Ed or Indeed
- Qualified applicants will be invited to complete a screener and submit a professional artifact
- After screening, applicants will be invited for an in-person, on campus observation and team interview
Part Time ECE-6th School Prevention and Social Emotional Learning Assistant
COMPASS MONTESSORI SCHOOL WHEAT RIDGE CAMPUS
Part Time ECE-6th grade School Prevention & Social Emotional Learning Assistant
About Compass:
Compass Montessori is one of a limited number of public schools in the nation that offers a fully articulated Montessori Education program.
Compass Montessori is a unique public charter school educating Children's House (Pre-K) through High School on two campuses in Wheat Ridge & Golden, Colorado.
Our purpose is to guide students using authentic Montessori methods, foster interdependence, and nurture intrinsic motivation from within the whole child academically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
Compass aspires to be authentic, curious, intrinsically motivated, socially conscious, inclusive, respectful, connected to the natural world, ready to change the world and to be in community with one another.
Other ways to learn more about Compass Montessori:
Learn more about out academic programs HERE
Meet our Leadership Team HERE
Browse our Staff Directory HERE
Compass FAQs HERE
New to Montessori? Learn more HERE
Professional Observation available HERE
Follow us on Instagram at compass_montessori
General Description:
The staff member in this social emotional learning assistant position will work closely with and under direction of the full-time building mental health provider, as well as the building administrative team to coordinate, facilitate, and implement mental health support services. Staff in this position will provide social-emotional support to foster a safe and successful learning environment for students in the ECE through 6th grade level. The primary focus will be upon building students’ capacity for success in the educational setting and positive social-emotional well-being both through proactive and responsive approaches.
Essential Functions:
- Provide comprehensive school mental health services to students to foster prosocial skills and appropriate behavior, improving skills in the areas of emotional regulation, coping strategies, situational awareness, problem solving/flexible thinking/conflict resolution, impulse control, and self-advocacy in an elementary Montessori environment
- Promote the social skills and emotional wellness of students and staff through programming that supports an authentic and respectful culture and climate, inside and outside of the classroom setting using both prevention and intervention models.
- Supporting students and advocating for their emotional, mental and physical wellbeing.
- Develop youth leadership and empowerment skills.
- Facilitate restorative justice and peace process with students on an as-needed basis
- Provide crisis assistance and intervention (i.e., family death, self-harm) strategies on an as-needed basis to improve student success.
- Coordinate referrals with building mental health staff from school administration, parents, teachers, the Student Support Team, the Special Education team, 504 Coordinator and others by providing direct services and by assisting families in accessing appropriate community resources.
- Coordinating universal social emotional programming and supports such as: SEL Curriculum, data-based decision making, professional development, and facilitation of Tier 2 supports, which may include psycho-educational counseling groups.
- Provide individual and/or group psycho-educational counseling in response to school community events that impact students and staff.
- Analyze information gained through record review and interviews to identify previous barriers and/or interventions, determine environmental impacts and appropriate resource needs; integrate gained information into a written report and oral presentation.
- Assist students in general education with challenges, such as gender identity, giftedness, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and social challenges with peers.
- Collaborate with school leadership to assess, develop and implement initiatives to address social-emotional wellness of students, primarily with students receiving 504 Plan supports, identified through SSIS-SEL, and students identified as gifted.
- Shall conduct interviews and observations of individuals, families and systems/organizations (namely, classroom, school, teachers, neighborhood, district, state) with the goal of identifying the needs, characteristics, and interactions of students, families, and school personnel while improving student social, emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes. Whether this is part of the 504 plan assessment and annual review updates, gifted students, or general education students.
- Attend 504 meetings, as well as other meetings deemed necessary by the mental health team, support services team, and administration team on an as-needed basis (i.e., district monthly SEL meetings, re-entry meetings, mental health team meetings).
- Partner and collaborate with students, families, teachers and school staff to support students' individual needs via teacher consultation, team meetings, MTSS process.
- Participate in professional development activities aimed at current trends and best practices for the provision of comprehensive school social-emotional and mental health services.
- Maintain an ongoing liaison with families, community agencies and other resources to meet student needs; refers parents and students to agencies when appropriate.
- Document services being initiated, maintain documentation of services provided on an ongoing basis, as well as initial assessments and annual reviews for 504 Plans.
- Collaboration with and supervision by full-time Mental Health Provider
- Perform related work, as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Desire to work as a collaborative team member in a ECE-6th grade public Montessori school
- Knowledge and skills for direct and indirect intervention including, but not limited to: counseling on an individual, group, or family basis; consulting with administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, and other professionals about student struggles and appropriate change strategies
- Experience as a school-based mental health provider with 504/IEP caseloads, in an elementary school setting, preferred
- Understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes for effective casework practice, using trauma-informed practices
- Understanding of the school social work profession including associated laws (IDEA, ADA, compulsory attendance, etc.), ethical issues, professional issues and standards
- Prior experience with special education data management systems and caseload management
- Foundations of school psychology; and the role and function of the school mental health provider
- Understanding of child development, psychopathology, approaches to working with twice exceptional and gifted and talented learners, social and environmental conditioning, equity, cultural diversity and family systems
Education/Licensure Requirements:
- Master's of Social Work (MSW) from an accredited school of social work with a Colorado school social work special service provider license or eligibility to qualify for a provisional school social work license
OR
- Master’s in school counseling from an accredited school of school counseling with a Colorado school social work special service provider license or eligibility to qualify for a provisional school social work license
Physical Requirements:
- Routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average/routine levels of activity at times that can not always be determined.
Interested Applicants Should:
- Apply through Talent Ed or Indeed
- Qualified applicants will be invited to complete a screener and submit a professional artifact
- After screening, applicants will be invited for an in-person, on campus observation and team interview
Farm School (Middle School 7th-9th Grade) Math Guide
Qualifications: BA, Montessori Credential, and state licensure a plus (Highly qualified)
Responsibilities: Essential Functions
● Administer a high-quality Montessori-based Math curriculum as per the discipline
taught. We use Montessori Integrated Math (Waski Math Curriculum)
● Work with an interdisciplinary team to create integrations within broader units of
study related to all disciplines and practical life
● Promote a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to individualized
and small-group instruction, and student learning
● Conduct ongoing assessments of student learning and modify instructional
methods to fit individual student needs, including students with special needs.
● Conduct individual and small group instruction as needed
● Instruct students in the principles of grace and courtesy
● Continue to acquire professional knowledge and learn about current
developments in Montessori education and adolescent math education by
participating in professional development and attending seminars
● Organize and maintain a system for accurate and complete
record-keeping/reporting for all student activities, achievement, and attendance
as required by district procedures and applicable laws
● Encourage parent involvement in a student's education and provide effective
communication with students and parents
● Coordinate with other instructional staff to evaluate and assess the curriculum.
● Participate in faculty meetings and committees
● Participate in reflective Montessori practice in conjunction with Montessori
Instructional Coach, Program Director, and/or Principal
● Supervise students in activities that take place out of the classroom during the
school day, including activities involving school transportation
● Support and chaperone students in overnight trips
● Administer standardized tests in accordance with District and State testing
requirements
● Teaching sex education workshops with 8th-grade students during various
workshops over the course of the school year.
● Teaching an elective/self-expression class that may differ from the initial math
teacher position. Sharing your interests and passions with students.
● Ability to work with Middle school students
● Ability to organize and coordinate work to ensure all students are being served in
a high-quality environment every day
● Familiarity with the use of educational information systems, data analysis, and
the formulation of action plans
● Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and students
● Ability to communicate effectively with students and parents
● Ability to engage in self-evaluation about performance and professional growth.
● Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others
contacted in the course of work.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary range: $47,000- $70,000 (depending on experience and education)
Speech Language Pathologist-Part Time
SUMMARY: Apply principles, methods and procedures to determine communicative functioning within a public Montessori school setting, and to provide supportive services to those students qualifying for special education in the area of communication.
Age Group: Middle School, grades 7-9
Hours: Part-Time, average 10-12 hours per week, including paperwork and IEP meetings
Caseload: 8-12 students, the number can fluctuate depending on new referrals and IEP qualification.
Requirements:
Must have Master’s Degree in SLP (or equivalent) and Clinical Competencies (CCC’s) as accredited by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)
Sorry, no supervision provided for SLP-A or those seeking Clinical Fellowship hours
Must be able to access Enrich and EzEdMed for documentation and IEP Reports (can attend trainings provided by the district)
- Provide standardized assessments and procedures that are relevant to the presenting communication concern - this can be in the area of speech/articulation, receptive/expressive language, fluency, voice, and/or social/pragmatic language
- Provide direct and indirect interventions/therapy to students according to their special education Individualized Education Program (IEPs)
- Provide intervention strategies and services related to speech and language development and literacy development as well as disorders of language, voice, articulation and fluency and functional communication that adversely affect an individual's educational performance
- Collaborate with professionals and parents to observe, plan, implement, monitor, and facilitate generalization of effective and efficient oral and written communication skills
- Use research-based and technically sound practices to drive decision-making and interventions; and collaborate with school personnel and parents in order to develop and modify student intervention strategies
- Use a variety of service delivery options, evidence-based practices and facilitate generalization of communication skills
- Manage time, organize material, and communicate with school teams, building and central administrators to effectively manage individual student programs; engage in problem solving process with school-based teams
- Monitor and document individual progress towards measurable goals and objectives
- Input information into EzEDMed system for reimbursement purposes
- Share knowledge with individuals and groups concerning communication, language and literacy development
- Advocate for the individual's communication needs across a variety of settings
- Develop and/or participate in professional enrichment activities to maintain a high standard of service delivery
- Complies with Exceptional Student Services and Jefferson County school district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting)
Seasonal Part-Time School Cook
Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Compass Montessori Golden
Employment Type: Seasonal, Part-Time- Beginning in August 25-26 school year
Job Overview:
We seek a dedicated and enthusiastic Seasonal Part-Time School Cook to join our team! This position offers an exciting opportunity to prepare nutritious meals for students while allowing for some creativity in the kitchen. You’ll play a vital role in fostering a welcoming environment and ensuring children receive delicious, well-balanced meals.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare lunch items according to school guidelines.
- Follow established menus while incorporating creativity where appropriate.
- Ensure proper food handling, sanitation, and safety procedures.
- Maintain cleanliness and organization of the kitchen and serving areas.
- Work efficiently to meet meal preparation and serving schedules.
- Follow directions from the kitchen supervisor.
- Interact positively with students and staff, contributing to a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Qualifications:
- Previous experience in food preparation or kitchen work.
- Experience with large batch cooking.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- A self-starter with a positive attitude and willingness to follow directions.
- Enjoy working with children.
- Must be able to stand for extended periods and lift up to 30 pounds.
Why Join Us?
- Work a convenient morning schedule with afternoons free!
- Summers and school holidays off
- Opportunity to express creativity in meal preparation.
- Be part of a school community and interact with kids daily.
- Gain valuable experience in food service in a fun and supportive environment.
If you’re passionate about food, enjoy working with children, and thrive in a fast-paced kitchen, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today to become part of our team.
Compensation range $20 to $30 an hour- Based on experience and skills
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SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS
Substitute Teachers choose their own hours upon teacher and staff requests. Subs are paid hourly, and needed for both our Golden and Wheat Ridge Campus for Pre-K through High School classrooms. All subs must complete a background check prior to employment. Email Amy Ball at [email protected] if you’re interested in being a sub.