Montessori Assistant (Casa Class)

Little ones at a Montessori pre-school in Stellenbosch learn through play, and you'll set up that play. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

The work is in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Help aftercare learners with homework and reading
• Set up daily learning areas for art, blocks, reading and fantasy play
• Prepare simple, nutritious snacks and keep the kitchen hygienic
• Clean and sanitise toys, mats and tables at the end of the day
• Follow the NCF daily programme and adapt it for each age group
• Feed, change and settle babies and toddlers on their routine
• Run morning ring with songs, weather and counting

• Able to follow hygiene and safety routines without cutting corners
• Paediatric first aid certificate
• Warm, patient and energetic with small children
• Matric
• ECD Level 4 or Level 5 qualification, or currently studying towards one

• Speak more than one home language of the children you'll teach
• Basic music, art or movement skills for group activities

• Reduced fees for your own child
• Sponsored ECD Level 5 studies
• Short holiday closures over December and Easter
• Lunch provided on school days

• Put your ECD level and first aid certificate in the first lines of your CV; creches check these before anything else.
• Add one sentence about an activity you ran that the children loved; it shows you can plan, not just supervise.