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Washington Latin is a small network of liberal arts, college preparatory public charter schools with a classical mission serving over 1,000 students in grades 5-12 from across the District of Columbia on two campuses. We believe that all students deserve a quality education that goes beyond preparation and focuses on developing knowledge, understanding and humanity.
Washington Latin operates on two campuses – the 2nd St Campus in Ward 4 serving grades 5-12, and the Anna Julia Cooper Campus in Ward 5, which will eventually grow to serve grades 5-12 as well. Both campuses share the essential elements of our Classical Education for the Modern World. Ours is a school where words matter, ideas matter, and people matter.
Whether you are a new teacher or an educator with deep experience, Washington Latin offers a particularly supportive environment for teachers and a range of opportunities for professional and personal growth. We seek teachers who bring a passion for their content area, curiosity as lifelong learners, and a love for working with kids in the middle and high school years. In our classrooms, academic inquiry is highly valued and ideas are freely explored. We set high academic and personal expectations for students and faculty, both in and out of one’s classrooms.
Our schools are grounded in the following essential characteristics, which shape the Washington Latin experience for our faculty, students, and families:
- Classical Mission: Our model brings together timeless truths from antiquity with the study of contemporary issues through a broad liberal arts curriculum, aimed at helping our students develop both their autonomy as individuals and their commitment to the common good. We ask students to consider moral issues across every subject and grade, particularly through regular Socratic seminars that help them to develop informed, reasoned and flexible opinions. This ability to engage in civil debate is a keystone of our democratic society and thus an important element of our program.
- Diverse, Integrated Community: Our student body is diverse by design, which we consider necessary to accomplish our mission. We believe that a central purpose of education is to help students to develop the ability to work within our diverse and increasingly global society. Our approach cultivates students’ respect for difference while fostering their understanding and appreciation of our shared humanity.
- Personal, Nurturing Culture: Washington Latin is deliberately small (overall and in terms of class sizes), so that everyone is known as a scholar and individual. We aim for mutual trust and respect in our community to foster intellectual curiosity and creativity. We want for students and faculty alike to feel a sense of community that encourages them to try something new, challenge ideas, make mistakes, and step up as leaders.
- Faculty Excellence & Autonomy: Our leaders are teachers, and our teachers are leaders. They bring expertise in and passion for their fields of study to their classrooms. We grant them autonomy in curricular and teaching choices, while at the same time providing personal support and opportunities for their professional development. Above all, we respect and nurture their intellect and humanity. The result: a stable cadre of excellent teachers, close-knit as a community and devoted to their students’ long-term success.
Cooper Campus Open Positions
Student Support (Special Education) Teacher
- Full time 10-month position
- Start Date: ASAP
- Location: Cooper Campus
To foster the intellectual and personal growth of students with learning and other challenges through collaborative work with general education teachers, related service providers, families and other stakeholders; with an understanding and commitment to the Latin Way. Candidates must be eager to work with all students in a non-selective school and have the ability to adapt instruction to students’ interests and needs. Candidates must be willing to involve themselves in the life of the school.
Dedicated Aide and Section Teacher
- Full time 10-month position
- Start Date: ASAP
- Location: Cooper Campus
Seeking a Dedicated Aide to work with an instructional team consisting of a lead teacher and a special education teacher at Washington Latin’s Cooper Campus. The dedicated aide provides individual instructional support for a child/children with Individualized Educational Plans (IEP).
Seeking also a teacher for one academic section (course to be determined) and serve as a co-advisor. Candidates must be eager to be a part of a newly-founded and fast developing middle school team. Candidates must be eager to work with students of all abilities in a non-selective school and have a deep enough command of their content area to adapt instruction to students’ interests and needs. Candidates must be willing to involve themselves in the life of the school.
Substitute Teachers (all grades)
Substitutes for various subject are needed for grades 5-9 on an ongoing basis. Substitutes are responsible for managing the classroom goals, expectations, and directives of the absent teacher for a given period or on a given day.
2nd St Campus Open Positions
Middle School 8th Grade Science Teacher
- Full time 10-month position
- Start Date: ASAP
- Location: 2nd St Campus
Teacher wanted to teach five sections of Middle School 8th Grade Science and serve as an advisor. Candidates must be eager to work with students of all abilities in a non-selective school and have a deep enough command of their content area to adapt instruction to students’ interests and needs. Candidates must also be willing to involve themselves in the life of the school.
Middle School 5th Grade Latin Teacher (Long Term Sub)
- Long Term Substitute Teacher
- Start Date: ASAP
- Location: 2nd St Campus
Teacher (long term sub) wanted to teach five sections of Middle School 5th Grade Latin and serve as an advisor. Candidates must be eager to work with students of all abilities in a non-selective school and have a deep enough command of their content area to adapt instruction to students’ interests and needs. Candidates must also be willing to involve themselves in the life of the school.
School Psychologist
- Full time 12-month position
- Start Date: ASAP
- Location: 2nd St Campus
Seeking an experienced school psychologist to provide psychoeducational evaluations, counseling and direct and group instruction for students struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges to improve academic achievement, promote student well-being, and address learning and behavior issues that interfere with student success.
Library Associate (Part-Time)
- 20 hours per week
- Start Date: ASAP
- Location: 2nd St Campus
The Library Associate supports the school by shelving, cataloging, and providing customer service support to administrators, teachers, staff, and students to help them access the library collection and technology resources. The Library Associate interacts directly with a wide range of students, teachers, administrators, and staff in a customer service capacity.
Substitute Teachers (all grades)
Substitutes for various subject are needed for grades 5-12 on an ongoing basis. Substitutes are responsible for managing the classroom goals, expectations, and directives of the absent teacher for a given period or on a given day.
