Employment
Bookkeeper
The Nelson Waldorf School is seeking a contract bookkeeper. Duties and responsibilities to include accounts receivable, accounts payable, benefit program administration, financial reports, and payroll disbursement and submissions with payroll company. Only applicants with bookkeeping training/experience will be considered. For more information and submission of interest please email: administrator@nelsonwaldorf.org.
Teaching Assistants
The Nelson Waldorf School seeks Teaching Assistants for September 2010 for students with academic and/or behavioural challanges. Positions vary from 20 to 30 hours per week. Classroom experience and/or related training are preferred. Preference will be given to candidates with background that includes some understanding of Waldorf education, Attachment Theory and Practice, and handwork skills. Please send cover letter and resume including references to: info@nelsonwaldorf.org, ATTN: Lisa. Replies will only be made to candidates under consideration. Closing date: August 5, 2010.
Casual Daycare Staff
The Nelson Waldorf Daycare is seeking casual early childhood educators for on call work starting September, 2010. Requires a minimum of "responsible adult" training or "assistant status" qualification. For more information please call 250-352-6919 or email daycare@nelsonwaldorf.org.
No current teacher vacancies
General information
When teacher vacancies arise, the Nelson Waldorf School seeks applications from Waldorf-trained and/or Waldorf-experienced teachers, with BC Teacher Certification (or eligible for BC Independent School certification). Duties generally include attending faculty meetings, parent conferences, and report card writing. Full-time salaries are competitive and include main lesson increments and benefits (medical coverage, dental and extended health benefits, retirement savings contribution, years of experience consideration, and tuition benefit). The school also accepts applications for substitute teachers and certified early childhood assistants, as the need arises.
The Nelson Waldorf School is an established, full AWSNA member school now in its 26th year. We offer a comprehensive Waldorf curriculum including Eurythmy, Handwork, Woodwork, French, Physical Education, and a Learning Enhancement Program. We anticipate over 150 students in Early Childhood Programs through Grade Eight in 2010/2011. Our faculty is experienced and committed to working out of anthroposophy and the ideals of Waldorf education. We have a supportive and talented parent body, which represents a cross-section of economic and social life. Forty-two percent of our families have moved to Nelson to attend the Nelson Waldorf School.
Our school is situated on 35 acres of mountain splendour, which contributes to a healthy rural atmosphere, although we are located only a five-minute drive from Nelson. The city of Nelson is picturesque, perched on a mountainside overlooking Kootenay Lake, and is full of beautiful older homes and turn of the century stone buildings. There is a rich cultural life for a town of this size (approximately 10,000 within the city limits), with a restored theatre offering many excellent and varied performances, an Art School, a school of Chinese Medicine, two libraries, a great number of artisans, and many cultural events. Nelson is considered an excellent place to raise a family. The area offers a wide variety of outdoor recreational and wilderness opportunities, as well as a comprehensive recreational facility in the city of Nelson.