1st Grade Teacher for 25/26 School Year
1st Grade Teacher for 25/26 School Year
Job Category: Lower School: Grades 1-5
Opening Statement
First Grade Teacher, 2025-26 School Year
Live Oak Waldorf School
Meadow Vista, CA, USA
Full time
First Grade
Live Oak Waldorf School is seeking a warm-hearted, creative teacher for our rising first-grade students beginning in the fall of 2025. Ideally, you would be shepherding a group of bright-eyed and open children as they continue their love of learning up through the elementary school grades. We, your future colleagues, are there to offer support in any way we can, and you will have your own mentor as well. Additionally, Live Oak Waldorf School has funding available for continued Professional Development.
About
Our greater parent body is community-minded and enjoys concerts, lectures, and festivals on our beautiful forty-acre campus. We offer many rich programs including Spanish, Handwork, Woodwork, Music, Orchestra, Eurythmy, and Movement Education. The dedicated and experienced faculty members of Live Oak hold true to the principles of Waldorf education, and we deeply value the integral roles of mentoring support and the invested work of the College of Teachers. Our faculty and Board of Trustees enjoy a warm collegial relationship and work collaboratively with our parent community to create an educational environment that is aligned with the ideals of Waldorf Education and the school’s mission and goals.
Founded in the fall of 1976, Live Oak is fully accredited by AWSNA (we completed our latest accreditation in 2024), and serves more than 200 children from preschool through eighth grade. We are nestled centrally in the Sierra foothills, 45 minutes east of Sacramento and 1 hour west of Donner Summit between the Bear River and the north fork of the American River. The surrounding area is well-known to the outdoor-minded who enjoy skiing, snowboarding, and water sports including river rafting. The numerous trail systems are frequented by horseback riders, hikers, runners, and mountain bikers.
Live Oak is where the Olympic Games–The Pentathlon, was first brought to Waldorf fifth grades, and still continues to thrive for Waldorf students from the Sierra Foothills and Sacramento Valley. Our students enjoy day field trips to farms, Native American sites, caverns, railroad tunnels built by Chinese laborers in the 1800s, mining sites, fish hatcheries, rivers and waterfalls, ski slopes, and museums. Our central location between the mountains and the coast also offers options for multiple-day field trips in either direction, with the additional blessing of coming home to a less crowded environment.
Essential Job Duties
Main Lesson and class teacher
Qualifications
Job requirements include a Bachelor’s degree or higher, Waldorf teacher training or currently enrolled in Waldorf Teacher Training, prior teaching experience, commitment to continuing Professional Development, and a willingness to work collaboratively with colleagues, administration and parents.
Employment Details
Benefits include:
- Joining an enthusiastic, supportive faculty that loves to have fun and is deeply committed to the tenets of Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy
- Priority enrollment for children of hired faculty
- Full tuition remission for children of faculty
- A school year calendar designed for sustainable teaching and learning
- Financial support for yearly renewal courses/Professional Development
- Living where you would vacation!
The pay scale based on years of experience is $52,500-$65,500 per year.
To Apply
Please check out our website at liveoakwaldorf.org
If interested, send your cover letter and resume to bwauters@liveoakwaldorf.org or call 530-878-8720 for more information.
