Grades Teacher 2026-27

Windsong School; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% tuition remission

Professional development support

One week of personal time off

Five weeks of school-year holiday

Job summary

Windsong School in Spokane is seeking a dedicated teacher for the Grades Teaching Position for the 2026-2027 school year. Ideal candidates should have Waldorf certification or be enrolled in training, along with a Bachelor's degree and experience with school-aged children. Benefits include complete tuition remission, professional development support, and generous time off. The role emphasizes continuity through teacher looping in the Waldorf education system, requiring summer commitments for professional preparation.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates are experienced teachers who are Waldorf-certified or enrolled in a training program.
• Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience working with school-aged children is required.

Responsibilities

• Join a faculty committed to Waldorf Education for Grades 1-8.
• Participate in a strong in-house mentoring program.
• Engage with a passionate and engaged parent body.

Job description

Grades Teaching Position, 2026-2027

Windsong School is committed to teaching according to the methods of Waldorf Education. Our vision is to provide an education that keeps intact a child’s love of learning, cultivates flexible thinking, enriches a connection to nature and the world around them, and provides students with a foundation that will allow them to shape the future positively.

Our faculty-led school shares beliefs that guide us in our work: a willingness to strive and develop, to work out of what we know about child development and Anthroposophy, to teach creatively and with love, and to nurture our parent community. We have a strong in-house mentoring program. New Windsong faculty and staff will join a fun-loving, hardworking, and sincere faculty, will be supported by a friendly and efficient administrative team, and will lead a passionate and engaged parent body.

Windsong serves students in Parent-Child, Early Childhood, and Grades programs that include grades 1-8 as well as six specialty subjects. We have approximately 135 students currently enrolled.

Our school is located above the scenic Spokane River on the historic Mukogawa US 76-acre campus, woven through with antique walkways and quiet tree-lined streets. We enjoy trail access to the Spokane River and abundant nature opportunities. Our campus is only 5 minutes from downtown Spokane.

Requirements:

Ideal candidates are experienced teachers who are Waldorf-certified or enrolled in a training program and possess a Bachelor's degree. At a minimum, prospective candidates will be willing to pursue certification as Waldorf teachers, have experience working with school-aged children, and have the equivalent of two years of higher education.

Benefits and Salary:

Benefits include 100% tuition remission, professional development support, one week of personal time off, and five weeks of school-year holiday. Salary is TBD upon finalization of the upcoming budget.

Points to consider before applying:

Waldorf education rests on the tenets of Anthroposophy, a spiritualized philosophy that informs our outlook on the human experience. Our educational practices rest on the observations and insights of Waldorf educators who use Anthroposophy as a framework, along with mainstream research on effective educational practices and child development.

Windsong practices teacher looping, a foundational feature of Waldorf education, in which a teacher remains with the same class for multiple years to support continuity and deep relationship-building. In Windsong’s Mixed-Age Kindergarten program, children typically stay in the same class with the same teacher until they move into 1st grade. In the grades program, students often continue with the same teacher for multiple years, and in some cases through 8th grade. At the same time, as a small school, Windsong remains responsive to the needs of the organization and individual classes. Teacher assignments may occasionally be adjusted with careful attention to the health and needs of the school community as a whole.

Two weeks of scheduled commitments are required during the summer holiday. Significant preparation in the summer is necessary in the form of a one‑week professional development class that requires out‑of‑town travel, classroom arrangements, extensive study and personal skills practice, and materials preparation.

To apply:

Please compile a letter of interest, a professional resume, contact information for three professional references, a summary of the life experiences that led you to apply for this unique position, and your responses to the prompts below. Send one e‑mail with your materials to [e-mail].

Please read Discovering A Genius: Rudolf Steiner at 150 by Frederick Amrine and Windsong School’s Foundational Principles, and comment on the following:

• One or more ideas you find interesting or inspiring.
• One or more ideas are challenging to understand at this point.
• One or more ideas you might disagree with at this point.