Duty Days:  187
 
Pay Grade:  100
     ***Please check the Salary Schedule for current rates and stipend eligibility. (Scroll down after clicking this link)

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s 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; and
(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; and
(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 district's prekindergarten-specific instructional training plan that the teacher uses in the teacher's prekindergarten classroom; or
(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 teacher's aide for each 11 students.