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Biodynamic Gardening Teacher for 2010-2011 School Year

The Waldorf School of Princeton seeks a Gardening Teacher who can inspire students to learn about plant life by working in the soil. Through the Waldorf curriculum, students will be participating in nature to understand the plant cycle and experience first hand the plant’s important role in helping to feed, clothe, and shelter humanity.

First and foremost, the teacher must love children and be able to direct them well. While only a portion of the position (8 lessons/week during the school year) is devoted to teaching students, the purpose of the gardening program in the school community is to inspire respect for the interrelationships of nature and to build will forces by having students actively engaged in the work and care of the garden and property.

In addition to work with the students, the gardening teacher also leads the care and maintenance of the common areas of the property and the garden. While some work is done by the gardening teacher, other work is done by assistants, students, staff, and volunteers. The gardening teacher must orient, train and supervise gardening assistants and volunteers. The maintenance work is about 5 hours/week during the school year and 20 hours week during the summer months. Assistant are available for about half of that time to support the maintenance efforts.

As a pioneering garden in a central New Jersey school, our school serves as a role model to other area school programs. The gardening teacher must be able to work well with others and have strong communication and leadership skills in order to participate in outreach efforts to cultivate relationships and promote our school garden.

This is a part time position which begins as an assistant in September and builds to a lead teacher in January. Openness and willingness to learn, keeping commitments, and flexibility are essential attributes for this position. Other qualifications include experience teaching grade school students and experience with an organic garden. Training and experience with biodynamic gardening is preferred. For more information on biodynamic gardening and the one-year weekend training that begins in September, please see The Pfeiffer Center.

This is a great way to learn and be part of our unique school where working in the garden provides lessons for life. Come join our community!

Please send your resume, references and letter of interest to Mollie Rose, Faculty Chair: mrose@princetonwaldorf.org