Volunteering through Participation

Bright Water Waldorf School operates with a dynamic, self-organized governance system. This ensures every member of the Bright Water community has a voice in shaping our future. Your participation matters. Together, we attune to the organization's needs and respond accordingly.

This governance model welcomes volunteer leadership and participation at every level. We are currently seeking parent volunteers who have an area of interest/expertise in the following areas:

• Advancement Circle (internal and external marketing and communications; retention and growth through enrollment, and fundraising efforts such as the annual Community Fund)

• Board Circle (oversee the overall vitality of our school and ensure its future flourishing; high level planning and strategy to meet long term goals of sustainability)

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Circle (cultivating and developing an authentic posture of inclusion throughout our school community; ensuring that a DEI lens and approach is engaged through calendar and academic planning, policy, procedure, and pedagogy, etc.)

• Family Circle (cultivating spaces where families can foster connections through play, crafting, and gatherings; support other community members when experiencing times of need)

• Festivals Circle (planning the community festival life of the school; supporting all-community festivals such as the Harvest Festival, Lantern Walk, Winter Faire, and May Faire)

• Finance Circle (establish the school budget; secure grants; set tuition rates according to school values)

• Governance Circle (oversee the implementation and practice of Sociocracy; support circles in how to organize and achieve aims)

If you would like to volunteer in any of these areas, or have specific questions about these or any other aspects of our new governance model, please contact Governance Leader, Joel DeJong at jdejong@brightwaterwaldorf.org . Learn more about Sociocracy, our organizational governance model.