Puddletown School, Portland

Puddletown Montessori School is hiring for our middle school in the 2025/26 school year.

We are looking for a values-aligned guide to help further realize our program’s slow growth vision together. We are located in Portland, Oregon and have primary, elementary and adolescent programming. We also have an active commitment to social justice, anti-bias, anti-racism, and equity work. We are a caring and committed team of educators who greatly respect each other, the children, and the philosophies of Dr. Maria Montessori.

Eligible candidates will need:

Adolescent teaching experience, Montessori adolescent certification (in-progress certification works, as well), familiarity with anti-bias, antiracist work, willingness to envision a long term commitment with us, classroom management skills, including providing support to children, overview and redirection as needed to children in class, working individually with children and in small group follow-up work, using positive discipline techniques with children (non-shaming and non-punitive), ability to collaborate and communicate directly and compassionately with others, as well as direct and facilitate meetings, to be grounded in theory and practice and also flexible to support the evolution of Montessori curriculum, strong organizational/project management skills.

Compensation is regionally competitive (50-65k) and open for additional discussion based on experience.

Puddletown School will additionally pay a stipend toward moving costs, but cannot help with visas at this time.

Benefits include: retirement matching, health insurance, personal paid time off, with fall, winter & spring breaks, summers off paid training opportunities and discounted tuition for your children.