Grades After School Teacher for 26-27

ABOUT THE ROLE

Berkeley Rose is welcoming applications for Grades After School Teacher for the 2026/27 academic year. Successful candidates will enthusiastically engage students and work collaboratively with colleagues and the parent community to create an educational environment aligned with Waldorf pedagogy, our school mission and program goals. The ideal candidates will have experience working with children.

Overview of Grades After School Teacher

This is an essential role in the day of many children at the school. The teacher is responsible for a wide age-range of children (6-12 year olds). The teacher is responsible for creating and following a daily and weekly rhythm that gives these children the opportunity to partake in appropriate crafts, story-time, rest-time and activities, and have time to play and relax, in close collaboration with the After School Program Coordinator.

  • Be able to engage with and manage 20-24 children in the After School Program, from ages 6 to 12. Engage with students through crafts, games, knitting, story time, and other activities.

  • Be present to monitor and direct play as necessary in order to ensure a harmonious rhythm in the play yard.

  • Be able to manage paperwork, such as the Attendance list, account for the children in care and be able to check out on the Attendance sheet as children leave for the day.

  • Keep inventory of After School supplies such as paper, pencils, clay, yarn, balls, hoops and other material.

  • Ensure the play yard is left in a clean condition - Teachers to direct children to put away toys/material in use.

  • Be able to attend to minor injuries, inform the on-site Admin for assistance and write down Incident reports for record and for parent communication.

Qualifications

  • 1 or 2 years of Experience working with children

  • Be enthusiastic to learn about Waldorf Pedagogy and take on Training if required

  • Enthusiasm and flexibility

  • First Aid/CPR training

  • Mandated Reporter Training

  • Reliability and punctuality is a MUST.

  • Well-versed in computer skills and email.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Part time position approximately 15 to 20 hours per week. Hourly rate of $31.50 for the 2026/27 school year.

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION

Please submit resume along with teaching credentials, cover letter and three references to hiring@berkeleyrose.org.

OUR SCHOOL

An Urban School With Heart: Berkeley Rose Waldorf School is a vibrant, metropolitan school, located in a beautiful walkable neighborhood in Oakland, California. We are 3 blocks from an avenue known for its many shops and restaurants and with access to the greater San Francisco Bay Area and stunning nature in every direction. Our families and faculty are innovative and passionate about providing a holistic education for children. 

Founded in 2009, our school serves approximately 150 students from Nursery programs through 8th Grade, along with parent-child classes and parent education events for the local community. 

We welcome students, families, faculty, and staff of all races, ethnicities, countries of origin, cultural, religious, ideological and political affiliations, socio-economic backgrounds, gender identity, sexual orientation and any other articulation of human identity. We offer the gifts of Waldorf education to children growing up in a highly technologized culture sorely in need of a developmentally appropriate education that centers on what it means to be a human into the future. We are actively engaged in developing our work with Learning Support, Social Emotional Learning and DEI. The Berkeley Rose faculty strives to model a lifelong love of learning, gratitude and to support the individual journey of every child.