Priority Listing First Grade Class Teacher

Westside Waldorf School is currently accepting applications for an experienced Grade One Class Teacher for the 2026-27 school year.

We offer generous compensation and benefits, the opportunity to collaborate with a vibrant and experienced faculty and staff, and engagement with a community that is dedicated to holding space for a healthy childhood. Candidates must be Waldorf trained, have successful teaching experience, a commitment to excellence in education, effective classroom management skills, and a love of parent work.

Westside Waldorf School has found a new home after the Palisades fire and is growing! We are located in the ocean side neighborhood of Santa Monique near the beautiful Pacific and just a stone's throw from Los Angeles. We offer a comprehensive program for grades 1-8 including movement, Spanish, Mandarin, handwork, woodwork, instrumental and choral music, games, a middle school math track, and gardening classes.

We also have a robust early Childhood Program including Parent and Child. We are home to a resilient and diverse community with a wide range of life experiences and geographic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. With strong foundations, our graduates successfully transition to a variety of high schools, both locally and outside the area. Westside Waldorf School is currently an AWSNA member and has been a full member of WECAN since 2009.

Health, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, 403b with matching, tuition remission, and professional development benefits

• Bachelor’s degree
• Waldorf teaching certification for Grades Class Teaching (completed)
• Minimum of three years teaching experience in Grades 1-8

To learn more about WWS, please visit our website at:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

Westside Waldorf School is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.