Elementary/Middle School Science Teacher
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111 O Street, NW, Northwest Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20001
We are excited to consider your application for anticipated vacancies in the 2025-2026 school year. We are thrilled that you’re considering applying for openings expected in the 2025-2026 school year at Friendship Public Charter School. Our formal interview process will begin in January 2025, for our confirmed vacancies only. Non-vacant positions may still be posted during this time.
Friendship Public Charter School operates a dynamic network of college-preparatory charter schools headquartered in Washington, DC. We proudly serve more than 4,800 preschool through 12th-grade students and support a growing network of alumni as they complete college. Our mission is to provide students with a world-class education that fosters ethical, literate, well-rounded, and self-sufficient individuals. We aim to inspire students to reach high academic standards, enjoy the learning process, succeed in their endeavors, and contribute actively to their communities. For 25 years, thanks to the dedication and expertise of our outstanding faculty, our students have excelled—achieving high graduation rates, college acceptance, and success both academically and socially.
We are seeking professionals who are responsible, confident, respectful, caring, committed, persistent, and patient to join our community for the 2025-2026 school year, starting in August 2025. At Friendship, we believe that every child has the potential to reach and succeed in college—and we invite those who share this belief to apply.
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Responsibilities
- Create a classroom culture of high achievement and student ownership of their learning that helps foster students’ intellectual, social and emotional development.
- Provide daily instruction, including clear learning outcomes, well-designed lessons and high-quality assessments that align to Friendship’s curriculum and standards.
- Incorporate into lessons creative, hands-on learning experiences that broaden students’ exposure and interests, help foster student ingenuity and require application of knowledge and skills acquired through daily instruction.
- Provide a classroom environment that is visually appealing, rich with resources aligned to curriculum and standards and honors student’s achievement with current and accurate displays of exemplary student work.
- Communicate to students to understand their talents, interests and needs and to convey learning expectations and their progress toward meeting those expectations.
- Communicate regularly with families to identify students’ talents, interests and needs and update parents regarding students’ achievements and progress.
- Collaborate with school-based staff and throughout the Friendship network in staff meetings, regular analysis sessions and professional learning designed to enhance students’ learning experience and increase student achievement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Successful completion of the Praxis II Exam
- One year of teaching experience and results demonstrating high student achievement and significant growth
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree
- Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and above
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and/or continuing education
- Two years of teaching experience and results demonstrating high student achievement and significant growth
Praxis Information:
Curriculum Information
To learn more about our curriculum, consider the following link:
Science - https://www.foss-science.com/a-multimodal-approach/
NGSS - https://www.nextgenscience.org/
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