Why Teach in Wake County
For professional employment consideration, the Wake County Public School System:
- provides national recognition for educational excellence;
- offers a diverse and innovative environment for education leaders;
- supports beginning teachers with mentoring and other benefits;
- requires the finest qualified and employs about 900 new teachers annually;
- offers a local supplement to professional personnel in addition to state base salary, additional compensation for some extra-duty assignments, mini-grant stipends to encourage imaginative and innovative teaching, outstanding professional development and recognition opportunities.
For employment in a support category, there are positions available for teaching and other instructional assistants, system and school level secretarial and technological services, child nutrition, bus driver, custodial, and other system level maintenance categories.
Any full-time, permanent employee with the Wake County Public School System can expect a variety of fringe benefits, recognition, and professional development opportunities.
Within easy reach of both the southeastern Atlantic coast and the mountains of North Carolina, Wake County includes Raleigh, the state capital, and eleven surrounding incorporated communities.
The county offers a way of life unmatched by most areas of the country. Near or within its borders are the Research Triangle Park, the world's largest planned research park; three major doctoral granting universities; numerous recreational and cultural arts facilities.