Job Opportunities


Lead Infant/Toddler/Preschool Teacher and Assistant Teachers

The Waldorf School of Lexington seeks Teachers to join our mixed-age infant/toddler and preschool care program.  WSL seeks teachers who are invested in providing a high-quality, warm, home-like environment where infants and toddlers can receive personal attention, nurturing, and thoughtful caregiving in keeping with the mission and vision of our school community.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Designing and providing a warm, nurturing physical environment to receive and care for infants, toddlers and preschoolers

  • Collaborating with other teachers and school staff to establish and adjust classroom rhythms to support optimal health of the children

  • Communicating with parents to create a relationship of mutual trust and collaboration for children’s care

  • Understanding and providing for caregiving needs including feeding, changing, safety, free motor movement, and outdoor exploration

Ideal Candidates will possess:

  • Background and/or training in RIE and/or Waldorf education

  • A Bachelor’s Degree or beyond in early childhood education or a related field

  • Experience with and enthusiasm for infants, toddlers and preschoolers

  • Willingness to learn, mentor, and be mentored

  • EEC Lead Infant/Toddler/Preschool teacher certification

Required Qualifications include:

  • Have a High School Diploma or be at least 21 Years of Age 

  • Have a suitable Background Records Check 

  • Complete Staff Orientation at time of hire

  • Complete EEC Essentials online asynchronous training course before or at time of hire

  • See the additional MA EEC Teacher Requirements page in this document.  Multiple avenues exist for fulfilling these requirements.

Preferred qualifications include:

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues

  • Interest in evolving the Waldorf curriculum for the 21st-century

  • Commitment to advancing the work of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and belonging

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience: $45,000 - $60,000

To Apply

We accept inquiries from qualified candidates for either part or full time positions.  Inquiries and resumes should be submitted to Anna Estes, Director, at a.estes@thewaldorfschool.org


Open Call for Teachers

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

Benefits:

  • Health, Dental & Vision insurance

  • FSA/HSA options

  • Life & Disability insurance

  • Tuition Remission

  • Professional development assistance

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).