Work at CESJDS - Charles E Smith Jewish Day School

At CESJDS, we cultivate a vibrant community where a love for learning and curiosity thrives, both in and out of the classroom. If you're eager to collaborate with dedicated, inspiring individuals who see educating children as a meaningful and important mission, CESJDS is the place for you. Join our team of esteemed faculty/staff as we foster the growth of confident, compassionate thinkers who engage the world through Jewish values.

About CESJDS

At Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, we deliver an inspiring and exemplary general and Jewish education, ensuring a vibrant Jewish future. Our mission is to foster the growth of confident, compassionate thinkers who engage the world through Jewish values. More than just a school, CESJDS is a close-knit community where faculty, staff, and students thrive together, developing lifelong friendships and exploring their passions. As one of the largest independent Jewish day schools in North America, located just outside Washington, D.C., we offer unique opportunities to learn from our expansive campuses and the world around us.

Employment Benefits

CESJDS commits to providing comprehensive benefits to help support good health and protect its employees from certain financial risks. Supporting the School’s commitment to diversity, the benefits program not only provides broad coverage but also offers a range of plans to fit a variety of needs and budgets.

Employees working at least twenty or more hours a week may elect employee-only coverage or choose to enroll eligible family members including spouse, domestic partner, and/or child(ren). Employees are eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following their hire date.

Benefits include:

Cigna Health Insurance
Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance
Cigna Dental Insurance
VSP Vision Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Accident Insurance
Commuter Benefits
Legal Resources

To learn more about these benefits, please visit https://flimp.live/CESJDS_#mybenefits

Safety, Respect, and Equity Commitment

CESJDS is a learning community committed to diversity and inclusion. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion emanates from the School’s core values of K’dushah/Holiness, V’ahavta L’rei-akha/Loving your Neighbor, K'hillah/Community, and Pluralism. Our community is intellectually and morally strengthened when many different voices, viewpoints, and backgrounds learn with and from each other. We facilitate experiences to educate students towards a richer understanding and appreciation of diversity so that they are better prepared to contribute meaningfully to the diverse world in which we live.

CESJDS has signed on to the Safety, Respect, and Equity Commitment through SafetyRespectEquity.org. As adopters of this Commitment, we promise to implement comprehensive standards in our organizations and communal spaces to achieve the goals of safety, respect and equity.

Read the CESJDS Commitment to Safe, Respectful, and Equitable Jewish Workplaces