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Why Work in an Independent Education School?

Independent Education’s community of schools offers administrators, teachers, and staff opportunities to work in a wide variety of educational settings.

Our membership educates students from nursery school through high school and includes Montessori and Waldorf schools, schools that specialize in learning disabilities, and single-sex schools, among many others. Independent Education schools share a commitment to providing faculty and staff the autonomy, resources, and professional environments they need to be effective. They are institutions with high standards where smaller learning environments and a shared sense of mission engenders collegiality, closer connections to students, and a strong sense of community. And they are places with supportive administrators and productive partnerships with parents who are fully invested in their students’ success. 

Because they enjoy the help of their colleagues, the strong support of parents, and the trust of administrators, Independent Education faculty and staff are able to focus on what matters most—teaching students to be engaged, thoughtful, and moral members of society.


Independent Education is an association of independent private schools educating 33,000 students from nursery school through high school in the greater Washington, D.C., region.
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