Teaching Assistant, Mixed-Age Kindergarten

Westbrook Nature School is seeking an entry-level, part-time Teaching Assistant for our Mixed-Age Kindergarten Class, ages 3 to 6, starting the 2023-24 school year. Ideal candidates must love both children and nature, have a talent for outdoor work, everyday in all kinds of weather. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, energetic, fit and strong, who brings warmth and joy to their work with young children. Please note that teachers need to be comfortable working outside all morning in sunshine, rain, snow, wind, and muddy conditions.

Candidates must be able to work collaboratively with colleagues and assist in all aspects of daily activities including snack preparation and classroom maintenance. Candidates should have a strong interest to continue learning about child development and the natural world.

This hourly position is five days a week from September through early June as follows:

Monday, Thursday, & Friday from 8:00am to 1:30pm & Tuesday & Wednesday from 8:00am to 12:45pm

Occasional events on weekends throughout the school year.

Training and orientation to begin in late August.

About Westbrook Nature School:

Westbrook Nature School is a licensed nature-based preschool set on six bucolic acres in Redding, CT. We offer a Mixed-Age Kindergarten experience for children ages three to six as well as Parent-Child Classes for caregivers and children ages birth to three. We also host seasonal festivals and workshops for the community throughout the year.

Westbrook’s primary mission is to connect the young child with the beauty and rhythms of nature, bringing joy and vitality to their educational experience. Westbrook provides an alternative to indoor preschool instruction by allowing the freedom to learn through direct experience of the natural world. Through their deepening experience and kinship with nature, enlivened by song, poetry, dance, and storytelling, we guide the child toward resilience, balance, and social growth.

Westbrook’s success reveals a growing awareness of the necessity of authentic relationship with nature through experience and education. Because we seek to support the health and wellbeing of children, their families, and the local community, Westbrook looks to expand educational offerings, to parents, alumni, and the broader local community, through classes and workshops. This will establish Westbrook as a vital component in the growing effort to ensure the fundamental right of everyone to experience the natural world as part of their education. In doing so, we will fulfill our commitment to sustain, heal, and become stewards of the earth.

Westbrook Nature School is non-sectarian and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or national and ethnic origin in its educational, administrative, admission, athletic, and school programs and policies. 

Interested candidates are asked to submit a cover letter and resume to Danielle Caldwell, Director, at info@westbrooknatureschool.org.

Westbrook Nature School, 7 Long Ridge Road, West Redding, CT 06896, 203-664-1554, www.westbrooknatureschool.org