Infant/Toddler Lead Teacher

Full Time
Milwaukie, OR
Posted
Job description
Who We Are
Our core intention at The Treehouse: a Forest Garden School is to develop whole human beings by surrounding them with an environment of beauty, security, creativity, and wonder. We have just launched and expanded to a new location in Milwaukie OR, after 11 years in inner SE Portland. With this move, we are expanding from 1 to 3 classrooms and inhabiting about 1/4 acre of green space to host a brilliant outdoor classroom, complete with an emerging food forest, permaculture learning garden, and more.
We are looking to hire teachers to join our program over the next year+ as we open up new classes.
Benefits: 40 hrs Paid Time Off. All full-time teachers will be salaried (receiving about 23 paid days off a school year) and we will be offering health benefits for the 2022-2023 school year. If health benefits are a must for you, and you are looking to start this school year, please still inquire! We are constantly working on staff benefit improvements!
Commitment: We ask for a minimum of a 1-year commitment for Co-Teachers and a 2-year commitment for Lead Teachers.

Positions:
Acorn Class: 6 weeks - 23 months: We follow the RIE pedagogy
This class is opening up on January 3rd, and training will start immediately in December upon being hired.
  • Full-Time Lead Teacher: Starting annual salary of $38,400 - $40,000 depending on education and experience

Sapling Class: 2-year-olds

This class is opening up in the Summer or Fall of 2022, depending on staffing and Summer program enrollment.
  • Full time Lead Teacher: Starting annual salary of $38,400 - $40,000 depending on education and experience

Oak Class: Preschool & Kindergarten (3-6-year-olds)

This class is already open and we are hiring one more full-time Co-Teacher to join us In January, or ASAP. We will be hiring more staff for this in the Summer or Fall of 2022 as well.
  • Full time Lead Annual Starting annual salary of $38,400 - $40,000 depending on education and experience

Required certificates include (may be obtained upon employment) :
  • Pediatric CPR and 1st Aid Certificate
  • Oregon Food Handlers Card
  • Enrollment in the Background Registry
  • Introduction to Child Care Health and Safety (ICCHS)
  • Safe Sleep Training
  • Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Additional RIE infant training is needed in the infant classroom and may be obtained after hiring.
Knowledge of and/or experience in a Waldorf early childhood environment is highly sought after!
Application Instructions
Please email required application materials (see below) with the email subject titled "Co-Teacher or Lead Teacher Applicant".
**Please Note: Applications will be dismissed if any of the following is negated.**
Please do not call the school to follow up - we do not have a receptionist.
Application Materials Include:
1) Resume
2) Names and phone numbers of three work and/or teaching-related references
3) Cover letter with answers to the following:
  • How has your experience prepared you for the responsibilities of this position?
  • We follow the Waldorf philosophy and teach through a child-directed curriculum. How would your approach to working with toddlers and preschoolers combine with ours?
  • We encourage our whole staff to use their interests to enrich the overall experience we provide to both children and families. How could your interests and skill set enrich our program?
  • If applying for Infant care: What is your knowledge and experience of RIE?
After an interview, qualified applicants will show the ability to foster and lead a healthy working environment through some personality and strength profiling, a team Q & A session, and a skills assessment.
**Please review our website before applying.**
www.thetreehousenurseryandpreschool.org



About The Treehouse: A Forest Garden School:

The Treehouse: a Forest Garden School is a non profit Waldorf inspired program for children 6 weeks - 6 years, established in 2010. After a recent move and expansion from an in-home school we are now stewarding a 1/4 acre just outside of Portland, Oregon where we are developing a food forest, permaculture learning garden and offer a holistic education for children to truly thrive! We offer a unique opportunity for families as a state certified center providing an indoor classroom dedicated to beauty and a fully equipped outdoor classroom in our forest garden where children will be outside in all weather up to 6 ½ hours a day. Offering high quality outdoor education definitely has us pushing the envelope on what state licensed schools typically offer. Treehouse’s program follows the local school year calendar for children 6 weeks - 6 year olds and offers a Forest School Summer Program for children through the age of 12. We are eternally grateful for the resources that we have the opportunity to steward and have us striving to give back from our abundance.

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