Lake Washington School District primarily hires Teachers from February through May. Some hiring continues to take place during the summer, and a smaller number of leave replacement positions are typically filled during the school year on an as-needed basis.

Typically, schools in Lake Washington School District use the general job postings to hire teachers (see below for more details). As a large district, it can be challenging for applicants if many jobs are posted over a series of months and it can slow down the hiring process if schools have to wait to post jobs as they become available. General postings allow applicants to apply once and be considered by all schools; they also allow schools to expedite hiring. As soon as a school is aware of an opening, they immediately review applicants and contact candidates to schedule interviews.

General postings are job openings for a specific type of position, such as High School English Teacher or Elementary Teacher. They are typically named for the position type, level and school year, e.g. "Elementary Teacher 2023-24," "High School Math Teacher 2023-24." 

If you apply to a general posting, all schools at that level will be able to view your application. However, when a school calls to offer you an interview, they will tell you more about the specific opening and school. If you are not interested in being considered for that specific school, you are welcome to decline the interview. In that case, your application will still be considered by other schools.

If you expect to have certification prior to the start date of the position, you are encouraged to apply. On the application, you will have the opportunity to list your certification status as "anticipated." Please include all endorsements you expect to have prior to the start date of the position, as well.  

Please list three professional references, including your current or most recent supervising administrator. For experienced teachers, the references typically include the current supervisor, a past supervisor, and a colleague/department head. For new teachers, the references typically include a school administrator, mentor teacher and university supervisor. If there are additional professional references that are relevant you are welcome to include more than three.  

The salary schedule is available here. The columns indicate the number of years of experience the teacher has completed (new teachers start in the "0" column) and the rows indicate the educational credits of the employee. 

You are still welcome to apply; we encourage you to submit as much of the application as you can by the closing date and then add the final items as soon as you are able to.

Having a complete application is one of the most important things you can do to best-position your application for consideration by the school. This includes ensuring your reference surveys have been returned (you can log back into your application to see if these have been returned and, if not, re-send them to your references) and, if required for the role, including a position-specific cover letter.

For some roles, Lake Washington School District receives a large volume of applications. In these cases, the school/department interviews the candidates who are most highly-qualified for the specifics of the position.  

Yes, you are. When you log into Frontline using your existing login/password, you will be able to import the portions of the application that are similar across districts.  

Please contact Application Specialist Kathy Lowe at klowe@lwsd.org.