Open Positions

To apply for any position, please send a resume and letter of interest to the school’s administrator Aurilia McNamara at aurilia.mcnamara@siskiyouschool.org.

Administrator

The Siskiyou School is looking for an Administrator for the school year 2024-2025.

The administrator holds the whole, with overall responsibility for the effective day to day operations and long-term success of the school. The administrator provides collaborative leadership to the faculty, board, and parents and serves as the primary liaison among them. The administrator leads the administrative team and delegates tasks as needed to ensure that the school’s daily operations and short term and long term goals are effectively executed. In consultation with the faculty and the board, as appropriate, develops, implements, and continuously improves policies, processes, and plans that support the School’s mission, vision, goals, and daily operations.

Qualifications:

  • Experience with overseeing day to day school operations

  • Effective delegation and team management skills

  • Experience managing school logistics, including enrollment and operating budget

  • Ability to navigate legal aspects of school operations

  • Previous experience with overseeing fundraising and donor cultivation

  • Previous teaching experience in a classroom setting (Waldorf preferred)

  • Growth mindset in helping support the strategic vision of the school

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills including community engagement, team building, motivation and conflict resolution

  • Proficiency in utilizing cloud-based collaboration tools such as Google Drive for document management, sharing, and collaboration and experience with Microsoft Office Suite

Responsibilities:

  • Supports board, administrative team, and faculty as needed

  • Coordinates the development and achievement of annual fundraising goals and works with the fundraising coordinator to foster relationships with higher level donors 

  • Ability to lead community-wide events and serve as ambassador for the school

  • Oversees admissions and enrollment matters

  • Collaborates with the Curriculum Director on all student discipline and parent body issues

  • Responsible for managing all legal, regulatory and compliance issues, maintaining professional memberships, and financial obligations of the school, with the support of the board and the business manager

  • Attends board meetings, committee meetings, and faculty meetings and contributes to the agendas as needed

  • Hires and dismisses the administrative team

  • Manages contract negotiations

  • Works with board treasurer to prepare and disseminate the Annual Report by the end of the school year

  • Responsible for nurturing good relations with neighbors

  • Maintain and enforce employee, student, and parent handbook

  • Point of escalation for policies related to employee and student handbook as well as contract related issues

  • Collaborates with the Curriculum Director on the master schedule for the school year

  • Collaborates with the curriculum director, faculty and board to develop and implement a long-term strategic vision for the school. 

  • Maintain relations with area Waldorf schools and community schools.

  • Offers administrative support for new program development

  • Salary is $60,000+ depending on experience, benefits are offered

Curriculum Director

The Siskiyou School is looking for a Curriculum Director for the school year 2024-2025.

Now in its 18th year, the Siskiyou School is a vibrant elementary and middle school grades private Waldorf school in Ashland, OR with a staff of 25 full and part-time teachers. We are located on a beautiful, well-developed two-acre campus in a residential neighborhood. Classes range in size from 18-26. In Fall of 2023 we added our new Kindergarten program to our school.

The Curriculum Director serves as the head of the faculty pillar. They hold and foster the wellbeing of the teachers around teaching. They help teachers stay inspired and invigorated around holding the children, and the Waldorf core curriculum as well as the academics at the Siskiyou School. They will guide and assist all the teachers in regards to the program of studies, planning of the blocks, supporting teachers with parent meetings and parent evenings, and planning and supporting the parent enrichment program. They will also hold pedagogical discussions in faculty meetings, oversee program reviews and program changes and help teachers feel inspired within the creative process of their teaching. They will help the administrator in understanding what teachers need as well as sharing highlights and possible concerns when they arise for any given teacher.

They lead in holding the “big” educational picture: working with the faculty to study and deepen knowledge and understanding of the curriculum and the children; overseeing faculty professional development, curriculum mentoring and support and evaluations (tbd); and ensuring that the curriculum is developed and delivered and that appropriate educational standards are upheld, so that the needs of the school and its students are met. They are the point person for parents of the school in matters related to curriculum and student support and classroom/student concerns. They guide Parent Education and Enrichment in matters of Waldorf Education. They work collaboratively with the faculty and administration and coordinate closely with administration to lead the school. 

This is a full time position which includes a full benefits package. Work hours are around 40 hours/week and include a once-a-week faculty meeting, festivals, fundraising events, parent enrichment evenings, parent evenings, and various other relevant meetings and commitments throughout the week and the school year.

Qualifications:

  • Waldorf trained and experienced class teacher in lower and upper grades

  • Management experience, including delegation and team empowerment

  • Growth mindset in helping support the mission and strategic vision of the school 

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

  • Proficient with common software, including Microsoft and Google products

  • Proven organizational skills 

  • Previous leadership experience

Please send a letter of interest and resume to aurilia.mcnamara@siskiyouschool.org.

1st & 6th Grade Class Teacher Positions

The Siskiyou School is looking for class teachers for our 1st, 2nd, and 6th grade classes starting September, 2024. 

The class teacher is the main holder of a class. They teach their students main lesson and some of the core skills. They oversee their students’ academic progress, guide their social and emotional development, organize field trips, and keep in communication with parents through regular conferences and class meetings. Class teachers are the point person for their students, parents, other teachers and the administration for all matters regarding their class.

Work hours are around 40 hours/week and include a once-a-week faculty meeting, three parent evenings a year, festivals and fundraising events.

We require at least 3 years of teaching experience. A Waldorf Teacher certificate is also preferable, but we are also open to training a teacher or sending the candidate to Waldorf summer training.

Kindergarten Assistant Position

We are looking for a Kindergarten Assistant who will support the Kindergarten and the lead Kindergarten Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. The work will begin in late August 2024. The position is full-time, paid on an hourly basis, with some benefits. The hours are 8-3:30 pm, Monday - Thursday, and 8:00-1:00 on Fridays. Responsibilities include tag teaming with the lead teacher as needed through the morning, supporting children who need that extra bit of attention to allow the lead teacher to hold the whole, and helping with class logistics and setup to ensure a seamless flow for the children from one activity to the next. It also requires getting trained to hold the afternoon enrichment program from 1-3 pm Monday-Thursday. The assistant will need to be able to sing and stay on pitch, be flexible, good with multi-tasking, able to connect easily with the children, and open to leading a circle and subbing when needed.

Overview of our School

Now in its 17th year, the Siskiyou School is a vibrant elementary and middle school grades private Waldorf school in Ashland, OR with a staff of 25 full and part-time teachers. We are located on a beautiful, well-developed two-acre campus in a residential neighborhood. Classes range in size from 18-26. This fall we added our new Kindergarten program to our school.

Each year the faculty, in conjunction with the board and administration, sets new goals for the school. Four years ago, for example, our focus was on building our last full-sized classroom; that was achieved in the summer of 2019. Most recently, we have been investing in trainings for the staff and board around diversity, equity, and inclusion and beginning our new Kindergarten program. Additionally, we encourage lifelong learning for our teachers and support their own enrichment.

A hallmark of the school is the level of support we have put in place to ensure the range of students in each class are best met and to make the job of class teachers sustainable. In addition to our excellent specialty teachers, class teachers in 1st-3rd have assistants for main lesson and for their language arts and math classes. Class teachers in 5th-8th are supported by two, middle school math teachers. Children in grades 1-4 needing extra help with reading and writing attend daily Ohana Program classes. Children needing one-on-one instruction have tutoring available on campus during the school day with qualified tutors.

Large classes are split in two for core skills work to ensure all students get the attention they need for math and language arts skills. Lastly, all specialty classes—music, handwork, games, woodworking, gardening, lower grades science (ACORN Program), Mandarin, Spanish and drama—are taught by very experienced specialty teachers. Supporting our teachers effectively is the best way we know to do well by our students.

Our faculty works collaboratively and in conjunction with the administration. For more information, please go to our website at www.siskiyouschool.org .

If interested, please send a resume and cover letter to our administrator Aurilia McNamara at Aurilia.mcnamara@siskiyouschool.org. If you have additional questions, please call 541-690-7171. We look forward to hearing from you.