Career Center

Friends Community School (FCS) is a progressive co-ed Quaker K-8 day school serving a diverse student body from the greater Washington, D.C. area. FCS offers a challenging curriculum imbued with strong values of equality, integrity, community, environmental stewardship, simplicity, and peaceful conflict resolution, rooted in our Quaker heritage. Faculty and staff are highly engaged and enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and creativity. FCS’s LEED-certified building is situated on 17 acres surrounded by Greenbelt National Park, nine minutes from the University of Maryland, College Park, and thirty minutes from Washington, D.C.

In its fourth decade, FCS has cultivated a diverse community of students, families, and employees. Fifty-four percent of its student body self-identifies as people of color and students and employees represent various gender identities, faiths, family structures, and socio-economic backgrounds.

The full-time Lower School Assistant Teacher will demonstrate an understanding of progressive practice and support the academic, social, and emotional development of the whole child.  They will contribute to the positive and professional climate of Friends Community School. The Lower School Assistant Teacher will participate actively in the community and establish working relationships that demonstrate integrity, confidentiality, respect, flexibility, equity and trust. They should be familiar with and promote Quaker processes and values. As well as work collaboratively with colleagues to build a strong professional,  learning community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Assist teachers in classrooms with 16-18 students in a multi-disciplinary program of Language Arts, Math, and Social Studies
• Teach technology classes to each lower school section
• Serve as a substitute teacher for grade heads when needed
• Embrace and promote equity and inclusion, social justice, environmental stewardship, and peaceful conflict resolution in line with the school’s values
• Seek appropriate professional development opportunities
• Attend faculty meetings and Meeting for Worship
• Provide supervision for Lower School recess, lunch, and carline
• Other duties as assigned by the Head of School

• 4-year college degree
• 0-3 years of classroom experience
• Understanding of child development and/or  progressive education
• Experience working with diverse adult and student populations and possess a commitment to equity and inclusion
• Effective communication skills in writing and in person