What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grades Teacher 2025-26 position at Wildcat Canyon Community School?
Position(s): Grades Teacher 2025-2026
Wildcat Canyon Community School
Job Status: Full-time - Exempt
Salary $65,000 base salary additional compensation based on experience
Benefits: Excellent Benefits are offered including medical, dental, vision, and retirement
plan, plus tuition remission. [Full benefits and 80% benefits for dependents/20% spouse.
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Wildcat Canyon Community School currently seeks a dedicated educator to join a diverse and dynamic
group of faculty members as a lead grade teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. Applicants should
demonstrate a strong practice and commitment (or striving towards) to anti-racist and identity-inclusive
pedagogy that supports students of all backgrounds. Applicants should also have experience in Waldorf
education, and those new to Waldorf, come with a curiosity and willingness to explore continuing
education in Waldorf curriculum.
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About Wildcat Canyon Community School (WCCS)
WCCS is a Waldorf AWSNA associate member school. An independent, coed school, WCCS serves more
than 190 students from preschool through middle school on a remarkable 11-acre hillside campus with an
additional 80 acres, which provides endless opportunities for outdoor classroom experiences. We are
currently thriving in our 4th year as a parent/teacher cooperative that blossomed from the East Bay
Waldorf School. We are a collective of teachers and faculty reimagining Waldorf curriculum in an effort
to bring it to current times to meet the children of today.
We are looking for educators who will join us in cultivating a school resonant with the impulses of
Waldorf education: a development of the “head, heart, and hands” in children, which offers them a
holistic education in service of supporting the development of free-thinking human beings who can make
their unique contributions to the future - while simultaneously, centering diversity, equity, and inclusion
through curriculum, stories, and festivals.
The Type of Teacher We are Looking For:
- Demonstrated teaching experience in the grades/elementary (lead or long-time assistant).
- Experience, knowledge, or genuine interest in Waldorf education.
- Committed to striving towards teaching a Waldorf Pedagogy that decenters European
- Open to exploring both Waldorf pedagogy and social justice.
- Committed to continuing on the path of self-development, willing to adapt teaching methods to
meet the needs of the students, enthusiastic about learning, and committed to continuing
professional development.
- Ability to work collaboratively with other faculty, school administrators, and guardians in our
- Desire to plant roots and grow with us.
- A strong applicant will have a Bachelor’s degree, Waldorf teacher training certificate, and prior
teaching experience.
Anyone interested in our school should apply.
How to Apply
Please send your letter of interest, resume, and the names and contact information of three references to
jobs@wildcatcanyon.org
Wildcat Canyon Community School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applicants of any
color, race, gender, sexual orientation, and all ethnic, national, cultural, social, and religious backgrounds.
Salary : $65,000
