Waldorf Handwork Teacher
Company/Organization: Anchorage Waldorf School
Location: 3250 Baxter Rd, Anchorage
Application Dates: April 22-June 30, 2024
Job Description
Handwork Teacher for 2024-25
As a Part-Time Handwork Teacher, you will play a pivotal role in our students’ development by introducing them to a variety of handwork crafts, including knitting, crocheting, sewing, felting, and more, from 1st grade through 8th grade. Through hands-on instruction and guided exploration, you will inspire creativity, dexterity, and a sense of accomplishment in our students, helping them develop important skills and cultivate a deeper connection with the world around them.
Position Overview:
- Work Location: Anchorage Waldorf School
- Work Status: This is a non-exempt part-time position averaging 15 hours a week.
- Schedule: Schedule would fall between Monday-Friday 11-3pm. Potential flexibility on days/times. Inquire for more details.
- Start date: August 2024
Requirements:
- Experience teaching children
- Waldorf trained/in training (or commitment to begin training)
- Ability to plan and deliver diverse curriculum
- Organized, dependable, punctual
- Able to work collaboratively
Compensation:
- Pay commensurate with experience
- Tuition remission available
Our School:
Nestled below the Alaskan Chugach Mountain Range, the Anchorage Waldorf School embodies Rudolf Steiner’s ideals to spark and nurture the highest potential in humanity. The Anchorage Waldorf School is the only Independent Waldorf School in the state of Alaska! We offer an education that honors and nurtures the human spirit in each child.
The Importance of Handwork:
“Rudolf Steiner, when speaking of handwork in the school curriculum, said the purpose was not to train weavers, potters, etc., but rather for the pupil, by practicing such work, to be able to stand more secure on leaving school, with a basic confidence for managing the practical affairs of life. This works inwards, as it were, weaving an inner multi-coloured garment whose colours will not fade or threads snap and unravel at the first hurdle presented by life.
Today, with technological achievements providing for our every need, practical involvement with the material world has all but terminated. There are now diminished opportunities in life for children and adults to be creative in their play or work. Not only do we forgo the joy and sense of achievement that making something can give us, but without the possibility to be creative there is limited or minimal access to the essential formative powers handwork can foster in the growing child and adult.- The Relevance of Handwork and Craft, waldorflibrary.org”
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