Location: The Kensington School — Richmond, TX 77469
Schedule: 8:30a–5:30p daily; may open (6:15a) or close (~6:00p) as assigned/when needed
Reports To: Director and Owner
Role Summary
Hands-on coordinator splitting time between front office operations and classroom support. You’ll keep the lobby and phones running smoothly, ensure files are Day-1 ready, support teachers with student engagement and classroom management and routine implementation, conduct safety sweeps, and handle practical sanitation tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
General Operations
- Answer phones and greet visitors; manage lobby flow and verify authorized pickups/IDs.
- Organize special events (graduation, staff/family parties) as assigned.
- Serve as point of contact for vendors (e.g., catering, cleaning, landscaping).
- Ensure afterschool students are transported safely; drive the van when scheduled (headcounts, rosters, loading/unloading, parent notifications).
Front Office & Parent Relations
- Reconcile daily sign-in/out; clear voicemails by close during your coverage blocks.
- Relay information between teachers and parents; communicate parent requests and escalate complaints to leadership.
- Protect the confidentiality of student/staff records and conversations.
- Ensure required doctor’s notes are received before student return, when applicable.
- Help at community fairs and may give tours as scheduled; manage follow-ups/CRM entries.
- Track daily student absences so rosters remain accurate.
Classroom Support
- Step into classrooms to cover absent staff for short blocks.
- Support teachers with student engagement, classroom management and implementation of routines/transitions/spacing; leave brief written notes. This aspect is key to the role and must exhibit successful experience in this area.
- Change diapers if needed.
- Perform sanitation tasks (including bodily fluids) using PPE and checklists; complete same-day incident hand-offs.
Scheduling & Training
- Assign staff to cover holes in coordination with the Director and maintain the daily coverage board.
- Set the staff schedule including lunch breaks in coordination with the Director; communicate updates promptly.
- Track ongoing staff training; keep records current and ensure staff files include training certificates.
Meals & Food Service
- Obtain and maintain food-handler/food-license training (sponsored).
- Maintain snack inventory and place orders; oversee distribution as assigned.
- Support lunch/snack menu distribution, logistics and ensure allergy accommodations are followed.
Enrollment & Records
- Ensure immunizations are up to date and assist families with updates.
- Ensure new-start child packets are 100% complete before Day-1.
- Keep office/admin staff files complete, including required documents and training records.
Transportation (Afterschool Pick-Ups)
- Drive daycare van when scheduled; accurate headcounts, maintained rosters, and clear communication of absences.
Must-Haves
- 1–2+ years in early childhood or a school/childcare front-office + classroom hybrid role.
- Calm, friendly presence with children and families
- Proven classroom-management and positive behavior guidance experience, with 1–2 concrete results (e.g., reduced repeat incidents, smoother transitions).
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Comfortable with sanitation tasks using PPE; able to lift ~30 lbs and move throughout the day.
- Valid driver’s license and comfort driving a passenger van (training provided).
- Basic Google Workspace; high-speed typing skills, willingness to learn Procare/CRM tools.
Nice-to-Haves
- BA, CDA, or AA in ECE; bilingual English/Spanish;
Pay & Benefits competitive DOE, PTO and paid holidays per policy; urgent-care access, training provided.
History
The Kensington School was developed by a group of educators and youth developers who saw the need for an Early Childhood Educaon Center in the Sugar Land-RichmondHouston area that would draw on the best practices of Montessori education and would combine these practices with a focus on 21st-century skills and technology . We believe that this will prepare students to start elementary school with an edge and be prepared for college and careers of the future.
Our purpose
Too many of the childcare centers in the area miss out on all of the opportunities to nurture the intellectual, social, cognitive, physical, and emotional development of the children in their care. We feel that the Montessori approach is a proven and compelling model, but several elements of the Montessori approach need to be updated to the 21st century. Moreover, the Sugar Land Richmond area does not seem to have the rich offerings in after-school and summer programming that involve more innovative learning, which is common in areas such as Silicon Valley.
Mission Statement
The Kensington School’s mission is to integrate the Montessori philosophy with 21st-century skills development practices and cutting-edge educational approaches to offer a program that is fun, addresses the needs of the whole child, and prepares our graduates to enter elementary school with a sound academic foundation.
Salary :
Activate JobCopilot
Your email job alert is now active!