Auxiliary Program Team Members

Position: Auxiliary Program Team Members (2025-2026 School Year)
About the School
Georgetown Day School opened its doors in 1945 as the first integrated school in a segregated city. Governed by a Board of Trustees elected by the parent body and administered by an appointed Head of School, it was founded by seven families who wanted to create a school committed not only to academic excellence and educational innovation but also to a value system emphasizing appreciation and respect for others.

Believing that diversity was the ground out of which all deep and rich learning occurs, they established a school where all children would be welcome, celebrated, and challenged to be their best selves.

Today, the School's philosophy, programs, and position in the national educational landscape strongly reflect its roots. Having grown from 12 children in 1945 to 1075 students in PK-12 today, GDS is recognized as one of Washington, D.C.'s and the nation's most dynamic educational institutions.

Since the school's founding, GDS has called eight different locations home. In the fall of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools were all joined on one extraordinary campus.

Georgetown Day School's (GDS) Office of Auxiliary Programs
seeks staff to become part of its department (extended day programs) for the 2025 - 2026 school year.

GDS Auxiliary Programs Mission:

While participating in GDS Auxiliary Programs, children will explore, learn, and create through hands-on and interpersonal inquiry, gaining an appreciation for themselves, others, and the world. GDS Auxiliary Programs Team Members teach new skills and provide tools that enable children to develop into great people who strive to learn, understand, try new things, and care for others.

Position Description:

GDS seeks to hire several School Year Auxiliary Programs Team Members to support ongoing school year programming. We seek individuals with experience working with elementary and middle school-aged children (ages 4-13) who are prepared to challenge students academically, physically, and artistically and to establish authentic relationships with the children in the extended-day program. The ability to provide rich, mission-aligned, and creative content, to develop authentic relationships, to work collaboratively with colleagues, and to place children's interests and experiences at the heart of the classroom are essential components of the job.

Location: On-campus at 4200 Davenport Street NW, Washington, DC, 20016
Start Date: August 7 - 8, 2025, for staff training
Type of Opportunity: Part-time
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Compensation: $21.32 to 31.90/hour, depending on years of experience

Note:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Potential Hours and Work Functions:

• Extended Day (M/T/W/H/F - 2:30 - 6:30 p.m.)
• Early Morning Grasshopper (M/T/W/H/F - 7:00 - 8:00 am)
• Break Camp (Various days throughout the school year - 8:00 a.m.
  
  - 4:00 p.m.)
• Staff Childcare (Various days throughout the school year - 8:00 a.m.
  
  - 4:00 p.m.)
• External Relations (Various evenings and weekends - various times)

These team members may plan weekly special activities to pique our students' interests in a variety of ways.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise an activity with an assigned class for a particular age group.
• Supervise snacks and be aware of food allergies.
• Supervise off-campus activities
• Supervise outside vendors/groups during on-campus rentals.
• Supervise and facilitate free-choice activities and recess.
• Support enrichment classes
• If assigned, work at the extended day help desk and/or carline.
• Develop weekly lesson plans for free-choice classes, including submission of material requests, etc.
• Ensure that students are learning in creative, hands-on, interactive, and age-appropriate ways.
• Incorporate opportunities for students to collaborate, problem-solve, and create
• Other duties as assigned

This position reports to the Director of GDS 360 Extended Day.

Qualifications:

• After School Program or Summer Camp work experience, or other equivalent professional experience working with children
• Bachelor's degree in education and/or 90 Hour Child Care Certification preferred, but not required.
• Previous teaching experience
• Ability to think on one's feet
• Abil…