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It is no surprise that many members of Lab’s faculty and staff have stayed for 15-25-35 or more years. One staff member said: "Everyone wants to stay at Lab. Who wouldn’t embrace the opportunity to be flexible and creative every day? Frankly, it feels like an honor to be a part of Lab, to play a role in our collective mission and process of helping students with learning differences discover their best selves and succeed.”

The Lab School of Washington is situated in the Palisades neighborhood of Washington, DC. Located minutes from historic Georgetown, the Potomac waterfront, and a short drive to the museums, monuments, and other local historic sites. Lab spans two campuses — just a half-mile apart — and offers its faculty and staff the opportunity to work in a creative, collegial, and collaborative atmosphere.

“It’s easy to feel excited to get up each morning and come to Lab. Sure, we work incredibly hard, but there’s nothing more rewarding than witnessing a child find success in a skill area that used to be so daunting for them like a ‘non-reader’ turning into a bookworm or a student who struggled to express herself talk enthusiastically about a family vacation or favorite movie.”
— Speech and Language Pathologist and Intermediate Reading Specialist

The Lab School of Washington is an inclusive and welcoming school that celebrates diversity, including race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other status protected by applicable law. We welcome candidates representing the diversity of today’s global world.

Application for Employment

Job Openings

The Office of Institutional Advancement (IA) seeks a highly organized individual to serve as Communications Associate for the Lab School of Washington. This is a short-term opportunity, [November 17, 2025 – March 31, 2026] providing parental leave coverage. The Communications Associate will join a dynamic team of advancement professionals, and will report to the Chief Advancement Officer.

The Lab School of Washington is a national leader among independent schools serving students with learning differences. At the Lab School of Washington, we embrace differences as advantages. We are a 1st through 12th grade school that provides a unique arts-based academic program that encourages scholarship and creativity for students.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Implement Lab’s social media strategy:

o Cover events around the school and collaborate with divisions and departments to promote the work being done in the classrooms

Campus Photography:

o Act as campus photographer and maintain database of photos and images for use in communications, advertisements, and printed marketing materials

o When needed, manage outside photographers, videographers, and graphic designers

Support Communications Needs:

o Support development of constituent communications and fundraising

o Support development of messaging for marketing campaigns

This is a part-time opportunity. The Associate will work 20 hours/week.

Minimum Qualifications:

o Bachelor’s degree

o Relevant experience in communications and/or marketing

o Excellent ability to communicate clearly and effectively in writing

o Photography skills preferred, but not required

o Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills

o Positive attitude and a flexible approach

Salary Range: $30-$35 per hour based on experience.

Interested candidates are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and a completed Lab School employment application to this web address.

Externship Opportunity

The Lab School of Washington (LSW) is an independent school for students grades 1 through 12 with language-based learning differences (e.g., dyslexia, dysgraphia) and ADHD. LSW is an interdisciplinary environment consisting of educators, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, social workers and artists. The Psychology and Wellness Department consists of three licensed psychologists, four social workers, and one licensed professional counselor who provide services to LSW students as well as children, adolescents and young adults from the community. Externs will provide individual and/or group therapy to up to 5 LSW students, typically addressing anxiety, peer difficulties, and/or emotion regulation. Externs will also participate in one psychoeducational battery per month, with increasing autonomy in test administration and scoring, interpretation and report writing. Externs will have the opportunity to conduct classroom observations and parent intakes, and to participate in IEP team meetings and didactic seminars. Weekly individual (and potentially group) supervision will be provided by a licensed psychologist on site. This unpaid externship requires two days (16 hours) per week, roughly Sept. through early June.

The Lab School of Washington is an independent, progressive, arts-based school that serves students in grades 1 through 12 with diagnosed language-based learning differences on two campuses in Northwest Washington, DC. The Lab School of Washington is an inclusive and welcoming school that celebrates diversity, including race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, as well as any other status protected by applicable law. We welcome candidates representing the diversity of today’s global world.

To apply: Please send the following materials to Dr. Mary Jo Coiro (maryjo.coiro@Labschool.org) by February 1:

Cover letter;
Curriculum vitae;
A graduate transcript (unofficial acceptable)
Two recommendation letters from clinical supervisors