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We’re hiring! Now accepting applications in lower/early elementary:
Both positions involve teaching in outdoor classrooms and spaces, and both positions require collaboration with the co-founders in administrative and operational responsibilities of the learning center.
If you aren’t sure if you qualify, please reach out using our form. We would love to see if there’s a way to work with you now or in the future.
Lead Teacher: Early/Lower Elementary
Date Posted: May 2025
Your Role
Your voice and experience will play a major role in our collaborative team environment. Working with the Red Pine Learning Community founders, the lead teacher’s responsibilities are wide-ranging, and include but are not limited to:
- Teaching: Teach 4.5-9 year olds; Select the curriculum for all lower elementary students; Incorporate the natural world and weather conditions into curricular planning; Review the curriculum for anti-racist, anti-ableist, and inclusive content; Maintain data and observations of student learning and growth; Participate in professional development.
- Family Engagement: Communicate with families clearly and regularly; Promote the school; Design an inclusive admissions and enrollment process; Manage scholarship programs.
- School Operations and Administration: Create the school calendar and schedule; Conduct ongoing evaluation of the program for improvement and sustainability; Support, mentor, and learn from other teachers and assistant teachers; Assess weather conditions to make appropriate daily and weekly classroom plans; Monitor indoor air quality and engage with students and parents on principles of community care; Maintain strong systems for financial management, human resources, licensing, and compliance.
Experience: Required
A Bachelor’s degree in Education (or a related field) with at least 2 years of teaching experience.
Experience: Preferred
Teaching experience in an elementary school setting. Master’s degree in Education (or a related field). Nature-based education certification, forest school certification, or Montessori Elementary I and II or Primary credential. School administration or educational leadership experience.
Salary & Hours
Salary starts at $35/hour. There is no school on Friday afternoons (dismissal at 12 noon). Red Pine Learning Community offers paid vacation days, generous sick leave, and opportunities for professional development.
Skills
A person who will be successful in this role is:
- Collaborative: You value a team environment, where everyone contributes. You are willing to support different aspects of small school operations, which may range from making admissions decisions to taking care of plants.
- Flexible: You have creativity, resourcefulness, and an ability to adjust your expectations and plans if things change, as they do!
- Nature-loving: Teaching outdoors is your preference! You are familiar with the “leave no trace” principles.
- Committed to equity and care: You work to build an inclusive community that is anti-racist, anti-ableist, and anti-biased. You support the school community’s well-being through masking, testing, assisting students with masking, and, in inclement weather, monitoring indoor air quality.
- Growth-oriented: You are eager to stretch beyond your current experience, to develop new skills and expertise, and to more fully explore your purpose and potential.
Physical Requirements
A typical day involves moving around outdoors, leading children on trails up to 2 miles per day, and lifting materials up to 30 pounds. The role requires the ability to wear an N95/KN95/KF94 mask consistent with the Red Pine Learning Community health policy, and the ability to interact with and supervise students safely.
Apply
Send your resume and a brief description of your interest in the position to outdoorschool413 ((+ @gmail)) ((+.com)). Red Pine Learning Community does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, creed, religion, sex or gender, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, status with regard to public assistance, or in any other way based on personal identity markers that do not relate to the capacity of an individual person to carry out the responsibilities of a role.
Assistant Teacher: Early/Lower Elementary
Date Posted: April 2025
Your Role
Your voice and experience will play a major role in our collaborative team environment. Working with the Red Pine Learning Community founders and lead teacher, the assistant teacher’s responsibilities are wide-ranging, and include but are not limited to:
- Teaching: Teach 4.5-9 year olds; Support the curriculum for all lower elementary students, including incorporation of the natural world and weather conditions into instruction; Review the curriculum for anti-racist, anti-ableist, and inclusive content; Contribute to data and observations of student learning and growth; Participate in professional development.
- Family Engagement: Engage with the lead teacher in preparing regular communications for families; Promote the school; Participate in an inclusive admissions and enrollment process.
- School Operations and Administration: Contribute to ongoing evaluation of the program for improvement and sustainability; Support and learn from other teachers and assistant teachers; Assess weather conditions for appropriate daily and weekly classroom plans; Monitor indoor air quality and engage with students on principles of community care; Develop awareness of systems for financial management, human resources, licensing, and compliance.
Experience: Required
A Bachelor’s degree in Education (or a related field) with some teaching experience.
Experience: Preferred
At least 2 years of teaching experience in a pre-K or elementary school setting. Experience in a nature-based educational school, forest school, or Montessori school.
Salary & Hours
Salary starts at $25/hour. There is no school on Friday afternoons (dismissal at 12 noon). Red Pine Learning Community offers paid vacation days, generous sick leave, and opportunities for professional development.
Skills
A person who will be successful in this role is:
- Collaborative: You value a team environment, where everyone contributes. You are willing to support different aspects of small school operations, which may range from contributing to admissions conversations to taking care of plants.
- Flexible: You have creativity, resourcefulness, and an ability to adjust your expectations and plans if things change, as they do!
- Nature-loving: Teaching outdoors is your preference! You are familiar with the “leave no trace” principles.
- Committed to equity and care: You work to build an inclusive community that is anti-racist, anti-ableist, and anti-biased. You support the school community’s well-being through masking, testing, assisting students with masking, and, in inclement weather, monitoring indoor air quality.
- Growth-oriented: You are eager to stretch beyond your current experience, to develop new skills and expertise, and to more fully explore your purpose and potential.
Physical Requirements
A typical day involves moving around outdoors, leading children on trails up to 2 miles per day, and lifting materials up to 30 pounds. The role requires the ability to wear an N95/KN95/KF94 mask consistent with the Red Pine Learning Community health policy, and the ability to interact with and supervise students safely.
Apply
Send your resume and a brief description of your interest in the position to the co-founders at outdoorschool413 ((+ @gmail)) ((+.com)). Red Pine Learning Community does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, creed, religion, sex or gender, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, status with regard to public assistance, or in any other way based on personal identity markers that do not relate to the capacity of an individual person to carry out the responsibilities of a role.