The Treehouse: A Forest Garden School
Current Positions
Forest Garden Substitute Teachers, Infant Lead Subs
Milwaukie, Oregon•Part-time
About The Treehouse: A Forest Garden School
The Treehouse: a Forest Garden School is a non profit Waldorf inspired program for children 6 weeks - 6 years, established in 2010. After a recent move and expansion from an in-home school we are now stewarding a 1/4 acre just outside of Portland, Oregon where we are developing a food forest, permaculture learning garden and offer a holistic education for children to truly thrive!
We offer a unique opportunity for families as a state certified center providing an indoor classroom dedicated to beauty and a fully equipped outdoor classroom in our forest garden where children will be outside in all weather up to 6 ½ hours a day.
Offering high quality outdoor education definitely has us pushing the envelope on what state licensed schools typically offer.
Treehouse’s program follows the local school year calendar for children 6 weeks - 6 year olds and offers a Forest School Summer Program for children through the age of 12.
We are eternally grateful for the resources that we have the opportunity to steward and have us striving to give back from our abundance.
We offer a unique opportunity for families as a state certified center providing an indoor classroom dedicated to beauty and a fully equipped outdoor classroom in our forest garden where children will be outside in all weather up to 6 ½ hours a day.
Offering high quality outdoor education definitely has us pushing the envelope on what state licensed schools typically offer.
Treehouse’s program follows the local school year calendar for children 6 weeks - 6 year olds and offers a Forest School Summer Program for children through the age of 12.
We are eternally grateful for the resources that we have the opportunity to steward and have us striving to give back from our abundance.
Our Team
The Treehouse team is made up of co-teachers that foster a strong sense of community in our school. We all work together equally to enrich the program for both the children and families. Our teachers have beautiful backgrounds and are therefore valuable assets to our team as they all bring their own individual talents, passions, skills and personalities to the school. Part of our continued education and enrichment for our staff involves Growth and Inner work to insure that we have whole and healthy human beings that are capable of the warmth and peace that the children need from us to feel safe and secure. It is who we ARE as Teachers that will make the greatest impact. As W.E.B. DuBois states: “Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”
Our Values
Our core intention at The Treehouse is to develop curiosity by surrounding children with an environment of security, beauty, creativity and wonder. We are a place where children learn to love themselves, others and the earth as we engage the head, heart and hands of each child. At The Treehouse we support the child, their family and community. With our recent expansion to our new center we have plans to start adult education through community workshops!