New York, New York
New York, New York
Los Altos Hills, California
Posted: 24-Mar-26
Location: nashville, Tennessee
Type: Full Time
Salary: Negotiable
Preferred Education:
Position:Subject Teacher, Spanish, K-8
Status: Full-Time
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Qualifications:
3+ years previous classroom experience
Strong knowledge of Waldorf education or a willingness to learn and grow within its principles and pedagogical practices.
Primary Function:
Subject Teachers are considered to be knowledgeable in their subject and are responsible for developing, planning, and teaching their programs.
Classroom Responsibilities and Duties:
- Prepare and teach subject curriculum, guided by the principles of Waldorf education.
- Develop and maintain a safe, harmonious social environment for the students.
- Provide regular communication to Class Teachers about curriculum, student performance, and unusual incidents.
- Begin and end classes on time to support the daily schedule.
- Participation in recess coverage for grades 1 – 8.
- Attend at least one class/parent meeting to explain subject curriculum, answer parent questions, and foster familiarity between parents and Subject Teachers.
- Be available for parent-teacher conferences as requested by Class Teacher.
- Arrange and participate in conference(s) with parent and support faculty members, as needed, to discuss student academic or disciplinary concerns.
- Document observations of each student related to successes and challenges of presented curriculum.
- Complete quarter, mid-year, and end of year report narratives covering student’s progress in subject class.
- Submit reports by assigned deadlines.
Additional Responsibilities:
All teachers share responsibility for the well-being of the school. Aspects of this responsibility are:
- Maintaining and striving for an openness to understand and work with the Anthroposophical underpinnings of Waldorf Education and child development.
- Attendance and participation in weekly faculty meetings, In-service sessions in the beginning and end of each academic year (August and May) and spring of each year (February or March).
- Post office hours providing a minimum of one 30 – 60 minute period each week for phone or in-person conference availability.
- Attendance and participation in weekly Section meeting(s) as applicable to your position.
- Attendance and participation in Class section meetings in the Fall and Spring, as determined in consultation with Class Teacher, to share experiences and observations about each grade.
