World Language Teacher at Richmond Waldorf School – Richmond, Virginia
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About This Position
The World Language Teacher will plan, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in a learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic and personal potential. The teacher works with the class teacher to nurture the class community of students, parents, and colleagues.
Essential Functions:
- Researches the curriculum and methodologies for the grade level being taught
- Prepares appropriate activities to effectively instruct the class
- Creates the year’s curriculum and develops lesson plans
- Prepares and presents lessons that are inspired by and expressive of Waldorf pedagogy
- Engages students in appropriate intellectual, artistic, practical, and social activities
- Works with the class teacher and other specialty teachers to nurture the class community of students, parents, and colleagues
- Schedules and participates in parent conferences, as necessary
- Attends parent evenings when requested by class teacher
- Supports teachers and administration by performing functions not directly related to their teaching
- Works with colleagues in faculty and section meetings
- Works with parents and volunteers in committee meetings, task forces, and on projects
- Meets with parents at parent-teacher conferences as requested
- Submits end-of-year reports
- Submits quarterly and semester reports/grades
- Writes student recommendations, as needed
- Reviews and assesses the effectiveness of work with students, parents, and colleagues
- Works with advisor at least bi-weekly
- Attend and participate in various school-wide events
- Prepares substitution plans for on-going classes.
- Maintains positive relationships with parents and responds to all parent concerns
- Maintains positive, professional relationships with colleagues and responds to all collegial concerns
- Engages in on-going professional and personal growth
- Fulfills other duties, as assigned, relative to the job responsibilities
- Ability to learn content of the lessons, present it appropriately, develop relevant assignments
- Ability to meet students' academic, social, and emotional needs
- Ability to manage the class and to provide appropriate discipline
- Working with Anthroposophy to provide a Waldorf education
- Excellent human relationship skills with children and adults
- Positive, professional relationships with colleagues
- Positive, professional relationships with parents and volunteers
- Clear and timely communication with parents and colleagues
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to learn content of the lessons, present it appropriately, develop relevant assignments
- Ability to meet students' academic, social, and emotional needs
- Ability to manage the class and to provide appropriate discipline
- Working with Anthroposophy to provide a Waldorf education
- Excellent human relationship skills with children and adults
- Positive, professional relationships with colleagues
- Positive, professional relationships with parents and volunteers
- Clear and timely communication with parents and colleagues
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Required:
- 2-3 years of teaching experience
Preferred:
- Waldorf teaching experience
- Teacher certification
- Experience in a school setting
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.
Compensation and Benefits:This is a 30-hour per week position. The salary rate for this regular, part-time,exempt position is $30,750 to $48,750 per year, depending on exact experience and qualifications. This is a 10-month school year position and is an immediate opening. RWS offers the following benefits for this position classification:
- Health, Dental and Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- 60 hours Paid Time Off (PTO) per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30)
- Paid Holidays & School Breaks (subject to finalized school schedule each year)
- 75% Tuition remission for dependent child/ren enrolled at RWS
- Free Aftercare for dependent children during scheduled work hours (children must also be enrolled in a school program.)
Interested applicants should complete the application and submit their resume and cover letter. Priority consideration will be given to candidates that apply by November 1st; the position will remain open until filled.