Essential Functions:

• 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

Competencies:

• Ability to teach and help foster young children’s development with the understanding that young children learn primary through imitation. Special attention is placed in bringing meaningful activities and movement, nourishing images and speech, and creating an environment imbued with joyfulness   
• Ability to guide children toward independence, coordination, cooperation, social awareness, and a feeling of belonging to the group as a whole
• Work closely and cooperatively with early childhood faculty and maintains positive, professional relationships with all faculty and staff. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Works with mentor at least bi-weekly (weekly during 1st year of teaching) 
•  Competence with email, Zoom, Google, and general office equipment.
• Researches the curriculum and methodologies for working with young children 
• Engages in on-going professional and personal growth.  Maintain a high level of initiative for continuous learning and mentoring.
• Maintaining an openness to understand and work with the Anthroposophical underpinnings of Waldorf Education and child development
• The class teacher serves as the leader of the class community and oversees its educational, social and practical functions.
• Excellent human relationship skills with children and adults
• Positive, professional relationships with colleagues
• Positive, professional relationships with parents and volunteers
• Clear and timely communication with parents and colleagues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Supervisory Responsibilities

Train and oversee work of the assistant teacher and provide on-going mentoring

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

The school work calendar includes two weeks before and one week after the close of the academic year, and additional times as the school deems necessary.

• Employee’s work extends beyond the scheduled school days to include open houses, work days, festivals, and community events. 
• Employee will arrive at school by 7:45 a.m. and may leave after 3:15 on days when there are no meetings.  Employee will work with their class from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.