Grades Teacher

Overview

Grades Teaching Position,

Windsong School is committed to teaching according to the methods of Waldorf Education. Our vision is to provide an education that keeps intact a child’s love of learning, cultivates flexible thinking, enriches a connection to nature and the world around them, and provides students with a foundation that will allow them to shape the future positively.

Our faculty-led school shares beliefs that guide us in our work: a willingness to strive and develop, to work out of what we know about child development and Anthroposophy, to teach creatively and with love, and to nurture our parent community. We have a strong in-house mentoring program. New Windsong faculty and staff will join a fun-loving, hardworking, and sincere faculty, will be supported by a friendly and efficient administrative team, and will lead a passionate and engaged parent body.

Windsong serves students in Parent-Child, Early Childhood, and Grades programs that include grades 1-8 as well as six specialty subjects. We have approximately 135 students currently enrolled.

Our school is located above the scenic Spokane River on the historic Mukogawa US 76-acre campus, woven through with antique walkways and quiet tree-lined streets. We enjoy trail access to the Spokane River and abundant nature opportunities. Our campus is only 5 minutes from downtown Spokane.

Requirements: Ideal candidates are experienced teachers who are Waldorf-certified or enrolled in a training program and possess a Bachelor’s degree. At a minimum, prospective candidates will be willing to pursue certification as Waldorf teachers, have experience working with school-aged children, and have the equivalent of two years of higher education.

Benefits and Salary: Benefits include 100% tuition remission, professional development support, one week of personal time off, and five weeks of school-year holiday. Salary is TBD upon finalization of the upcoming budget.

To apply: Please compile a letter of interest, a professional resume, contact information for three professional references, a summary of the life experiences that led you to apply for this unique position, and your responses to the prompts below. Send one e-mail with your materials to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Please read the following and comment on the prompts:

• Discovering A Genius:
  Rudolf Steiner at 150 by Frederick Amrine (title text only)
• Windsong School’s Foundational Principles (title text only)
• One or more ideas you find interesting or inspiring.
• One or more ideas are challenging to understand at this point.
• One or more ideas you might disagree with at this point.

Notes: Waldorf education rests on the tenets of Anthroposophy, a spiritualized philosophy that informs our outlook on the human experience. Our educational practices rest on the observations and insights of Waldorf educators who use Anthroposophy as a framework, along with mainstream research on effective educational practices and child development.