SY26-27 Middle School ELA Teachers (4th-8th Grade)

DC Prep is a high performing network of public charter schools serving over 2,100 preschool through 8th-grade students across six campuses in Wards 5, 7, and 8. We’re proud of the high bar we set for ourselves to achieve results–our students deserve our best! We recognize that how we support our students to be successful is just as important as the results we achieve, which pushes us to reflect on questions such as:

How can we facilitate our students’ academic, social, and emotional development?

How can we support our team members’ professional growth and personal ability to do this work long-term?

How can we engage our students’ families as our own?

Rigorous academic focus. Our Preppies receive the highest level of academic preparation through standards-based instruction, daily targeted interventions, and meaningful assessments.

Social-emotional learning. We have always had a dual mission of academic and social-emotional skill development. Our research-based SEL curriculum is integrated into daily instruction, helping students leverage their personal values to strengthen their self-awareness, social awareness, and responsible decision-making skills and create a school-wide culture of empathy and reflection.

Commitment to reflection and refinement. Our results tell us that we are moving in the right direction, but there’s further to go to ensure that every student receives a transformative education. As a team, we regularly reflect on our programmatic model to see what’s working and where we can get better.

DC Prep's faculty and staff are passionate, talented, and uncompromising with a mission to make sure all students succeed at a high level.

Every aspect of our organization and program is designed – and continually refined – to ensure that goal.

DC Prep students spend approximately 25% more time in school than other DC public school students.

DC Prep’s supportive, stimulating, and professionally rewarding learning environment continuously develops and motivates high-performing educators.

DC Prep's staff and school leadership promote meaningful relationships between faculty and students, enable excellent teaching, and foster professional collaboration.

The end result: great outcomes for students.

Our lead teachers lay the foundation for our Preppies’ academic success and social emotional development by:

Planning thoughtfully and teaching joyously. You’ll adapt our rigorous, standards-based curriculum to meet the particular needs of your students, thinking about both how to scaffold rigorous learning and how to infuse your kiddos’ day with joy. You’ll feel right at home, given your innate desire to spark a love of learning in your students!

This means planning both for grade level instruction–which ALL Preppies receive–and planning small group instruction to meet kids where they are so they can access grade level instruction

Using data intentionally. You are constantly thinking about how to help Preppies achieve ambitious goals. To track progress towards goals, you’ll analyze academic and classroom culture data to inform your instruction and target focus areas for your students.

Investing in their own learning. We support our teachers’ ongoing professional growth through weekly professional development opportunities, as well as weekly observations and feedback conversations.

Working collaboratively and flexibly. DC Prep teachers are focused on outcomes for students and understand the power of working together to ensure ALL students feel success in the classroom. This looks like taking time daily to plan together, troubleshoot problems, and adapt when an approach isn’t working. This collaborative and flexible approach ensures that every day is purposeful and intentional.

Building mastery. Starting in 3rd grade, our schools are departmentalized, supporting you to become an expert in one content area while working with a team of outstanding educators to provide our Preppies with strong instruction throughout every portion of their day. Preschool-2nd grade teachers build mastery in both ELA and math.

Embodying the DC Prep Way. We’ve built a strong culture of high expectations and student achievement at DC Prep. You are excited to contribute to this culture and eager to promote the DC Prep Way to students, families, and community members.

The physical demands and environmental conditions described below are representative, but not exhaustive, of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. All of these physical requirements must be able to be performed with clarity, coherence and connectedness to DC Prep’s vision. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals who have an ADA qualifying disability to perform these essential functions which include:

Must be able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time

Must be able to spend the majority of the day standing or mobile throughout the classroom, as well as talk, hear, grasp, reach and lift up to 30lbs with or without accommodations

Ability to concentrate in active and noisy environments such as cafeterias, gymnasiums, stairs and playgrounds, classrooms and large group professional settings

Must be able to walk, stand and monitor crowded hallways, gymnasiums, cafeterias, stairs and playgrounds.

Must be able to climb stairs throughout the day and escort students to and from class

Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment

Ability to handle potential high stress conditions