Preschool Lead Teacher & Director

About

The program serves children primarily ages 3-5, offering a wealth of outdoor immersion and daily movement, work, and artistic activities. Children attend class Monday through Friday, for either our half-day program ending at 12:45 pm or our full-day program ending at 3 pm.

Essential Job Duties

• Planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate program that meets the needs of the children and families while maintaining continuity with SCWS Early Childhood Programs.
• Preparing practical and artistic classroom activities, healthy meals, and playtime indoors and out.
• Leading seasonal songs, stories, and puppetry.
• Engaging with parents and fostering healthy parent relations.
• Providing a safe, loving, nurturing environment for children.
• Ensuring that the PK program complies with California Child Care Licensing regulations.
• Attending department, faculty, and committee meetings, festival work within the school, and parent education.
• Participating in enrollment events and conducting interviews with new applicants.
• Conducting Parent/teacher conferences during the Fall and Spring semester, and facilitating between 3-4 class meetings a year.
• Maintaining complete and accurate child files, forms, and reports within allotted timelines.
• Filing an End of Year class report by July 1st of each academic year.

Qualifications

• Candidates must meet the California Community Care Licensing requirements for a fully qualified teacher – At least 12 ECE/CD units, which include Child Development; Child, Family, & Community; and ECE Program and Curriculum, and a minimum of (3) units in administration or staff relations, and/or possess a Child Development Program Director Permit.
• Have a minimum of 4 years of teaching experience in a supervised group childcare setting.
• Our ideal candidate will have completed Waldorf or Lifeways Early Childhood training and have experience as a Lead or co-teacher in a Preschool setting.
• We would also love to find a candidate who could envision themselves making a long-term commitment to the school and energetically embracing the building and expansion of the preschool program.

Employment Details

• The salary for this position is $76,530.
• The school contributes 81% to the health benefits for the employee and their eligible family members, and full tuition remission for full-time employees’ children enrolled at SCWS.

To Apply

A comprehensive position description and information for this full-time salaried position are available upon request. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and three references to peddirector@santacruzwaldorf.org