First Grade Teacher for Fall 2012

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

The Waldorf School of Pittsburgh is currently seeking an enthusiastic teacher dedicated to Waldorf Education to join a cohesive and strong faculty circle. The First Grade teacher for the 2012-2013 school year will begin an exciting new journey as the class and teacher progress together from grades one through eight at our school. At a minimum, applicants must have a bachelor degree. Waldorf teacher training and Pennsylvania certification is preferred; however the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh will consider candidates with a variety of qualifications.

Application materials must include:

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • Biography – one to two page document explaining how you came to be interested in teaching at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh
  • List of 3 professional references

To apply, send applications materials to:
Waldorf School of Pittsburgh
First Grade Teacher Position
201 S Winebiddle St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Materials may also be emailed to 1stgrade@waldorfpittsburgh.org.
Electronic materials must be in either PDF or MS Word format.

Please read about our school and Waldorf curriculum at waldorfpittsburgh.org before applying.

Our School and Our Region

Currently serving approximately 140 students spanning ages eighteen months through sixth grade, the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh has offered Waldorf Education to the area since 1993. We currently hold Full Membership status from the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) and Developing School status from the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA). Since 2003, we have been located in a historic 140 year old Victorian mansion on a two and a half acre campus in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood. The rest of the neighborhood is primarily residential with several vibrant business districts within a few blocks and a burgeoning arts scene along the adjacent Penn Avenue corridor. If you are unfamiliar with the area, the City of Pittsburgh remains a hidden treasure and ranked number 2 in Forbes’ listing of most affordable cities. It has also been highly ranked as one of America’s most livable cities. It has a small town feel packaged with numerous colleges and universities, several corporate headquarters, a thriving arts and cultural community, and a number of large parks in and around the city. Within 30-45 minutes of the city are dozens of opportunities for hiking, biking, camping, and other outdoor activities.

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Mad Mex Fundraiser

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

The Waldorf School of Pittsburgh will be hosting a benefit dinner at the Mad Mex restaurant in Shadyside on Tuesday, March 6 from 7-9 pm. Tickets are $60, and the event is for adults only.  To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact our Director of Development, Julia Sawyer at jsawyer@waldorfpittsburgh.org or at 412-441-5792 x 227.  Tickets can also be purchased by clicking on the Save the Date image below or by visiting our Giving Page here. Ticket purchases will appear as a donation to the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh on your credit card statement. This event will be raising money for our expansion efforts and will directly benefit classroom and programming enhancements.

 

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Tuition Protection Plan

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

At the All-Community Meeting on Friday, January 13th, parents heard about the school’s upcoming plans for expansion and for hiring an administrator. In addition, the details of the new Tuition Protection Plan were shared with the community. Details about this plan were sent home with the re-enrollment packets on January 14th, and an FAQ will be published in the next newsletter to begin to address questions that parents may have about this new fee.

 

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Enrollment Updates

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

NEW APPLICATIONS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD (NEW Nursery or Kindergarten and Morning Garden 2012-13) and RE-ENROLLMENT FORMS DUE NEXT FRIDAY, FEB. 3.

We welcome each and every one of our existing students back next year – but please do not miss the February 3, 2012 deadline to guarantee enrollment for 2012-13.   As a bonus, $50 will be discounted off each family’s materials fee (Nursery and older) when the re-enrollment application is received on time and your contract is in by April 24, 2012.   These deadlines are essential this year as we are growing and expanding our school.  Advanced application or re-enrollment of existing students for next year helps us to ensure we have the appropriate spaces, programs, and faculty. Our Early Childhood and Grades programs alike have interested outside applicants, and our space is limited.

 

We have a robust wait-list for a majority of our school classes and will begin calling outside applicants to let them know of space availability for 2012-13 starting February 6, 2012.  Open enrollment for Camp Waldorf for non-Waldorf students also begins on this date. Please contact Devon at dwood@waldorfpittsburgh.org, if you have any questions.

 

 

LITTLE FRIENDS RE-ENROLLMENT FORMS COMING SOON

Information for Little Friends Summer and 2012-13 school year will be mailed today.  We apologize for the delay.  We are excited that twelve Little Friends children are age eligible for Nursery for next year. Many already have applied to be in our program – we look forward to welcoming your children in this program!

 

 

Our Nursery is a wonderful, warm, and rich experience for children ages 3 by June 1, 2012 – age 4.  Scholarships are available for 5-day Nursery children.  Please consider attending a tour any Thursday morning at 8:45 AM to see the class in action.  Contact Devon Wood at dwood@waldorfpittsburgh.org for a Nursery application or to reserve a spot on a tour.

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Why Waldorf Works

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Does Waldorf Education prepare children for the “real” world; and, if so, how does it do it?
It is easy to fall into the error of believing that education must make our children fit into society. Although we are certainly influenced by what the world brings us, the fact is that the world is shaped by people, not people by the world. However, that shaping of the world is possible in a healthy way only if the shapers are themselves in possession of their full nature as human beings.

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Waldorf Education recognizes and honors the full range of human potentialities. It addresses the whole child by striving to awaken and ennoble all the latent capacities. The children learn to read, write, and do math; they study history, geography, and the sciences. In addition, all children learn to sing, play a musical instrument, draw, paint, model clay, carve and work with wood, speak clearly and act in a play, think independently, and work harmoniously and respectfully with others. The development of these various capacities is interrelated. […]

Preparation for life includes the development of the well-rounded person. Waldorf Education has as its ideal a person who is knowledgeable about the world and human history and culture, who has many varied practical and artistic abilities, who feels a deep reverence for and communion with the natural world, and who can act with initiative and in freedom in the face of economic and political pressures.

There are many Waldorf graduates of all ages who embody this ideal and who are perhaps the best proof of the efficacy of the education.

—From “Five Frequently Asked Questions” by Colin Price; originally printed in Renewal Magazine, Spring/Summer 2003

For full article visit http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/02_W_Education/faq_about.asp

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Financial Aid Workshop

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

A Financial Aid Workshop will be offered for parents of currently enrolled families at the next Open House on Saturday, Feb 4th in the school’s library.  Information about the Financial Aid process at the school is also available on-line through the school’s website at www.waldorfpittsburgh.org/scholarship.  Please RSVP to Laura Baker at lbaker@waldorfpittsburgh.org if you would like to attend the workshop or if you have questions about the process.

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PSO and Attack Theater

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Yesterday, the Grades children had the wonderful opportunity of experiencing a performance of dance and music by the Attack Theater and members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. This 45 minute dance and music concert included Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale . Our 2nd-6th Graders, and those parents who were able to attend, were thrilled with this concert.

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