Early Childhood Lead Teacher
About
Richmond Waldorf School was founded in 1996 with a passion for providing children a holistic education that falls in alignment with their natural human development through hands-on, nature-rich, and play-based experiences. We are dedicated to providing a learning environment that cultivates creative thinking, genuine inquiry, and a love of learning. RWS has grown from a single Kindergarten classroom to a campus that serves 200 students from Pre-K through 8th grade. Our specialty program includes Movement Arts, French, Biking, Handwork, Music and Strings, Woodwork, Visual Arts, and Latin. Richmond Waldorf School is a Candidate School of AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), SAIS (Southern Association of Independent Schools) and is a member of WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America). We have a College, Board of Trustees, and Parents Association that help ensure support for the health of the school.
Essential Job Duties
- Prepare a developmentally-appropriate Waldorf program and rhythm for indoors and outdoors in mixed age class (3.5-5.3 year olds) by preparing and leading daily activities such as bodily care, circle, imaginative play, story & puppetry, handcrafts, painting, practical home-like activities, snack, and outdoor activities
- Foster each child’s growth through observation, study, documentation, activity, and Waldorf pedagogy guided by Anthroposophy
- Participate in enrollment, all-school, and festival activities and events
- Attend Early Childhood Teacher meetings and Faculty meetings each week
- Cultivate strong relationships with parents through regular communication, parent-teacher conferences, parent enrichment meetings, and end of year reports. Maintains positive relationships with parents and responds to concerns
- Develop and maintain a safe, harmonious, and nurturing environment for the children to learn and develop. Guiding and redirecting children’s behavior while maintaining self-esteem
- Develop and maintain a clean, orderly classroom environment
- Maintains positive relationships with parents and responds to all parent concerns
- Maintains positive, professional relationships with colleagues and responds to all collegial concerns
- Engages in on-going professional and personal growth
- Fulfills other duties, as assigned, relative to the job responsibilities
Qualifications
- Experience and education (to be determined by the Faculty College)
- Waldorf teaching experience
- Other teaching experience