Working for PSESD

Thank you for your interest in employment with the Puget Sound Educational Service District.  

We strive to create a culture in which each employee contributes to sustaining values that positively impact our environment. 

Culture

Who We Are:
Puget Sound ESD is a premier regional agency that provides innovative PreK-12 services and leadership. We are committed to success for each child and eliminating the opportunity gap.  Foundational to our work is a shared commitment to equity and inclusion, and cultural competence by staff, volunteers, and interns.

Who You Are:
An experienced professional who recognizes your dual obligation.  The first is to your own professionalism and commitment to the purpose and values of the Puget Sound ESD. The second is your contribution to sustaining these values in the greater environment that surrounds us. You recognize the importance of practicing cultural competency while working collaboratively with diverse groups – including children, families, individuals, and districts to meet their educational needs.

Our Guiding Principles

The Principles That Guide Our Culture is the established values-based framework of this agency. As corporate citizens, each employee is expected to contribute to sustaining these values to positively impact our environment and to meet the educational needs of our varied customers.

Our Guiding Principles

• We trust and are trustworthy.
• We support risk-taking and view unexpected results as opportunities to learn.
• We act with integrity and treat each other with respect.
• We value and seek diversity and the participation, initiative and opinions of others.
• We solicit, provide and share information and ideas with each other and our customers.
• We foster joy, laughter, celebration and health.
• We support personal growth and continuous learning through the use of regular feedback and communication.
• We work in cooperation with each other and depend on teamwork.
• We have a personal responsibility to do our best work in providing quality education, leadership and service.
• We resolve conflict in an open, effective and timely way.
• We commit to continuous evaluation and hold ourselves accountable for improvement of results.
• We anticipate and respond to each customer’s evolving needs and actively seek creative and innovative solutions.

Non-Discrimination Policy

It is the policy of the Puget Sound Educational Service District to employ persons on the basis of experience, training and merit. There shall be no discrimination against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, families with children, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, religion, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, except as necessary to meet a bona fide occupational qualification. The district shall comply with state and federal laws as may pertain thereto. Title IX/RCW 28A.640 Officer, and Section 504 Coordinator: Denise Altheimer; 800 Oakesdale Ave. SW, Renton, WA 98057; 425-917-7600.

If you need other assistance you may email us directly at jobs@psesd.org or you may contact us at (425) 917-7600.

Puget Sound ESD, Human Resources
800 Oakesdale Avenue SW
Renton, WA 98057
Phone: (425) 917-7600
Job Line: (425) 917-7616
Fax: (425) 917.7610
Email: jobs@psesd.org