Employment

We have the following positions open for the 2008 - 2009 school year.

Class One Teacher - Hired

Class Two Teacher - Hired

Part-Time Spanish Teacher

Our community
If you are interested in teaching in an established school, twenty-six years old, rooted in a rural farming community in southwest Wisconsin, we invite you to visit us. The city of Viroqua is a county seat, lively and bustling with fresh ideas and enterprises, and Pleasant Ridge Waldorf School is in the heart of town. We are 90 miles west of the state capital of Madison, 35 miles south of the Mississippi River city of LaCrosse, and 190 miles south of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, within driving distance of Waldorf schools and initiatives in Chicago, Minneapolis, Madison, LaCrosse and the Milwaukee area. In our community there are excellent alternatives in medical care, strong food co-ops, organic and biodynamic farming, and a Waldorf high school initiative. We enjoy a low cost of living combined with a high quality of life.

Our program
Pleasant Ridge offers a full kindergarten and elementary program, with classes in Spanish, German, Handwork, Choral and Instrumental Music, Eurythmy, and Physical Education. We also have an Eurythmy therapist and Remedial teacher who work with parents and children. Dr. Mark Kamsler, practicing anthro-posophically-extended medicine near Milwaukee, visits our school twice a year. Pleasant Ridge is a member of AWSNA with Sponsored School status. Our building and campus were purchased in 1995, we offer an organic hot lunch program, and we work with a balanced budget. Last year, all salaries were derived from a full-time base salary of $24,260. Benefits include tuition remission and health insurance stipend.

Mentors
We have established mentoring relations with Leo Klein, Waldorf teacher from the Netherlands, and Kim Snyder-Vine, speech arts and educator from Chicago. Other visitors in the past few years include Christopher Budd, Christopher Schaefer, Oliver Steinreuck, James Ulness and Nancy Poer.

Qualities we seek in our faculty
We seek enthusiastic teachers working out of Anthroposophy whose life experiences have strengthened their ability to work with the Waldorf pedagogy and who show a willingness to strive toward:

• inspired excellence in the classroom
• effective working relationships with faculty, students, parents and board
• interest in sharing Waldorf education with the broader community.
  

Application process
We ask that applications include your resume, a handwritten cover letter, a short biography, and references from at least three people, including previous employers and someone who has observed your work with children. Applications should be addressed to the Personnel Committee.

If you have questions or would like further information, please contact Diane Mamroe at the school:

voice: (608) 637-7828

fax: (608) 637-3952

diane.mamroe@pleasantridgewaldorf.org