Cultivating eco-literate, compassionate, critical thinkers, prepared to solve the challenges of their world.
PEDAGOGICAL DIRECTOR
Syringa Mountain School provides a Waldorf education in a public school setting. Syringa is the first
public Waldorf charter school in Idaho and the first public school of choice in the Wood River Valley.
What is Syringa Mountain School? It is a K-8 public Waldorf school of choice that
 Nurtures the intellect, imagination, and emotional life of each child.
 Offers a rigorous, relevant, balanced, and memorable liberal arts education.
 Incorporates sustainable living practices and experiential learning through daily animal
husbandry and gardening skills.
 Infuses academics with singing, painting, drawing, flute, violin, storytelling, handwork, and
drama.
 Touches children’s hearts and kindles their imaginations.
 Inspires children to live engaged and successful lives, prepared to meet the demands of their
world
Our aim is to inspire children to live engaged and successful lives, prepared to meet the demands of
their world. We require the following of our Pedagogical Director:
Reports to: SMS Board of Directors
Background, Duties, and Responsibilities
The Pedagogical Director must have a sound educational philosophy, background, and vision grounded
in Waldorf education and must be committed to service to a diverse community including children from
poverty and English Learners. Further, the Pedagogical Director must have demonstrated leadership
capacity to guide the school’s curriculum, assessment, teaching, learning, professional development,
and student achievement as well as an expressed willingness and plan to be accessible to staff,
community and students. The Pedagogical Director works closely with the School Director to coadminister and develop the school.
Human Resources
developing employment contracts where appropriate, and supervising, supporting, developing,
evaluating, disciplining and terminating with the School Director the SMS teachers, specials teachers,
classroom assistants and consultants.
Educational Leadership
m
staff and Board on program alignment to school mission and vision
SMS Parent Council around parent education, curriculum,
fundraising, events, festivities and parent agreements.
Ensures that the SMS curriculum is aligned to charter petition, state standards, and mission, and is
infused with Waldorf instructional practices
whole staff.
Monitors school-wide assessment and data collection.
SYRINGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, Post Office Box 3531, Hailey, Idaho 83333 208-720-6327
www.syringamountainschool.org
-parent meetings
Co-plans parent education events and speakers with staff and parents
coordination and implementation of SMS student discipline policy
Assists in the creation of a Master Schedule aligned with the SMS vision and mission as expressed in
the charter
Co- leads Staff Council to create a strong educational program
positive school climate and conditions through a strong professional learning community
Faculty Supervision
ffective support is provided
School Director
SMS Charter and policies
adopted by the SMS Governing Board
using and
through Waldorf inspired strategies
assessing their students, both formally and informally, to inform their lesson
planning and reports to parents
• Carries an awareness of educational trends within and external to the Waldorf movement
• Coordinates faculty implementation of strategic and operating plan goals within the pedagogical
realm of the school
• Offers teacher support through problem solving, delegation, adaptive perspective, supportive
feedback and servant leadership
• Upholds healthy lines of communication regarding pedagogical issues among and between the
faculty, board of trustees, parents and greater community
• Facilitates healthy feedback, timely follow through, and accountability for the school’s pedagogical
mission
• Works with the School Director to oversee the faculty-hiring process and recruitment efforts
• Works with Staff Council to oversee the faculty support, mentoring and evaluation processes
• Works with faculty governance council to implement and administer personnel and professional
conduct policies, including the school’s progressive discipline policy
• Oversees the leadership skills management and growth within the faculty
• Oversees faculty committee work, including proper documentation of committees for healthy
institutional memory
• Reviews substitute plans and trains substitutes as needed
• Attends Board meetings as needed and attendance of Parent Council
• Meets with School Director and administrative staff weekly for communication and collaborative
problem solving
Governance and Internal Relations
ead facilitator of the Staff Council and develops agenda with consultation from its members.
Assists in drafting the educational plan for SMS Charter Renewal and Memorandum of Understanding
SYRINGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, Post Office Box 3531, Hailey, Idaho 83333 208-720-6327
www.syringamountainschool.org
Qualifications
The Pedagogical Director for SMS will possess a proven track record of success in the following areas
Curriculum Leadership
Teaching and Learning
Community Building
Professional Development
Waldorf education
Public education
Adult learning
Specifically:
ds and philosophy and a commitment to bringing
that to a public charter school setting
Idaho’s Content Standards/Common Core and how to align curriculum to standards
continuous improvement in instructional practices
, with
knowledge and experience in meeting the needs of students with different experiences, languages, and
backgrounds
hing experience
-up organization, specifically related to building an innovative
culture and creating and implementing accountability systems
organization, time management, and follow-up skills
-solving, and interpersonal skills
helor Degree—Masters degree or equivalent experience preferred
Physical Demands
Frequent: Sitting, walking, standing, conversing, and listening, reading, writing, close visual work.
Occasional: Lifting and Carrying
Infrequent: Pushing and Pulling
Maximum Weights: Lift 25 lbs/Carry 25 lbs.
My signature indicates my agreement to uphold the terms of this Job Description.
Pedagogical Director Signature
Board Chair Signature as Witness
Date:
Date:
SYRINGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, Post Office Box 3531, Hailey, Idaho 83333 208-720-6327
www.syringamountainschool.org
SMS is an equal opportunity employer. SMS employs staff of any race, color, national or ethnic origin,
ancestry, citizenship, religious affiliation, actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, marital status,
veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, or medical condition where the latter do not impair job
performance with reasonable accommodations, and accords them all rights, privileges, programs, and
activities generally accorded to and made available to staff at the school. SMS will not discriminate on
the basis of any of the above factors, nor any basis prohibited by law.
SYRINGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, Post Office Box 3531, Hailey, Idaho 83333 208-720-6327
www.syringamountainschool.org