Grades Class Teacher

Potomac Crescent Waldorf School seeks a grades class teacher for the  school year to join our dedicated faculty and vibrant community at our newly renovated school in historic Old Town Alexandria. Grades class teachers are responsible for teaching their class from 7:45 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Thursdays, they teach from 7:45 a.m. until noon and participate in faculty meetings until 3:00 p.m. Duties include the following:

• Planning and teaching developmentally-appropriate daily main lessons, certain specialty classes and extra main lesson classes based on Waldorf pedagogy and PCWS’s articulated curriculum plan;
• Coordinating with specialty class teachers, including sharing information, strategies, and action plans for individual students when needed;
• Securing all supplies and materials needed for the daily lessons and working within the class supply budget;
• Maintaining a clean, orderly, and beautiful classroom;
• Writing comprehensive, narrative year-end reports;
• Working closely with class parents through regular communication and class updates and by scheduling, organizing and hosting four parent evening meetings and two parent‑teacher conferences during the year;
• Working with the Director of Admissions and Enrollment and the grades department to admit families into the grades program.

Grades class teachers are active members of the school’s collaborative faculty and participate in weekly faculty meetings, grades department meetings, and committee work. As such, the candidate must be able to work cooperatively with colleagues and engage in school events and festival celebrations. A commitment to our principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice and a willingness to participate in ongoing work related to this is essential.

The ideal candidate will have a confident classroom presence with strong social and communication skills and a love for children and teaching. We are seeking candidates who have a bachelor’s degree and either have completed Waldorf grades teacher training or can commit to this training and are receptive to mentoring. We highly value Waldorf teaching experience. This is an exempt, salaried position.

We look forward to receiving your application! Applications can be submitted on the employment page of our school website omac Waldorf.org/employment. Candidates are also welcome to contact us with questions at personnel.