Substitute Teacher

Job Title

Substitute Teacher

1301 Robin Hood Rd
Richmond, VA, 23227

Richmond Waldorf School was founded in 1996 with a passion for providing children a holistic education that falls in alignment with their natural human development through hands‑on, nature‑rich, and play‑based experiences. We are dedicated to providing a learning environment that cultivates creative thinking, genuine inquiry, and a love of learning. RWS has grown from a single Kindergarten classroom to a campus that serves almost 200 students from Pre‑K through 8th grade.

Our specialty program includes Movement Arts, Mandarin, French, Biking, Music & Strings, Handwork, Woodwork, Visual Arts, and Latin. Richmond Waldorf School is a Candidate School of AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), SAIS (Southern Association of Independent Schools) and is a member of WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America). We have a College, Board of Trustees, and Parents Association that help ensure support for the health of the school.

We have a beautiful, urban campus in the Northside of Richmond, Virginia, close to Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Richmond, and only a few hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Washington, DC, and the coastal beaches of Virginia and North Carolina. Richmond is a rapidly growing city with amazing restaurants, a thriving art and music scene, and a plethora of outdoor parks and walking trails.

The James River winds its way through the heart of the city, offering four seasons of adventure and beauty.

Richmond Waldorf School is seeking a kind, creative, and nurturing substitute teacher for our EC program of children ages three to six years old and for our Grades program of 1st - 8th graders. The substitute teacher provides instruction, manages the classroom environment, and promotes student learning in the absence of the regular teacher. Classes offered at RWS include language arts, literature, math, science, history, geography, drawing, handwork, woodwork, Mandarin, French, movement, music, and biking.

• Oversee daily activities with children involvement
• Attend to disruptive children and encourage appropriate social interaction
• Supervise and ensure all children are safe and treated fairly by their peers
• Maintain a flexible mindset and the ability to receive direct guidance
• Have a love of young children and joy in teaching them
• Show patience to help children gain independence
• Display good time management without rushing or multi-tasking
• Serve as a "model", in word and deed, for the children to follow

This is a temporary position with hourly rate varying due to experience. The starting rate for this position is $16.00/hour.

Job Type: Temporary

Interested applicants should complete the application and submit their resume and cover letter. Priority consideration will be given to candidates that apply by July 15th; the position will remain open until filled.

• Experience with children: 1 year (Required)
• Classroom experience: 1 year (Required)
• Classroom management: 1 year (Preferred)
• Childcare: 1 year (Preferred)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.