Early Childhood Lead Teacher
Maine Coast Waldorf School, Freeport, Maine
Starting August, 2024
Founded in 1984, Maine Coast Waldorf School serves approximately 260 children from parent/toddler through high school. We are an accredited Waldorf program with more than 35 full-time faculty members currently offering: two world languages, handwork, woodwork, instrumental and choral music, movement class and a variety of seasonal extra-curricular activities, including a vibrant cross-country skiing program.
Position: A Lead full-time teacher in our mixed-age kindergarten program for the 2024/2025 academic year, beginning in August 2024. The Lead Teacher will have the support of an assistant, and other lead teachers in adjoining early childhood classes and should have experience working with three and four year-olds. Our early childhood program is housed in a custom, straw-bale-constructed Early Childhood Center, situated on 80 beautiful acres, where our program offers ample outdoor experiences including a forest day.
Qualifications, Salary and Benefits: Ideal candidates have completed a WECAN-approved early childhood training, a bachelor’s degree, and have at least two years of Waldorf early childhood teaching experience as a lead teacher and a commitment to working out of Anthroposophy. Applicants must be dedicated to excellence in teaching and recognize the importance of parent education, self-development and collegial cooperation. Full-time faculty are offered 80% tuition remission, medical, dental, and disability coverage, a retirement plan, and financial support for professional development. Our base salary is $48,630 plus increases for prior experience and an advanced degree.
Our talented and dedicated faculty, who find strength, vision and inspiration from Anthroposophical principles are committed to providing a superb Waldorf education. We are well supported by an active Board of Directors and a creative and generous parent community.
Maine Coast Waldorf School is committed to enriching its educational experience and culture through the diversity of our faculty and staff. We actively seek systemically excluded communities in our applicant pool, including but not limited to BIPOC and/or LGBTQIAP2+ candidates.
Maine Coast Waldorf School strives to promote social justice. We are committed to affirming people of all religions, spiritual values, countries of origin, immigration statuses, races, genders, abilities, identities, and sexual orientations. MCWS is a multicultural, pluralistic community; we embrace diversity as a core strength of our community and seek to make our curriculum and policies as inclusive as possible. MCWS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation and national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational programs, hiring, self-government, admissions, financial aid and all other school-related activities, and emphatically rejects discrimination in all its forms.
To Apply: Please send a letter of introduction, your resume, and two letters of recommendation to David Eichler, Pedagogical Director, at jobs@mainecoastwaldorf.org.
Full member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
Maine Coast Waldorf School
57 Desert Road, Freeport, Maine 04032
207-865-3900 www.mainecoastwaldorf.org