Walden COVID Policy Update – Winter 2024

Last Updated: 1/13/24

Walden’s COVID policy is guided and informed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) guidelines. Walden makes a concerted effort to follow these guidelines as closely as possible.  

On January 9, 2024 the CDPH updated their covid guidelines, in recognition of the fact that, as they stated, “we are now at a different point in time with reduced impacts from COVID-19 compared to prior years, due to broad immunity from vaccination and/or natural infection, and readily available treatments for infected people.” CDPH states that the new guidance “is focused on protecting those most at risk for serious illness, while reducing social disruption that is disproportionate to recommendations for the prevention of other endemic respiratory viral infections.” Walden’s policy on testing, isolation, and masking has therefore been updated to reflect these recent changes in the CDPH guidelines. 

This document provides the following information:

  • An outline of the updated CDPH/Walden guidance 
  • Questions and answers relating to common scenarios
  • A table outlining the key differences between the previous and current guidelines

The updated CDPH guidance on testing can be read here.
The updated CDPH guidance on isolation and masking can be read here.

VIEW FULL COVID POLICY DOCUMENT HERE

Walden 2024 Gala – March 2nd

Save the date and get your tickets now! The Annual Walden Gala takes place March 2nd from 5 – 9pm.

General Admission: $50.00
Walden LOVE Ticket: $100.00
Give a little extra and show your love for Walden + A drink ticket (Your Choice of the evening’s signature gala cocktail or cocktail)
VIP Gala Ticket
$150.00
Two VIP tickets, a swag bag full of goodies and prom photo by a professional photographer (digital copy of pic)

MLK Assembly

Join us in celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Connecting the Past to the Present. A Walden Center and School Assembly in the Studio. Thursday January 18, 2024, 8:45am.

Walden is Hiring – Administrative Coordinator

Office Manager/ Administrative Coordinator/ Administrative Assistant (Berkeley, California)

Walden Center and SchoolWalden Center and School is looking for a talented administrative coordinator to join our collective in the fall of 2024. If you have a vision of building a close-knit community, of working with kids, parents, and a small committed team of educators, this may be the engaging, invigorating, satisfying job you are looking for.

Walden Center and School has been a leader in progressive elementary education and collective administration for over 65 years. We are an independent K-6 school where drama, music, language, and art sit alongside traditional academic subjects as our core curriculum. At Walden, we believe that children learn best when their academic, emotional, physical, and social needs are addressed, and families are an integral part of our community. Teachers take an individualized approach in designing their curricula in order to meet each child where they are developmentally. Also, the teachers and administrative staff run the school as a collective, which provides workers with autonomy and the right and responsibility to make decisions that affect both their own positions and the whole school. We are passionate about working with the diversity of our current community and strive to support an environment that feels inclusive and intentional.

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Walden is Hiring – Kindergarten / TK Teacher

Kindergarten / TK (Lower Group)Teacher / Administrator (Berkeley, California)

Walden Center and School seeks a dynamic teacher for Lower Group, our mixed-age TK- Kindergarten class, to join our teaching collective in the fall of 2024. If you have a vision of building a close-knit community, of working with kids, parents, and a small committed team of educators, this may be the engaging, invigorating, satisfying job you are looking for. 

Walden Center and School has been a leader in progressive elementary education and collective administration for over 65 years. Walden is an independent K-6 school where drama, music, language, and art sit alongside traditional academic subjects as our core curriculum. At Walden, we believe that children learn best when their academic, emotional, physical, and social needs are addressed, and families are an integral part of our community. Teachers take an individualized approach in designing their curricula in order to meet each child where they are developmentally. Also, the teachers run the school as a teacher-led collective, which provides them with autonomy, and the right and responsibility to make decisions that affect both their own classrooms and the whole school. We are passionate about working with the diversity of our current community and strive to support an environment that feels inclusive and intentional. 

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