Employment Opportunities

The Children’s House Assistant (11:00am – 4/5:00pm) is responsible for helping the classroom teachers maintain a safe, comfortable, harmonious Montessori environment, as well as taking lead for nap and afternoon transitions, and assisting with Extended Day (3-4/5pm). Specific responsibilities include:

• Becoming familiar with the Montessori philosophy
• Supervising recess and lunch as directed by the classroom schedule put out by
  the Early Education Program Partnership Director
• Set up, prepare, facilitate, and supervise nap and rest time for 3 and 4 year
  olds
• Support classroom teachers with afternoon work cycle, as necessary
• Assist with transitioning between afternoon activities and to Extended Day
  Programs
• Maintenance of Arts Barn, classroom, kitchen, and art room spaces, including clean up at the end of the day
• Record keeping as necessary
• Communicating with families at pick-up

To promote the school community the Assistant will:

• Keep paperwork and necessary student information up to date
• Take pride in and care for the school’s building and grounds: cleaning kitchen and workroom after use, monitoring playground
•  Be familiar with the Parent Handbook
• Adhere to the expectations stated in the Personnel Handbook
• Attend bi-weekly faculty/staff meetings, as possible
• Meet bi-weekly/weekly with the Children’s House Program team
• Participate in yearly Early Childhood Education professional development
• Share all information from parents with the classroom teachers
• Keep all shared information confidential
  Be professional and positive in all dealings with parents

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least one year experience in a preschool environment, preferably Montessori
• The completion of Fundamentals (or equivalent) within the first year of employment
• CPR/First Aid
• A clear record through fingerprinting
• The physical capacity to work with pre-school/toddler aged children (includes but is not limited to: bending, minor lifting, working on the floor)

This entry level role is a wonderful “foot in the door” position that has grown many staff people into full-time salaried positions at the school. This position is an hourly position ranging from $17-19/hour depending on experience.

Facilities Team Member

Reports to: Head of School & Facilities Director

The Facilities Team member coordinates with the Head of School and Facilities Director to ensure the school is clean and safe for our community. This hourly/salaried position can range from 5 to 40 hours a week depending on the time of the year and the needs and desires of the individual and the school. Duties Can include components of the following, depending on the experience and interests of the individual and the needs of the team.:

Supports physical plan

Performs daily checks of the facilities and grounds to ensure functionality. Is familiar with all systems and uses/maintains a contact list for contractors and service providers. Follows monthly and yearly maintenance plans and maintains service logs and manuals for each system.

• Physical structures 
• Water system – Perform daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual water tracking/reporting/maintenance activities.  Possibly become trained to become Hilltop’s certified Water System Operator – Class II Certified Drinking Water Operator
• HVAC systems
• Pump House

Supports campus maintenance

Supports the maintenance of the school’s buildings and outdoor campus, including the playground, landscaping, roads, and walkways. Some of this work may be delegated to outside service providers, when necessary. Oversees the following areas:

• Lawn care 
• Snow removal 
• New and existing structures (greenhouse, swing sets, pond house, pump house, garage, and shed, treehouse, etc.)
• Land management plans—this could include a forestry plan, grazing plan, playing field care, etc.
• Arranging for, or performing, routine gardening work, including Spring and Fall clean-up
• Periodic cleaning, painting, and maintenance projects
• Maintain inventory of janitorial supplies

• Seasonal landscaping including watering and weeding garden beds, seeding grassy areas, clearing overgrown drainage ditches, etc.. 
• Assisting with occasional facilities tasks (e.g. setting up for school events, moving furniture, shampooing carpets, interior painting).
• Occasional locking and unlocking doors for events.

• Participating in long-term facility and maintenance planning and budgeting, including working with the Garden Committee of the Community Association and the Business Manager and Head of School

Oversees campus security 

Understands, operates, and maintains building security systems including fire alarms, motion detector alarm system, and keypad door entries. Possibly serves as one of three emergency numbers should an alarm go off after school hours.

Coordinates Campus Events Use and Rentals 

Manages aspects of campus events and renting our facilities to outside parties including:

• sending and receiving the “Facilities Use Contract” to/from outside parties
• setting up and procuring necessary furniture and equipment for school and outside functions
• coordinating the schedule of events and the facilities needs for school and outside functions
• serving as onsite custodian of the building(s) or finding someone else to help with those responsibilities

Building and maintaining “prepared” outdoor learning environments

The Facilities Team works with classroom teams to enhance and expand the existing curriculum to utilize Hilltop’s “outdoor classrooms”. They oversee the building and preparation of these outdoor spaces and facilitate the hands-on learning that occurs there. Responsibilities include:

• Building, coordinating, and maintaining school gardens, the greenhouse, forest plan, etc.
• Building, maintaining, and mapping trails and outdoor learning spaces in the woods and fields on the school campus.
• Maintaining and supervising the use of Hilltop’s hand tool collection. 
• Building relationships between the school and key players in our community who specialize in land stewardship.
• Working closely with the Director of Development to secure funds for environmental education programs.
• Providing continuing education on contemporary environmental issues for the entire school community, including staff and parents. This might include hosting workshops, discussions, movie screenings, outdoor work parties, and more. (In the future…)

Additional Possibilities—

Develops and implements a “green campus” plan for Hilltop

Researches and presents a best practices document to guide environmentally sound decision-making within the school’s administrative, staff, and student bodies.  Researches and develops sustainable technology projects that both lower Hilltop`s carbon footprint and create hands-on learning opportunities for students. Works with the Buildings and Ground Committee and Head of School to write and secure grant funding for said projects, when available. 

Field Trip Bus Driver

Contingent on the needs of a bus /van driver, this role could include driving students on field trips in a Hilltop vehicle and possibly serving as an additional chaperone. Perform and document all appropriate DOT logs, vehicle safety inspections, student emergency evacuation drills, and annual personal physical exams. The applicant would need to complete the Type II School Bus training requirements. 

Mountain Days

We required “on hands” on deck for our winter sports programming, one day a week for 6 weeks from January – February. This could involve collecting gear at drop-off, transporting students, and assisting as needed.

Job Requirements:

• A clear record through fingerprinting
• The physical capacity to bend and do minor lifting
• Safely use cleaning supplies

Experience preferred but not required.

Hilltop is always looking for help with our youngest students! Substitutes may be asked to help cover for planned teacher absences, or last minute coverage. Reach out if you are interested in learning more!

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least one year experience in a preschool environment, preferably Montessori
• CPR/First Aid
• A clear record through fingerprinting
• The physical capacity to work with pre-school/toddler aged children (includes but is not limited to: bending, minor lifting, working on the floor)

This entry level role is a wonderful “foot in the door” position that has grown many staff people into full-time salaried positions at the school. This position is an hourly position ranging from $17-19/hour depending on experience.