Montessori Educator

**About Boundless Education**

Boundless Education believes that our personnel are our biggest assets. We ensure that we offer our team a safe and secure environment in which to work.

**Vision**

Our vision is to empower a community of active and impactful learners.

**Mission**

We prepare children for an unknown future;
- By providing a transformational learning system that follows a child to any Boundless destination.
- By leveraging cultural immersion and experiential learning, to lay the foundation for creativity, innovation and connectivity to the world.
- By our educators working as collaborative mentors with our children, guiding them along personalized learning paths.
- By valuing parents, carers and the community as key partners in a child’s education.

**Values informing education**

Four core values guide all decisions at Boundless Education and influence our approach to teaching and learning:

- Be Bold. A growth mindset embraces challenges. Take risks, make mistakes, and learn from them.
- Innovate. Creativity is at the core of everything we do. Take initiative to find solutions.
- Connect. The best results are reached through collaboration and building connections. Respect yourself, nature and others.
- Resilience. Emotional well-being develops balance, concentration and empathy. Empower yourself through mindfulness.

***NOTE: At this time, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.**

**Montessori Early Years Educator (Ages 4-6)**

This is a full-time position. We are looking for a Montessori Early Years (Ages 4-6) Educator to join our team starting August 2023 in Sintra, Portugal.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Demonstrate a desire to make a difference to a child’s learning
- Believe in the abilities of colleagues, in order to work closely with each other to establish the highest standards of learning, within a learning environment that reflects current best practices
- To be an effective early years educator - to plan, organise and resource a stimulating classroom environment which will facilitate children’s independent learning and enable children to maximise their full potential
- To implement Boundless Education by incorporating the Montessori philosophy
- To monitor each child’s progress, keep meaningful records and evaluate performance through formative assessments in line with Boundless Education policy
- Communicate information about each child’s progress and targets, including the creation of full reports
- To take responsibility for the welfare and safety of all the children
- Commit to active professional learning in order to grow as an educator and a person
- To establish and maintain excellent links with parents and carers
- Exhibiting emotional intelligence through a positive and supportive attitude, contributing to a positive ethos for learning
- Be a team player, willing to learn and contribute to the learning of others in a coaching culture
- Provide multiple updates to parents during the week with Kindiedays or similar platforms
- Find and highlight a common thread that connects different Boundless destinations
- Take the time to connect with each individual child and provide a more personalised journey
- Open up lesson planning, create learning experiences and activities
- Provide and lead three conferences within a 3-month cohort
- Incorporate the Montessori philosophy in quests on a smaller scale
- Collect data to file for end of cohort Growth Trackers

**Compensation & Benefits**
- Competitive salary
- 9 weeks off including public holidays, or legal minimum in your region if greater
- Global health and dental insurance (subsidised)
- Boundless Education tuition paid 70% by Boundless
- Currently Boundless Education offers education for early years + primary years (1 year old to Grade 6)

**Qualifications**
- Hold an educational qualification, preferably in early years education (1-6 year olds)
- Montessori-trained
- A minimum of 2 years teaching experience
- Excellent English language skills

**Good to have experience or capabilities in**
- An international educational setting
- Mindfulness
- Speak local languages
- Problem-solving in ambiguous environments
- Being adaptable: Boundless Life is growing quickly, so we’re looking for team members who can adapt to changing landscapes

**What you gain from Boundless Education**
- Trust in you and your leadership
- Training by educational experts
- Opportunities for personal growth
- Building an innovative educational concept
- Framework for experiential leadership, teaching and learning
- Freedom to be creative and innovative in your practice
- Choice of moving between Boundless Life destinations (after 2 years)
- Cultural and personal experiences from each destination
- A well resourced learning center with budgets to enhance the educational experience
- Significant saving potential
- International medical insurance (subsidised)
- Meals during the day