This is a .5FTE to 1 FTE exempt faculty position.

Start Date: August 2023

Summary:

San Francisco Waldorf High School seeks an enthusiastic and experienced Humanities Teacher with a background in history and social science and the ability to teach Anti-racism, World Literature, Cultural Studies and high-level reading and writing skills, depending on the candidate’s strengths.

Our ideal candidate is comfortable teaching all high school grade levels (9-12), excels at teaching to a wide range of student abilities, is highly organized and has sound classroom management and teaching strategies.

We are looking for someone who wants to join a Waldorf faculty and work in a highly collaborative environment. We are interested to learn what ideas the candidate might like to bring to the high school curriculum. Waldorf teacher training is preferred, but a strong candidate need only bring the willingness to learn about our approach and attend a training program within the first two years of employment.

Waldorf Education is the fastest growing independent school movement in the world. This dynamic, 100-year-old approach to child development and education—based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner—is continually reinventing itself to meet the needs of current students. Waldorf education inspires life-long learning in students and enables them to fully develop their unique capacities.

San Francisco Waldorf School (SFWS) was founded in 1979 and serves more than 450 students across a parent-child program, a preschool program, kindergarten, and the first through twelfth grades. The high school campus is in the West Portal neighborhood. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Graduate degree preferrable
• Waldorf Teacher Training completed or in progress or willingness to begin a Waldorf Teacher Training program by the second year of employment with SFWS.
• Significant high school teaching and/or experience working with adolescents

Benefits and Compensation: 

Benefits depend on FTE percentage and may include medical, dental, flexible spending plans, retirement plan (employer contributions after one year of employment), and tuition remission (prorated by FTE) for eligible dependents. The full FTE annual salary range is $60K - $85K depending on experience. It will be prorated based on less than full FTE. Salaries are paid on a 12-month schedule.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment: 

• Be able to occasionally lift to 30 lbs.
• Work intermittently in outside weather conditions, including heat and cold
• Regularly sitting or standing 4-8 hours

FLSA Classification:               Faculty; Exempt from overtime

Reports to:                            High School Chair

Hired by:                               High School Steering Committee

Date Modified:                      June 2022

San Francisco Waldorf School is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, or any protected class. We recognize that the range of ethnicities, nationalities, languages, socio-economic backgrounds, sexual orientation, learning differences, and life experiences within our community enhance the school’s learning environment, and we are committed to fostering equity and inclusion.

Please send resume and letter of interest to jobs@sfwaldorf.org