Job description

We are currently looking for a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) to serve as a counselor focused on our bilingual (Spanish/English) student and family population. Ideal candidate is comfortable working with young children, as students served may be between 3 and 12 years old. This role has flexibility to be full or part-time depending on candidate preferences and needs.

Come share your talents with us and help us build a movement for educational equity.

About Us:

Magnolia Montessori For All is a school where children from a variety of racial, cultural, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds all learn in the same classrooms with highly differentiated instruction based in the Montessori approach. Children are treated with dignity and exercise choice about what they learn and how they grow; they learn executive functioning and build critical thinking abilities; we focus on cultivating academic skills AND social emotional skills.

Montessori schools have been cultivating leaders with these traits for more than a century through hands-on learning, multi-age classrooms, and embedded social and emotional learning. In our country, there are more than 5,000 private Montessori schools serving families who can afford it.

Magnolia Montessori For All seeks to make Montessori education accessible to all families, regardless of income.

Our Pillars:

• Focus on Leadership: We strive to cultivate the leaders of tomorrow. We teach by example and constantly model living with integrity and courage, eagerly learning, appreciating and showing gratitude, demonstrating persistence, excelling, and respecting and helping others and the environment.
• Education for the Whole Child: We help children grow academically, intellectually, socially, emotionally, culturally, creatively, and physically by providing an authentic Montessori education that includes multi-age classrooms, engaging hands-on materials, an emphasis on intrinsic motivation, student-led projects, acquisition of a second language, rigor, and learning beyond the classroom that prepares children for high school, college, the 21st century and lives as leaders in their families and communities.
• Teachers as Leaders and Innovators: Our teachers are empowered to shape curriculum and school culture and contribute to ongoing developments in the field of education through research and the dissemination of knowledge.
• Families as Partners: We partner with families to provide the most nurturing environment to help children grow into their fullest potential, so that they can pursue lives full of meaning and joy.
• Continuous Improvement: We strive for continuous growth through a process of Assessing→Analyzing→Acting. We hold ourselves and others to high expectations, engage in self-reflection, and take personal responsibility for ensuring success for each and every child.
• Diversity and Teamwork: We believe that children learn best in racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse environments, so that they are prepared to act as global citizens and leaders. As such, we commit to working together to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all members of our diverse community.

Our Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for people who will thrive in our public school environment, serving a diverse group of children and families in an urban setting. In order to succeed here, candidates must be:

• Motivated to work in a social justice-oriented organization, which includes reflecting on our own racial biases and developing a culturally responsive curriculum for our classrooms
• Mission-driven and prepared to work urgently toward closing the opportunity gap and ending educational inequity through achievement of student outcomes
• Invested in the Montessori approach to education as truly transformational, both for the child and the world
• Comfortable interacting with diverse families and have experience with creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all
• Able to persevere in the face of everyday challenges, both big and small

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
• Therapeutic skills to provide direct, one-on-one or small-group work
• A systems-view of how various components of a school environment can work together to strengthen social, emotional, cultural, and mental health
• Bilingual (Spanish and English)

Benefits from Working with Our Team & Community:

• Broadening your impact by being a member of the city’s first public Montessori school.
• A family-friendly work environment with onsite childcare (for a fee) and automatic enrollment for children of staff into the infant through 6th grade program (if a spot is available).
• Vacation time spread out through the year, including a Fall Break, Winter Break, and Spring Break.
• Comprehensive benefits package (if full-time).
• A collaborative, supportive, and joyful team and community.

Our Schedule & Calendar:

• Our school hours are 7:30am-4:00pm and students are on campus from 7:45am-3:45pm. In a part-time capacity, counseling services would be contracted and scheduled during these hours on a regular, mutually-agreeable schedule. If interested in a full-time role, schedule will include other school-based responsibilities shared by all campus staff (arrival/dismissal, recess and lunch supervision, etc). We are open to a flexible conversation with the ideal candidate.
• Our school year starts three weeks earlier than the local ISD (typically first week of August) and ends at the same time (Memorial Day Weekend).
• There are two weeks of professional development before school starts.
• We follow a modified schedule with 1-2 week breaks in October, December, and March, as well as six weeks of break in the summer. Approximately 1-2 days of Fall Break and Spring Break will be devoted to Professional Development. In addition there are 9 days of vacation/sick leave.

Application Process:

• Step One: Submit an application that includes the following components:
• Resume
• Cover letter addressing the following:
• Why do you want to work at Montessori For All?
• What is your current salary?
• What is your Spanish proficiency level?
• Any additional information you would like to add

Notes: Please submit the resume and cover letter as a single attachment. E-mail it to careers@montessoriforall.org with the subject line: YOURLASTNAME – Whole Child Specialist.

• Step Two: Selected candidates will be invited to an on campus interview.
• Step Three: Reference check

Statement of Non-Discrimination:

Montessori For All is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its relations with its applicants, staff members, and families, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. People of diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $40.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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