Infant Toddler Director

Position: Infant Toddler Director (‘25-’26 School Year- Starts July 1, 2025)

Reports to: The Head of School

Hours: Full-Time, Exempt

Description: Harborlight Montessori is seeking a compassionate, organized, and joyful leader to serve as our Infant Toddler Director. We are looking for a skilled communicator with adults and children, someone who approaches their work with empathy, flexibility, and professionalism. As a dedicated Montessorian, you bring a developmental lens to your interactions with children and a commitment to best practices in diversity, equity, and belonging. Our Infant Toddler program, housed in a beautifully designed building tailored to Montessori principles, has earned an outstanding reputation on the North Shore. Supported by a passionate and dedicated faculty, this is a unique opportunity to lead a thriving program and inspire a community of learners.

Salary commensurate with credentials and experience; benefits include ongoing professional development, health and dental insurance, paid time off, holidays and vacation time, and opportunities for career growth and advancement. The Infant Toddler program currently enrolls 43 students and a staff of 16.

Key Responsibilities:

• School Leadership:

• Is a member of the School’s Leadership team and attends weekly leadership team meetings 
• Creates a culture of equity and belonging for IT teachers, students and families.
• Works with DOE to ensure that all EEC regulations are followed.
• Prepares, reads, and edits reports for Parent Conferences three times per year.

• Faculty support and supervision:

• Provides leadership to faculty in their work with children, parents, and colleagues.

• Supervises and evaluates the Infant Toddler teachers
• Conducts weekly meetings with the IT Faculty and keeps written agendas and minutes
• Participates in on-going professional development; i.e. educational courses, workshops, seminars, etc., and oversees professional development for the IT teachers.
• Maintains the supplies for the IT program.
• Creates staff schedules for school year and summer program.
• Assists in the classroom or with coverage when needed.

• Community/Family Support:

• Responsible for weekly parent communication, participates in parent meetings/communication as needed, and runs parent orientation and education workshops.
• Attends all school major functions.

• Student Support:

• Supports teachers in addressing/nurturing each student’s physical, emotional, cognitive and social development.
• Supports the communication and scheduling of early interventionists in their work with children at Harborlight. 
• Receives and welcomes children.

• Curriculum:

• Continuously reviews and documents the scope and sequence of the curriculum in line with the Montessori Philosophy and mission of the school.

• Admissions/Enrollment:

• Partners with the Director of Admissions in the admission process (tours/screening/follow-ups).

• Hiring:

• Partners with the Head of School in the hiring of new teachers.

Ideal leaders will reflect:

• A commitment to Montessori philosophy, with Montessori credentials.
• A commitment to building a diverse and inclusive community of teachers, students and families.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal forms.
• Qualities of a dynamic school leader:
• Flexible
• Organized
• Compassionate/Empathetic 
• High standards of professionalism
• Approachable 
• Team building skills
• Bachelor’s degree; master’s degree or higher preferred.
• Experience in school leadership.
• At least 5 years of teaching in an IT Montessori environment 

Physical and Work Environment Requirements:

• May work at a desk and computer for extended periods of time.
• Be able to occasionally lift up to 30lbs. 
• Work/supervise outside in a variety of weather conditions.
• Work in a dynamic environment that can often have daily changes/challenges.

Harborlight Montessori: Harborlight is an independent day school currently enrolling 260 students from infant through grade eight. Serving Beverly and its surrounding towns since 1973, Harborlight is a leader in Montessori education and the lab school for Montessori Institute – New England, a Montessori teacher education program. Harborlight is accredited by the American Montessori Society and Association of Independent Schools in New England.

Harborlight welcomes candidates who will add to the diversity of our school community and who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, equity, and belonging in their teaching and learning. We encourage applications from communities that are historically underrepresented in independent schools. Harborlight believes that everyone is entitled to equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, age, gender, religion, national or cultural origin, sexual orientation, family style, political belief, military or veteran status, disability or other characteristics protected under federal or Massachusetts law. Harborlight makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. The school’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, placement, compensation and benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. 

To Apply: Candidates should send a letter, resume, leadership philosophy statement and three written references to: Michael Bowler, Head of School c/o careers@harborlight.net