Employment at Asheville Waldorf School
Asheville, North Carolina, “#1 Best Small City,” is vibrant with a welcoming creative spirit. Located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is known for its thriving artistic community, progressive mindset, and historically rich renaissance downtown with a booming food and music scene. Surrounded by spectacular natural beauty, there are abundant opportunities for outdoor activities from mountain hiking and biking to white water rafting and canoeing — in temperate weather, yet with all four seasons! The Asheville Waldorf School (formerly Azalea Mountain School) became a member of AWSNA at the end of its seventh year; we are rapidly growing into our eighth year with an enrollment of at least 140 children.
The Asheville Waldorf School will be entering its ninth school year. In the 2019/20 school year, we will be offering multiple parent-child classes, four nursery classes, three kindergartens, and grades First through Sixth/Seventh. Our growth has been consistent, and our class sizes are healthy. The recent expansion allowed us to fill three new Early Childhood classrooms to capacity with the extensive wait list we had acquired prior to it.
The Asheville Waldorf became an associate member of WECAN in 2017 and of AWSNA in 2018. Our organization consists of a cohesive and striving Faculty, a Board of Directors that draws members from both the Parent body and the community, a committed Administration, and a loving and involved community of parents and families.
We are currently hiring:
Morning Care + Substitute Teachers + Afternoon Care
Morning Care Provider
Asheville Waldorf School is seeking a morning care provider, starting immediately. This teacher works one hour per day, five days per week, from 8:00 am – 9:00 am, in our grades school.
During the first half hour, the morning care provider welcomes all of the children who are dropped off early and supervises as they play games indoors. When regular drop-off begins at 8:25 am, the early group then transitions to the play yard to join the rest of the students in outdoor play time, and the morning care providers help our grades teachers with the supervision of the students in the outside play yard.
We seek teachers with a deep understanding of child development, an interest in Anthroposophy, a love of working with young children, and the enthusiasm and energy to be involved in the growth of a pioneering school. Previous Waldorf experience and/or training is ideal.
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To Apply:
Please send your cover letter, resume, and three references to:
Afternoon Care
Asheville Waldorf School is seeking a teacher to work in our afternoon program five days per
week in the current 2019/2020 school year, from 2pm until 6pm.
The work begins daily in the kindergarten, as this teacher welcomes five and six-year old children
who are transitioning from their rest time to outdoor play. At 3:30pm our afterschool program
begins, which also includes children from grades 1-7. Due to the nature of this position, we are
searching for an individual who has experience with these various age groups in a Waldorf
setting. The day includes supervised outdoor free play, serving a snack, and also guiding games
and activities in afterschool, especially for the older children.
We seek teachers with a deep understanding of child development, an interest in Anthroposophy,
a love of working with young children, and the enthusiasm and energy to be involved in the
growth of a pioneering school. Previous Waldorf experience and/or training is ideal.
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To Apply:
Please send your cover letter, resume, and three references to:
Substitute Teachers
Asheville Waldorf school has ongoing employment opportunities as substitute teachers.
We have options to sub in our early childhood, grades, and aftercare programs. Applicants should be warm, love children, and have some knowledge about Waldorf education, ideally with a desire to learn more. Must be dependable, reliable and timely.
Anyone interested in being a substitute should send a resume along with letter of interest to: magnoliaoffice@ashevillewaldorf.org