Hybrid Instructional Assistant

Company

• Campus Specifics Why Friendship Online? Friendship Public Charter School Online (Friendship PCS Online) is a unique partnership between the Friendship Public Charter School and Stride K12. Our students are proud members of the Friendship family who engage with their education in a virtual environment. Friendship PCS Online offers the engaging and rigorous Stride K12 curriculum in an effort to provide our students with current, meaningful, and interactive lessons in reading, language arts, mathematics, history, science, music, and art. Friendship PCS Online even offers world language courses in five languages, including Spanish, German, French, Latin, and Chinese. Our students range from kindergarten to grade 8 and are assisted by highly motivated, passionate teachers both virtually and in person. Our academic leaders and teachers also support parents or other adults in the home as they take on an important role as a student’s Learning Coach. Although many of the lessons and learning activities occur online and in the home, Friendship Public Charter School Online students are often brought together through face-to-face learning sessions at the Nicholson Street Campus. Our students and families are also invited and encouraged to attend a wide variety of fun and educational family outings and field trips each month. Overview Thank you for your interest in joining Friendship Public Charter School! We are excited to review applications for anticipated vacancies for the 2026–2027 school year. Our formal interview process will begin in January 2026 for all confirmed openings. Please note that some roles may be posted in advance of confirmation, and internal applicants will be considered first for any potential vacancies. Friendship Public Charter School operates a network of high-performing, college-preparatory public charter schools serving students from pre-K3 through 12th grade. Our mission is to provide a world-class education that equips students with the knowledge, skills, and character necessary for success in college, career, and life. We are seeking dedicated, mission-aligned professionals to join our team for the 2026–2027 school year. If you are committed to accelerating student achievement, fostering joyful and rigorous learning, and preparing students for bright postsecondary futures, we encourage you to apply. We look forward to learning more about you and your passion for serving students in Washington, DC. For more information about our Teacher Evaluation Method, see the Danielson Framework for Teaching. For more information about our schools please visit the following
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Responsibilities

Supports the creation of environments and instructional opportunities that meet the needs of diverse learners Provides individualized behavior and academic supports to improve children’s achievement of individual academic and behavioral goals in support of children’s IEP goals Consistently implements behavioral and academic strategies outlined in children’s IEPs Uses information and data from a variety of sources to understand children’s instructional needs and progress against IEP goals Maintains records and documentation Keeps other members of the classroom teaching team, appropriate service providers, and families informed of progress and challenges regarding the student Ensures a safe, clean, attractive and engaging centers-based classroom that encourages both exploration and complex play for children with special needs Fosters tolerance and a sense of community in classrooms, modeling and explicitly teaching acceptance and appreciation of others Works with the teaching team to ensure the classroom contains sufficient supplies and materials for individualized instructional supports Assist young children with personal hygiene, meals and other daily activities Communicates the individual children’s goals and progress to families and also ways in which the family can support the child at home Plans collaboratively and shares ideas and resources with instructional team Collaborates with the teaching team to evaluate instructional effectiveness and to modify instructional approaches based on feedback Actively participates in professional development opportunities provided and seeks out additional professional development Maintains confidentiality and treats all information about children and their families in strictest confidence Fulfills the standards of professionalism including appropriate dress, attendance and timeliness Team members working at one of Friendship’s Online Academies will work in a hybrid capacity, with a potential of 3 days a week in person and 2 days a week virtually in collaboration with other team members, scholars, and learning coaches. Throughout the year, there will also be times when team members will report in-person to support testing, participate in check and connect sessions, field trips, in-person tutoring, professional development, etc. Friendship’s Online Academy Team Members are required to participate in all in-person activities. The number of in-person days varies from month to month depending on scheduled activities.

Qualifications

Experience in the role preferred Minimum of 1 year experience in youth development, child care or a school setting strongly preferred. Candidates should be prepared to explain how they will support sucess for children in school settings Demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics. Must be energetic, reliable, flexible and integrity driven Strong communication skills in order to ensure effective, positive interactions with their teaching team, staff, parents and children. Solution-focused and goal oriented Strong communication skills required in order to effectively engage with teachers, staff, parents, and children Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative work environment Ability to maintain a patient and supportive relationship with assigned students required High school diploma or General Education Development Certificate (GED) required FPCS’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, status as a special disabled veteran, or any other protected criteria as established by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to recruitment and hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfer, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. Employment decisions at FPCS are based solely upon relevant criteria, including an individual’s capabilities, qualifications, training, experience and suitability.