[Priority Listing] Lead Kindergarten Teacher for Fall 2025 Start

Maine Coast Waldorf School; Freeport (ME); On-site; USD 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in education is seeking a dedicated Lead Early Childhood Teacher for its kindergarten program starting August 2025. This full-time role offers a unique opportunity to work in a custom-designed Early Childhood Center surrounded by nature, fostering a rich outdoor learning environment. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree and WECAN-approved training, along with a passion for Waldorf education and a commitment to community values. Join a supportive faculty dedicated to providing exceptional educational experiences while promoting diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

80% tuition remission

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Disability coverage

Retirement plan

Financial support for professional development

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Waldorf teaching experience as a lead teacher.
• Commitment to Anthroposophy and excellence in teaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kindergarten program with support from an assistant.
• Provide outdoor experiences in a beautiful natural setting.

Skills

Waldorf early childhood teaching

Parent education

Outdoor teaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree

WECAN-approved early childhood training

Job description

Lead Early Childhood Teacher

Maine Coast Waldorf School, Freeport, Maine

Starting August, 2025

Founded in 1984, Maine Coast Waldorf School serves approximately 260 children from parent/toddler through high school. We are an accredited Waldorf program with more than 50 full-time faculty members currently offering: two world languages, handwork, woodwork, instrumental and choral music, movement class and a variety of seasonal extra-curricular activities.

Position: A Lead full-time teacher in our kindergarten program for the 2025/2026 academic year, beginning in August, 2025. The Lead Teacher will have the support of an assistant, and other lead teachers in adjoining early childhood classes and should have experience working with three and four year-olds. Our early childhood program is housed in a custom, straw-bale constructed Early Childhood Center, situated on 80 beautiful acres, where our program offers ample outdoor experiences including a forest day.

Qualifications: Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree and have completed a WECAN-approved early childhood training, and have at least two years of Waldorf early childhood teaching experience as a lead teacher and a commitment to working out of Anthroposophy. Applicants must be dedicated to excellence in teaching and recognize the importance of parent education, self-development and collegial cooperation. This position requires the ability to work outdoors in all kinds of Maine weather.

Salary and Benefits: Full-time faculty are offered 80% tuition remission, medical, dental, and disability coverage, a retirement plan, and financial support for professional development. Our base salary is $49,603 plus increases for prior experience and advanced degrees.

Our talented and dedicated faculty, who find strength, vision and inspiration from Anthroposophical principles, are committed to providing a superb Waldorf education. We are well supported by an active Board of Directors and a creative and generous parent community.

Maine Coast Waldorf School is committed to enriching its educational experience and culture through the diversity of our faculty and staff. We actively seek systemically excluded communities in our applicant pool, including but not limited to BIPOC and/or LGBTQIAP2+ candidates.

Maine Coast Waldorf School strives to promote social justice. We are committed to affirming people of all religions, spiritual values, countries of origin, immigration statuses, races, genders, abilities, identities, and sexual orientations. MCWS is a multicultural, pluralistic community; we embrace diversity as a core strength of our community and seek to make our curriculum and policies as inclusive as possible. MCWS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation and national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational programs, hiring, self-government, admissions, financial aid and all other school-related activities, and emphatically rejects discrimination in all its forms.

To Apply: Please send a letter of introduction, your resume, and two letters of recommendation to David Eichler, Pedagogical Director, at [e-mail].

Full member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)

Maine Coast Waldorf School

57 Desert Road, Freeport, Maine 04032 207-865-3900

www.mainecoastwaldorf.org