Employment
Employment Opportunities
Woodland Charter School, located in the beautiful Siskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon, seeks to hire outstanding educators to join our wonderful staff and learning community. WCS is proud to offer a public Waldorf curriculum to the greater Grants Pass community. We have eight stand-alone classes, first through eighth grade, with a current average class size of 22 students, and a traditional maximum class size of 25 students. Our lovely rural campus continues to expand, as we added four new classrooms in 2017 to meet the growing needs of our vibrant learning community, which includes a dedicated music room, handwork room, and resource room. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, paid leave, the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and a stipend for professional development.
Southwest Oregon is a great place to live as well as to raise a family! The cost of living, including housing / home ownership, is affordable, the climate is mild, and the land is beautiful and varied. Local cultural events include the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, the Britt Music & Arts Festival in Jacksonville, and all the amenities of the nearby mid-size towns of Grants Pass and Medford. Our amazing local “three rivers” water system offers rafting, kayaking, and swimming for water enthusiasts, and the meeting point of the Cascade and Siskiyou Mountains offers numerous spectacular hiking opportunities, including to many accessible high peaks and the Pacific Crest Trail. Biodynamic, organic, and permaculture farms abound in this temperate zone, and we have many farmers in our school community. We are two hours from Mt. Shasta, Crater Lake, and the Oregon and California coasts and the world’s most scenic stand of redwoods, and four hours from the dynamic metropolitan area of Portland.
We are not currently hiring for any positions, if you would love to join our school, please submit resume and cover letter and we will keep it on file.
Woodland Charter School is a public Waldorf charter school located in the beautiful Siskiyou Mountains in Murphy, Oregon. We are currently seeking a skilled teacher to join our dynamic faculty for the 2024/25 school year. We offer a competitive public school teacher salary with annual step increases and a benefits package that includes; paid sick leave; individual medical, dental and vision coverage; the Oregon PERS pension plan; and paid professional development.
Our school, which opened in October 2012 with 60 students, expects an enrollment of around 210 students in September 2024 serving grades K- 8, with a class size limit of 24. If you are interested in being part of a positive and successful team, we encourage you to apply.
We are seeking an imaginative, collaborative and joyful class teacher to join our wonderful faculty as we continue to offer an innovative Waldorf Inspired Education. Class teachers at Woodland Charter School are part of a lower loop (1st-4th) or upper loop (5th-8th). We continue to develop, improve our outcomes, and are listed as one of the Top 50 most improved schools in Oregon.
Teacher qualifications:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably with an education-related major
- Waldorf teaching certification or commitment to enroll in an approved training program
- Oregon teaching license
- Enthusiastic, creative, and loving with students
- Ability to work well with colleagues, administration, and parents
- Strong communication skills
Compensation:
- Competitive pay and benefit package
- Step pay increases related to continuing experience and education
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Pension plan through the state Oregon
Please submit:
- Professional resume
- Short biography/cover letter
- 3 Professional references
Submit to: hr@woodlandcharterschool.org
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled