SY2026-27 Elementary School Dedicated Aide

Ingenuity Prep prepares students in Ward 8 to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civic leaders. Our innovative instructional model promotes small group learning for students, collaborative teaching teams, and robust coaching and professional development opportunities for staff.

The Dedicated Special Education Aide will work in collaboration with other members of Ingenuity Prep’s Elementary School Academy to promote the academic and social-emotional development of one or more students who have been identified as benefiting from an increased and more consistent level of differentiated instruction and support. The Dedicated Special Education Aide will serve to provide critical support to students in behavior support capacities. 

•  Mission: We’re closing the opportunity gap. Students and families in Southeast D.C. have too few options for high-quality elementary, middle, and high schools.  Ingenuity Prep aspires to right this systemic injustice providing an exemplary educational option for Southeast D.C.’s students and families.
• Model: We pair high expectations with high support. Too often, our students are underestimated.  At Ingenuity Prep, an innovative teacher development model, paired with best-in-class training from strong instructional leaders, allows us to grow great teachers who, ultimately, lead high-expectation and high-support classrooms.
• Results: Our students are defying expectations. Ingenuity Prep’s students outperform their neighborhood peers on rigorous, national, college-track assessments.  Already out-performing many of their more privileged peers around the city, in the coming years, Ingenuity Prep’s students will provide an expectation-defying and achievement-gap-closing proof point — showing what our kids are capable of when we provide the right opportunities, expectations, and support.

As a Dedicated Special Education Aide, you will:

• →Serve as a dedicated aide providing one-on-one support for a student or students in grades 1-4.
• →Along with classroom teachers, support the development of a joyful, efficient, learning-focused classroom culture — in alignment with the school’s vision of excellence for classroom culture.
• →Along with classroom teachers, support exemplary student growth — both academically and socio-emotionally.
• →Support students with self-care activities.
• →Support classroom instruction with fidelity to plans and flexibility in responding to student understanding & misunderstanding.
• →Consistently communicate and collaborate with families and students' influencers to cultivate productive partnerships.
• →Collaborate with and support colleagues in both formal and informal professional development opportunities.
• →Maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Ingenuity Prep might be the right fit for you if:

• You have a strong ability to identify and solve challenges.
• You are flexible and persistent.
• You have a demonstrated track record of building a joyful, efficient, learning-focused culture with students
• You demonstrate a high level of emotional, social, and cultural competency.
• Experience implementing IEPs preferred.
• At least one year of experience serving as a Dedicated Aide or Teaching Assistant in an Elementary School setting is strongly preferred  
• You are familiar with best practice instructional strategies.

Ingenuity Prep offers among the strongest compensation and benefits packages of any public charter school in Washington, D.C.

Our compensation and benefits package includes:

• Highly competitive compensation
• A robust and comprehensive benefits package, in which:
• 100% of the medical and dental premium for employees and 100% for their dependents and 50% for their spouse are paid by Ingenuity Prep.
• 100% of employee’s short and long-term disability and life insurance plans are paid by Ingenuity Prep.
• All full-time staff are eligible for a minimum of two weeks maternity/paternity leave at 100% pay for all staff -- regardless of gender. Over time, that increases to as much as six weeks -- all at 100% pay.
• A 100% match -- up to 3% -- on your 401K retirement plan.
• A 100% Ingenuity Prep-paid cell phone plan. You can even bring your current number into our plan.
• Employee-paid Flexible Spending Accounts, Tax-free commuter benefits, additional life insurance for employees and their dependents and/or spouses.
• MacBook Air computer for professional and personal use

Pay: $20.57 - $25.69 hourly (commensurate with years 1-10 years experience)

Ingenuity Prep does not make hiring decisions on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, age, disability, veteran status, religion, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.