Faculty

At Washington Academy, recruiting high caliber teachers is a top priority. All of our teachers are certified and over half have Master's degrees.

But credentials are only part of the story. Our teachers love to teach, love to learn and love to talk and listen to students. Washington Academy has 24 full-time teachers, which means one teacher for every eleven students and an average class size of 14.

Our faculty receives plenty of praise from students and parents. But perhaps the best insight into the quality of Washington Academy's teachers comes from their own words. Here are what a few of them say about their approaches to teaching:

"I try to bring as many real world situations into the classroom as possible. It makes math use practical, sensible, and therefore remembered and used."
-Martha Jordan, Mathematics

"My teaching style is to be happy, flexible, a good listener, firm, and very, very patient."
-Marie Finn, Special Education

"The student artist requires a wide range of experiences with different materials in order to produce works of imagination and vision. I put a lot of energy into the studio experience because I believe it brings the greatest lifelong rewards."
-Felicia Avery, Art

"My job is to guide my students toward happy, meaningful, worthwhile lives, and hopefully instill a true love for literature and knowledge along the way."
-Virginia Plummer, English

"I see my core mission to keep learning myself so I can further educate my students."
-Chad Fitzsimmons, History

Washington Academy teachers are caring, flexible, knowledgeable, and, most of all, dedicated. We invite you to consider studying with some of the best educators anywhere.