Sy24-25 Forest Park Middle School Social Studies - Springfield, United States - Springfield Public Schools

Springfield Public Schools

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Springfield, United States

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Description

Grade Level: 6-8

Start Date:
August 2024 (exact date TBD)

Salary Range:
$57,396 - $90,424

Teaching in SEZP

SEZP is seeking educators who are excited and ready to make an impact in a collaborative, engaging, diverse, and high energy environment.

We are seeking educators who believe teachers are activists - promising instructional access, rigor, advocacy, and a tenacious commitment to anti-racism for all students.

SEZP teachers are expected to:

Create a safe, purposeful classroom environment that prioritizes learning for all students
Collaborate with other teachers, instructional leaders, and partners to ensure instruction is meeting the needs of all students
Assess students regularly, analyze data, and determine appropriate next steps for instruction
Ensure that instruction meets the needs of all students, including students with special needs, English Language Learners, and students performing below grade level
Build relationships and communicate regularly with students and their families to solicit input and share academic progress
Engage in learning about issues of racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education to examine your own biases; reflect on how those biases affect you, your students, and their families; and plan and deliver instruction in a culturally responsive way
Participate in and learn from regular professional development opportunities before and during the school year

Qualifications

Experience teaching Social Studies at the middle and/or high school level _preferred_
Appropriate content/program area (Social Science) and grade level license from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education _required _(Educators who are not licesed by MA DESE in the appropriate area or grade level may be eligible for a licensure waiver and are still encouraged to apply.)
Experience as an active antiracist or advocate for equity _preferred_
Bilingual in English and Spanish _preferred_
Bachelor's degree _required_

Benefits
SEZP offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience; salaries for new teachers start at $57,396.

Teachers in SEZP qualify for benefits (sick days, retirement, health insurance, etc.) offered to other teachers in the Springfield Public Schools.

In addition, there may be several opportunities unique to SEZP schools to increase earnings above base salary.

While not guaranteed, those opportunities include, but are not limited to:

Signing or relocation bonuses
Expanded Learning Time stipends at some schools, based on the yearly schedule

About the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership

While Massachusetts is consistently ranked as one of the top states for education results in the country, we have one of the highest and most persistent opportunity gaps.

The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) - established in 2015 as a collaboration between Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and the Springfield Education Association (SEA) - seeks to improve the longitudinal life outcomes of the nearly 5,000 students in our seventeen middle and high schools.

As a "zone" of schools within the city of Springfield, SEZP's approach draws on a deep and embedded partnership with the school district and local teachers' union, while harnessing the flexibility and innovation found in autonomous school models.

As a result, each school within SEZP is accorded significant school-based autonomies - in curriculum, talent, calendar, schedule, and budget - while being held accountable for realizing achievement gains for historically marginalized students.

In all of our work, SEZP is in pursuit of equity and anti-racism - acknowledging the systemic oppression our students and families encounter daily and working to disrupt these provision gaps urgently and courageously.

Nondiscrimination Statement

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, disability or homelessness._

Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination