Temporary Classroom Teacher (Various)

Essential Functions:

• Research and implement curriculum and instructional methods in alignment with Waldorf pedagogy.
• Plan and deliver engaging lessons that integrate intellectual, artistic, practical, and social learning.
• Design and implement main lesson blocks that promote deep, immersive learning experiences in collaboration with a mentor or advisor.
• Teach core subjects, including language arts, mathematics, nature studies, form drawing, and storytelling, ensuring a holistic educational approach.
• Collaborate with specialty teachers to support their work with the class.
• Plan and organize activities, field trips, and outings to enhance instruction.
• Foster a supportive class community among students, parents, and colleagues.
• Maintain positive, professional relationships with parents and colleagues, responding appropriately to concerns.
• Assess student progress through formal and informal methods, providing feedback and evaluating lesson effectiveness.
• Submit rubrics for parent-teacher conferences.
• Meet weekly with an advisor for support and guidance.
• Participate in section meetings
• Fulfills other duties, as assigned, relative to the job responsibilities

Competencies:

• Strong ability to learn and present lesson content, design meaningful assignments, and support students’ academic, social, and emotional development.
• Effective classroom management and appropriate discipline strategies.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with children, parents, colleagues, and volunteers.
• Clear and timely communication with parents and colleagues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• 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

Essential Content Knowledge (specific to various temporary openings)

 2nd Grade:

• Language Arts: Development of reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and oral storytelling through fables, legends, and nature stories.
• Mathematics: Reinforcement of foundational arithmetic, place value, problem-solving, and form drawing with symmetry.
• Science & Social Studies: Nature studies, including plants and animals, hands-on activities, and outdoor experiences.
• Speech & Drama: Poetry recitation, speech exercises, and class plays to enhance verbal expression and confidence.

7th Grade:

Language Arts

• Vocabulary, spelling, etymology, and word roots
• Writing process, grammar, narrative & analytical writing, poetry
• Research skills: note-taking, source evaluation, reporting
• Literature analysis, book discussions, historical connections
• Verbal skills, presentations, speech & drama
  Mathematics

• Arithmetic: number theory, ratios, percent, word problems
• Pre-Algebra: exponents, linear equations, algebraic applications
• Geometry: Pythagorean Theorem, angle proofs, Golden Ratio, area calculations
  Perspective Drawing

• Techniques in perspective, vanishing points, and three-dimensional representation
  History

• Late Medieval – High Renaissance history, including Joan of Arc, the Black Death, the Reformation, European exploration, and the Italian Renaissance