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Periodically we list Job Postings on our website, the AWSNA website, waldorftoday.com and on our local classifieds. Please see current opportunities below.
About our school:
The South Shore Waldorf School in Blockhouse is set on the South Shore of Nova Scotia close to the UNESCO town of Lunenburg, the charming small town of Mahone Bay, and about an hour from the city of Halifax. SSWS is a Developing Member of AWSNA and of WECAN.
The school was founded in 1996 with a handful of students and now has students from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 9. We have a strong mutually supportive community and endless resilience in rising to the challenges and celebrating the joys of maintaining a Waldorf school. In many ways, although we are more than 20 years old, we retain a pioneer spirit.
SSWS is faculty-led with a teaching staff strongly supported by a highly engaged parent body, a small administrative team, and an active board of trustees.
We offer a full Waldorf curriculum from K-8 as well as a weekly Parent and Tot program.
Our school has a strong early childhood program, including a kindergarten-specific class that serves as a bridge to the grades. Our school resides in a century-old building situated on six acres with an organic garden, woodland area, and an outdoor amphitheatre.
Our school community is vibrant and strong, and we regularly come together for festivals, parent evenings, farmer’s markets, social gatherings and events.
If you are interested in employment at SSWS, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with our school through our website.
Interested applicants should send a resumé, three (3) professional references, copies of relevant certificates, and a letter of intent to: admin@waldorfns.org
Please use the Job Title as your subject line.
Summer Job Opportunity – Summer Program Camp Counsellor
We are looking for an engaged and thoughtful candidate to join the Summer Program team of our not-for-profit organization.
The Day Camp Counsellor will work in partnership with our Camp Leaders to facilitate day camp activities including cooking, crafts, gardening, storytelling, singing, supervision of games, and maintaining a safe and clean environment. The Day Camp counsellor will be required to provide age-specific programming for children in a mixed-age day camp.
This position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs Program and the successful applicant will need to meet all program criteria in addition to meeting the following requirements:
- Experience and skill with a variety of arts and crafts
- Can lift and carry up to 40lbs
- Excellent verbal communication skills in English
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Is hard working and can maintain a positive attitude
- Possesses storytelling and singing skills
- Is able to work outdoors for the majority of the day in all weather
Experience with, or familiarity with Waldorf Education is an asset.
South Shore Waldorf School is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We employ personnel without regard to age, ancestry, colour, race, citizenship, ethnic origin, creed, disability, marital status, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation. While remaining alert and sensitive to the issues of fair and equitable treatment for all, SSWS has a special concern with the participation and advancement of members of four designated groups that have been traditionally disadvantaged in employment: LGBTQ2 youth, BIPOC youth, youth with disabilities (including invisible disability), and new immigrants/refugees.
Details: The position is full-time for 8 weeks in the summer. Hourly pay is $14.60/hour.
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter by email to caitlin.rooney@waldorfns.org
Summer Job Opportunity – Early Childhood Educator
We are looking for an engaged and thoughtful candidate to join the Summer Program team of our not-for-profit organization.
The Early Childhood Educator will work in partnership with our Camp Leaders to facilitate day camp activities such as painting, crafting, gardening, storytelling, singing, and outdoor focussed open-ended play. The Early Childhood Educator will be responsible for providing age-specific programming for children aged 4-6 alongside our multi-age summer camp program. They would be responsible for providing a clean and safe environment in line with the Waldorf Education model.
This position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs Program and the successful applicant will need to meet all program criteria in addition to meeting the following requirements:
- Experience working with small children
- Skill with a variety of arts and crafts
- Can lift and carry up to 40lbs
- Excellent verbal communication skills in English
- A minimum of 1 year of college or university
- Is hardworking and can maintain a positive attitude
- Possesses storytelling and singing skills
- Is able to work outdoors for the majority of the day in all weather
Experience with, or familiarity with Waldorf Education is an asset.
South Shore Waldorf School is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We employ personnel without regard to age, ancestry, colour, race, citizenship, ethnic origin, creed, disability, marital status, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation. While remaining alert and sensitive to the issues of fair and equitable treatment for all, SSWS has a special concern with the participation and advancement of members of four designated groups that have been traditionally disadvantaged in employment: LGBTQ2 youth, BIPOC youth, youth with disabilities (including invisible disability), and new immigrants/refugees.
Details: The position is full-time for 8 weeks in the summer. Hourly pay is $17.00/hour.
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter by email to caitlin.rooney@waldorfns.org
The South Shore Waldorf School is seeking an Early Childhood kindergarten assistant. The ideal candidate has familiarity with Waldorf education and experience and/or training in early childhood settings.The Kindergarten Assistant works under the direction of the Kindergarten Teachers in a collaborative fashion with the potential of growth and the possibility of one day becoming a Kindergarten teacher.
We are looking for someone who is hard working, has a positive attitude, excellent communication skills, and possesses handwork, storytelling and singing skills. The perfect candidate works with purpose and joy and is looking to grow with our school and community.
We work daily with the children on the joy of domestic and practical work, maintaining a garden where we grow vegetables and herbs. Responsibilities also include care of a kitchen where we cook organic meals daily for the kindergarten children. This is combined with caring for our classroom and our outdoor space, along with painting, sewing, puppet shows and seasonal crafts and celebrations. We spend a large part of our day outdoors and in the kitchen so our ideal candidate would be comfortable spending several hours per day outdoors in all weather and enjoy cooking, cleaning up and being in the kitchen.
A background that includes completion of, or is currently enrolled in a Waldorf Teacher Training program in Early Childhood, is preferred. As a faculty we are committed to ongoing professional development.
ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES, SALARY AND BENEFITS
Responsibilities and Salaries run from now to June 30th.
This is a 3 month contract with the possibility of renewal for 2023-2024 year. All new employees are subject to a 3 month probationary period. Salary is determined based on qualifications and years of experience and is in the range of other Waldorf Schools in provinces that receive no government support. There is a possibility of tuition reduction for faculty children.
The work day is from 8 am – 3 pm Monday – Thursday and 7:30 – 2 pm on Fridays. The assistant will also be required to attend weekly faculty meetings.
Responsibilities include:
- Working with children ages 3-6 under the direction of the Kindergarten class teacher.
- Care for the physical and emotional well being of the children and their families.
- Work with individual children who need guidance
- Foster positive relationships with their colleagues, the children and families
- Be aware of the creative play of children, redirect and inspire them as necessary
- Know and implement discipline policy as set in the
‘School Handbook’ - Participate in domestic activities joyously, which includes:
- Care for the physical environment both inside and out such as maintaining a beautiful classroom and boot room that is clean and orderly, helping with the gardens, shoveling snow in the winter and raking leaves in the fall. Teaching by example.
- Enjoy and interact with the outdoors in all weather conditions,
- Maintain needed paperwork, including taking classroom daily attendance
- Be able to comfortably lift and carry a 35 – 40 lb child if necessary.
- Be willing to climb a tree if needed.
- Attend and participate in the Festival life of the school
- The assistant is expected to step into the kindergarten teacher’s role in their absence and hold the rhythm and order of the day. This will include every Friday when the kindergarten teacher is running the Parent and Tot program.
- The Assistant is responsible for caring for children during parent-teacher meetings
- Encouraged to attend all Parent Evenings.
- Expected to attend the weekly faculty meetings.
REQUIREMENTS:
Early Childhood Teacher training or experience
Hold a current Child First Aid and CPR
Submit a completed Vulnerable sector check from the RCMP
Submit a completed Child Abuse Registry check from Social Services
Be able to follow Public Health guidelines
Start date: Immediate
Interested applicants should send a resume, 3 professional references, copies of relevant certificates and a letter of intent and short professional biography that highlights how you are prepared for this role.:
SEND TO:
admin@waldorfns.org Subject line: Kindergarten Assistant position.
Applications will be accepted immediately.
Substitute Teacher
We welcome substitute teacher applications all year long.
If you are interested in Substitute Teaching at the South Shore Waldorf School:
- Submit your resumé electronically via email to admin@waldorfns.org
- Include information about your knowledge of, experience with, and/or interest in Waldorf education.
- Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry checks will be required if accepted.
Please familiarize yourself with our school by reading through our website. For more information about Waldorf education, Waldorf schools, and Waldorf teacher training, please visit the website of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America at www.waldorfeducation.org.
