Teacher Position
The Teacher Role is a part-time position, requiring 27-32 hours per week, including prep time and staff meetings.
Qualifications:
Candidates must possess at least one of the following:
Additional Requirements
Compensation & Benefits:
Teacher: competitive hourly rate DOE, paid professional development, paid sick days, paid national holidays, 6 weeks paid vacation per year, opportunity to grow with us and expand your role as it helps fulfill our mission.
How to apply:
To apply, please send a resume/CV and single-page cover letter to: [email protected]
No calls, please.
- Work hours are Mon-Fri, 8:15am to 1:30pm, plus 5 hrs prep time per week, and weekly staff meetings.
Qualifications:
Candidates must possess at least one of the following:
- Minimum 12 units completed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) or equivalent field courses
- Completion of a minimum of level two Forest School teacher training
- Comparable recognized teacher training
Additional Requirements
- Minimum 2 years experience teaching with groups children 2-6 years old, including at least 1 year of teaching experience in an outdoor, nature based setting
- The ability to assess development of children in care
- The ability to implement emergency response plans in unexpected events
- Ability Uphold safety guidelines, rules, and land regulations
- Basic knowledge of local hazards
- Naturalist knowledge and skills / nature connection / awareness of local natural history
- Ability to conduct ongoing risk assessment
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Children
- Co-teachers
- Families
- Greater community
- Leadership ability
- Group management
- Hold boundaries for children and adults
- Responsiveness
- Integrity
- Supervision & mentorship of assistant teachers
- Storytelling abilities
- Willingness to sing joyfully
- CPR certification, Pediatric First Aid, and ability to pass criminal records check
- Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions
- Comfortable sitting on the ground and getting dirty.
- Comfortable handling insects and other small creatures.
- Interested in further growth in naturalist studies and mentoring
- Physically fit, able to crouch, dig, climb, hike, and carry up to 40lbs
- Basic use of hand tools (knife, hand saw, rope, sewing needles, etc)
- Basic fire tending and safety skills
- Basic tracking skills
- Understanding of bird language
- Background in or familiar with Waldorf Education
- Ancestral/Primitive skills
- Familiarity with native and naturalized plants
Compensation & Benefits:
Teacher: competitive hourly rate DOE, paid professional development, paid sick days, paid national holidays, 6 weeks paid vacation per year, opportunity to grow with us and expand your role as it helps fulfill our mission.
How to apply:
To apply, please send a resume/CV and single-page cover letter to: [email protected]
No calls, please.