S Childhood Assistant Teacher

SY26-27 Early Childhood Assistant Teacher

Location:

Washington, DC

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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?

While this work is hard, it’s worth it – we believe in the transformative power of education, the can‑do‑itness of our students and staff, and the joy that comes from engaging in meaningful work with people we care about and trust!

Start Date: August 2026

Role Type: Full‑Time, 10 months

Location: Washington, DC

FLSA Status: Exempt

As an Assistant Teacher, you will work in partnership with the Early Childhood Lead Teacher or Kindergarten Lead Teacher to support the cultivation of a learning environment and classroom community that is productive, purposeful, safe and equitable for all students. You will contribute positively to the classroom community by supporting the delivery of rigorous instruction, communicating with families and reinforcing classroom expectations and vision as outlined in your partnership with the lead teacher.

Additionally, you will seek growth opportunities by working to maximize your impact in the classroom through regular collaboration with the lead teacher, seeking new opportunities for classroom ownership and responsibility and being an active and eager participant in all professional development and coaching opportunities at DC Prep.

This Assistant Teacher position serves as an entryway into DC Prep’s lead teacher pipeline and is designed to help novice educators develop into strong early childhood educators. To support our pipeline, we offer ATs the necessary professional development and coaching to acquire the knowledge, skills, and experience to become effective educators in urban school environments. Successful Assistant Teachers will have the opportunity to assume a gradual increase in classroom responsibility that will prepare them to assume lead teaching opportunities at DC Prep.

• Supporting instructional planning and delivery by:
  • Supporting and co‑leading productive, purposeful, inclusive, safe and equitable routines, structures and transitions during various components of the school day
  • Reviewing unit maps, lesson plans and materials ahead of time in order to be prepared to effectively support and implement the lessons designed by the Lead Teacher
  • Implementing assigned small groups including monitoring progress to drive towards student growth and mastery in literacy and math
  • Collaborating with and supporting the lead teacher to implement core tasks and activities that will engage students in targets for Early Childhood learning standards
  • Collaborating with the lead teacher to teach with intentional structures that maximize student learning
  • Assisting in the creation of core resources that whole class will use
  • Reading all IEPs and 504 plans and preparing to support specialized instruction in accordance with plans
  • Supporting delivery of assessments
  • Prioritizing meeting regularly with lead teacher for “Team Teaching” check‑ins to plan collaboratively
  • Assisting in collection and grading of classwork and homework
  • Assuming lead teacher responsibilities in the event of an absence
• Supporting a strong classroom community by:
  • Collaborating with the lead teacher to ensure that the vision for classroom community and strong Tier I supports are in place in the classroom
  • Leading various components of the school day while carrying out all aspects of the vision for classroom community
  • Assisting in collecting data on student…