1st Grade Assistant Teacher — Waldorf Aftercare

Full‑Time: 1st Grade Assistant Teacher 2026‑2027 and Kindergarten Aftercare 2026‑2027

Compensation: $26–$32 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

Benefits: Excellent benefits are offered to employees working at least 80% FTE, including medical, dental, and vision, as well as tuition remission. Full benefits are available for eligible dependents and 80% coverage for dependents/20% for spouses.

Wildcat Canyon Community School is seeking a 1st Grade Assistant to work with the 1st Grade Teacher for the  school year. The position can also be full‑time if paired with Kindergarten Aftercare.

Ideal candidates are: joyful and love working with children; able to follow a lead teacher’s cues as well as the rhythms of the classroom; comfortable navigating conflict and facilitating play with children; able to multitask and prioritize tasks; socially intelligent and with a strong personal commitment to an anti‑racist path and classroom. Waldorf familiarity and/or training are a plus.

• Ability to lift 50 pounds, get up and off the ground repeatedly during each day, and carry a loaded backpack for up to two hours at a time
• Ability to hike up to 3 miles, in uneven terrain, in all weather conditions

• Support the class teacher in maintaining the daily classroom rhythm
• Supervise students during class, recess, transitions, and field trips
• Ability to facilitate healthy play dynamics and implement appropriate classroom management techniques
• Provide academic and behavioral support to individual students and small groups
• Hold the order and rhythm of the class in the lead teacher’s absence
• Prepare classroom materials, supplies, and seasonal projects
• Help maintain a beautiful, orderly classroom environment
• Communication with the lead teacher regarding student observations
• Know and implement the discipline policy set in the All School Parent Handbook.
• Care for the physical and emotional well‑being of the children and their families
• Foster positive relationships with their colleagues, children, and families.
• Maintain a professional relationship with parents and observe strict confidentiality regarding all school, child, and family matters.
• Weekly planning meetings with the lead teacher

Working collaboratively with the Early Childhood faculty and the Aftercare Manager, the Aftercare Teacher maintains a consistent afternoon rhythm that supports children's physical, emotional, and social well‑being while ensuring a smooth transition from the school day to family pick‑up.

• Ability to lift 50 pounds, get up and off the ground repeatedly during each day, and carry a loaded backpack for up to two hours at a time
• Ability to hike up to 3 miles, in uneven terrain, in all weather conditions

• Maintain a restful afternoon rhythm
• Supervising nap and quiet time
• Preparing and serving snacks
• Outdoor play supervision
• Supporting imagination and meaningful work.
• Classroom cleanup and organization
• Parent communication and sign‑out procedures

WCCS is a Waldorf school, an AWSNA, and WECAN associate member school. An independent, coed school, WCCS serves more than 190 students from preschool through middle school on a remarkable 11-acre hillside campus with an additional 80 acres, which provides endless opportunities for outdoor classroom experiences. We are currently thriving in our fifth year as a parent/teacher cooperative that blossomed from the East Bay Waldorf School.

We are a collective of teachers and faculty reimagining Waldorf curriculum in an effort to bring it to current times to meet the children of today.

We are looking for educators who will join us in cultivating a school resonant with the impulses of Waldorf education: a development of the “head, heart, and hands” in children, which offers them a holistic education in service of supporting the development of free‑thinking human beings who can make their unique contributions to the future - while simultaneously, centering diversity, equity and inclusion through curriculum, stories and festivals.

Please send your letter of interest, resume, and the names and contact information of three references to jobs

Wildcat Canyon Community School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applicants of any color, race, gender, sexual orientation, and all ethnic, national, cultural, social, and religious backgrounds.