PreK–8th Grade Environmental Educator

Elm City Montessori School is seeking a full-time Environmental Educator for PreK-8th grade in New Haven, CT. The role involves planning and leading outdoor learning activities, supervising students, and maintaining outdoor learning spaces. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in environmental education or related fields, experience in Montessori methods, and strong communication skills. The position requires physical activity and adaptation to various outdoor conditions.
Elm City Montessori School, launched in August 2014, is New Haven’s first public Montessori school. We are seeking Classroom Assistants to support us in building a vibrant and healthy learning environment in our new and growing school. We will serve more than 300 students between the ages of 3 and 13 by 2022-23. New Haven, Connecticut is a thriving arts, cultural, and education hub, located in the center of a growing community of public Montessori schools.
About the position:
The Environmental Educator works in partnership with our classrooms to plan and lead outdoor learning opportunities for our PreK-8th grade students. This is a full time 10-Month role with required August Training before the school year begins.
Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal applicant has a Bachelor’s Degree in environmental education or a related field, has significant experience in providing environmental education, is familiar with the Montessori method and/or has experience working in a public school setting, collaborating as a member of a teaching faculty, supervising children, and supporting learning for students with special needs. The ideal applicant is kind, caring, compassionate, enthusiastic, well-organized, bilingual (Spanish), and creative with excellent communication skills.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
Environmental Education, Outdoor Learning

Planning and leading nature-based lessons and cross-curricular activities for groups of children, PreK-8th grade
Supervising for physical, social, and emotional safety in an outdoor, play based setting. Maintaining outdoor learning spaces.
Meeting social and emotional needs of children, including setting group routines and group culture, and modifying plans and schedules to meet the needs of individual children, and centering anti-bias and anti-racist practices.
Willingness to be flexible and work with coworkers to adapt plans to students’ developmental needs, weather conditions, and other needs of the day
Engage in the physical requirements of this role, including being physically active for the majority of a scheduled work shift, safely navigating outdoor terrain that includes uneven and unpaved surfaces, sitting on the ground, carrying a backpack with teaching supplies, and teaching outside in weather conditions including heat, rain, cold, and snow.
Stewarding our outdoor nature-based extended day program

Collaboration and Professional Learning

Communicates and interacts regularly and appropriately with students, faculty, staff and administration, maintaining positive relationships
Meets regularly with classroom team, engaging in planning of activities
Attends and actively participates in all require professional learning and events
Keeps confidential information about students and families confidential at all times
Maintains all professional certifications necessary
Seeks opportunities for professional development
Performs other duties as assigned


If you have additional questions about this application, email info@elmcitymontessori.org.
How to apply:
Interested applicants may fill out ECMS Employment Application