Open Call for Teachers

Waldorf School of Lexington; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FSA/HSA options

Life & Disability insurance

Job summary

Waldorf School of Lexington, in the Greater Boston area, is seeking a full-time Waldorf-trained teacher for an onsite role with an August 2026 start date. The position offers full benefits and a salary range of $56,500 to $84,000 commensurate with experience.

The class teacher will integrate arts with history, science, geography, social studies, and mathematics, crafting lessons that meet each student’s ideals, fears, and aspirations.

Qualifications

• Waldorf-trained teaching background is required.
• Experience with Waldorf educational approach preferred.

Responsibilities

• Integrate arts with history, science, geography, social studies and mathematics to craft lessons.
• Observe each child with reverence and tailor lessons to their development and needs.

Skills

Waldorf pedagogy

Job description

Waldorf School of Lexington, located in the Greater Boston area, is currently accepting applications for full-time Waldorf-trained teachers. This onsite position has an expected start date of August 2026 and offers full-benefits with a salary range of $56,500-84,000 commensurate with experience.

As a Waldorf class teacher, the successful candidate will understand the development approach to educating both young children and adolescents, observe each individual child with reverence, and craft lessons to meet their ideals, fears and aspirations. By integrating the arts with history, science, geography, social studies, and mathematics, the class teacher will offer a transformational experience just at the time children are asking, “who am I and what am I here to do?” Lessons will be crafted to include projects which exercise student initiative and build self-knowledge.

Waldorf class teachers are storytellers, musicians, artists, and dramatic coaches as they interpret the curriculum at each phase of development. The class teacher is also responsible for students’ overall academic and social development. Subject specialists are part of the teaching team working toward the same goals. They teach Spanish, Mandarin, math, reading, English, music, movement, handwork, woodwork, and athletics. Special main lesson block teachers also support the class teacher as needed. A Student Support Team works closely with the team of teachers to serve each student’s learning needs. In recent years our governance model has changed from one led by a college of teachers to a centralized leadership team with a Head of School.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $56,500.00 - $84,000.00 per year

• FSA/HSA options
• Life & Disability insurance

Working at WSL

Setting

WSL is situated 12 miles west of Boston in historic Lexington, Massachusetts—an area rich with culture, historical significance, and natural beauty. Abutting our campus is a 185-acre nature preserve that features a sports field, several play gardens, a vegetable garden, and beehives.

Pedagogy and Program

WSL provides an arts-integrated academic education. We offer a curriculum rich in the humanities and sciences as well as practical and fine arts, grounded in the pedagogical principles and methods of Rudolf Steiner. Cultivating critical thinking, creativity, and perseverance in our students, we strive to instill an enthusiasm for learning, skills in collaboration, and the confidence to engage in a changing world.

WSL serves nearly 200 students from preschool through grade 8. The school offers a challenging academic program, provided by faculty who understand students' cognitive, emotional, and physical developmental stages. Our educational philosophy and culture instill in students respect for themselves, for each other, and the living world around them. WSL prepares students for a lifetime of engaged, self-directed learning.

Diversity

Waldorf School of Lexington is committed to an ongoing process of learning, listening and deepening our understanding of equity, inclusion, and justice. With reverence, we strive to create, embrace and support a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and just community where everyone is respected, connected and valued. We welcome students, families, faculty, and staff of all races, ethnicities, cultural and religious heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, geographic origins, gender identities, sexual orientations, and family structures. We reject discrimination in all forms and embrace the principles of common humanity expressed by the founder of Waldorf education, Rudolf Steiner. WSL has adopted the position statement of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA).

Accreditation

The Waldorf School of Lexington is accredited by AWSNA and NEASC (the New England Association of Schools and Colleges), and are members of AISNE (Association of Independent Schools of New England), and NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools).