Job Description:
Faculty Assistant, Early Childhood 
Begins August 2025

Job Summary:  Pembroke Hill School seeks a caring, growth-minded educator to join its early childhood team as a faculty assistant. In partnership with a lead teacher, the faculty assistant builds community and encourages children to play, investigate, problem-solve, and construct new understandings in a welcoming, joyful environment. Faculty assistants support children’s growth and development by preparing materials, setting up learning spaces, and leading experiences that build on student interests, motivations, and wonderings.
 
Inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education, our faculty and staff believe in an image of the child as capable, curious, and eager to learn and make sense of the world. Faculty Assistants contribute significantly to the educational program by serving as positive role models and guides for children, facilitating healthy and productive relationships, and assisting in implementing student-centered curriculum and classroom routines.

Qualifications and Requirements:
 

• Bachelor’s Degree; education related or equivalent experience in education. 
• 1-3 years experience working with children, preferably in a teaching or tutoring role.
• Prefer experience or knowledge of the Reggio Emilia Approach. 
• Strong communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain positive relationships with children, families, and colleagues.
• Collaborates with the lead teacher on curricular planning, student learning experiences, and professional growth.
• Must model the Mission, Values and Promise of Pembroke Hill School (see below)

Schedule: Based on the school year, August- May, Monday- Friday 7:40 am-3:40 pm. During the school year, there are three school vacations –  one week at Thanksgiving, two weeks in December, and two weeks in March – plus holidays, personal and sick days.

Compensation: The annual base salary for the school year ranges from $33,600-36,700 bbased on previous experience, and there are ways to earn additional compensation through the extended day program, coaching, and/or summer camp. There is a full range of excellent benefits, including health, dental, retirement match (up to 8%), professional development, PHS tuition remission, free lunch, and more!  

About Pembroke Hill School:
Pembroke Hill School is an independent school in Kansas City, Missouri. Pembroke Hill seeks to fulfill our mission by recognizing that diversity, belonging, equity, and inclusion are integral elements of school and community life. Our mission-inspired goal is together, cultivating each to be a global thinker and valuable member of the PHS community poised to acquire the academic and life skills that make a significant difference for all. We have newer and updated facilities, excellent classroom resources, small class sizes, and a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

If you would like to join a highly qualified team who enjoys teaching talented and dedicated students and would like to be considered for this opportunity, complete the online application.

Physical Demands for Faculty positions: 
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods. For elementary and lower school, sit on the floor for extended periods of time.
• Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Physical ability to lift, carry and/or hold up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
• Ability to occasionally balance, reach, bend, squat, stoop, or kneel
• Ability to climb stairs, walk, and occasionally run, if required