Temporary Class Teacher

Position Responsibilities

Summary:

The Temporary Class Teacher serves as the leader of the class community, overseeing its educational, social, and practical functions. They plan, organize, and implement developmentally appropriate instruction in a learning environment that nurtures students' academic and personal growth. With a deep understanding of child development, the teacher supports students' physical, emotional, and intellectual growth. They also integrate artistic experiences, such as music, visual arts, drama, and movement, into all subject areas, emphasizing creativity in learning. Working collaboratively with colleagues and parents, the Temporary Class Teacher fosters a sense of connection and continuity, ensuring alignment with Waldorf education principles to nurture the whole child.

Essential Functions:

• Research and implement curriculum and instructional methods in alignment with Waldorf pedagogy.
• Plan and deliver engaging lessons that integrate intellectual, artistic, practical, and social learning.
• Design and implement main lesson blocks that promote deep, immersive learning experiences in collaboration with a mentor or advisor.
• Teach core subjects, including language arts, mathematics, nature studies, form drawing, and storytelling, ensuring a holistic educational approach.
• Collaborate with specialty teachers to support their work with the class.
• Plan and organize activities, field trips, and outings to enhance instruction.
• Foster a supportive class community among students, parents, and colleagues.
• Maintain positive, professional relationships with parents and colleagues, responding appropriately to concerns.
• Assess student progress through formal and informal methods, providing feedback and evaluating lesson effectiveness.
• Submit rubrics for parent-teacher conferences.
• Meet weekly with an advisor for support and guidance.
• Participate in section meetings
• Fulfills other duties, as assigned, relative to the job responsibilities

Competencies:

• Strong ability to learn and present lesson content, design meaningful assignments, and support students’ academic, social, and emotional development.
• Effective classroom management and appropriate discipline strategies. 
• Excellent relationship-building skills with children, parents, colleagues, and volunteers.
• Clear and timely communication with parents and colleagues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• 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

Essential Content Knowledge (specific to various temporary openings)

2nd Grade:

• Language Arts: Development of reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and oral storytelling through fables, legends, and nature stories.
• Mathematics: Reinforcement of foundational arithmetic, place value, problem-solving, and form drawing with symmetry.
• Science & Social Studies: Nature studies, including plants and animals, hands-on activities, and outdoor experiences.
• Speech & Drama: Poetry recitation, speech exercises, and class plays to enhance verbal expression and confidence.

7th Grade:

Language Arts

• Vocabulary, spelling, etymology, and word roots
• Writing process, grammar, narrative & analytical writing, poetry
• Research skills: note-taking, source evaluation, reporting
• Literature analysis, book discussions, historical connections
• Verbal skills, presentations, speech & drama

Mathematics

• Arithmetic: number theory, ratios, percent, word problems
• Pre-Algebra: exponents, linear equations, algebraic applications
• Geometry: Pythagorean Theorem, angle proofs, Golden Ratio, area calculations

Perspective Drawing

• Techniques in perspective, vanishing points, and three-dimensional representation

History

• Late Medieval – High Renaissance history, including Joan of Arc, the Black Death, the Reformation, European exploration, and the Italian Renaissance

Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution
• Experience working students of similar age as various temporary positions (2nd and 7th grades)

Preferred:

• Waldorf teaching experience
• Other experience in a school setting

Physical Demands

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 

These are 20-40 hour per week positions. The hourly rate for this temporary, part-time or full-time, non-exempt position is $20 to $25 per hour, depending on exact experience and qualifications. This is a temporary position beginning on or around July 2025 and expected to end on or around December 2025. RWS offers the following benefits to temporary staff:

• Free Aftercare for dependent children during scheduled work hours (children must also be enrolled in a school program.)

To apply

Interested applicants should complete the application and submit their resume and cover letter at www.richmondwaldrof.com/employment/ . Priority consideration will be given to candidates that apply by May 1st; the position will remain open until filled.