Upper Elementary Teacher SY25-26
Upper Elementary Teacher SY25-26
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Upper Elementary Teacher SY2526
Grade Level: 3rd5th
Start Date:August 2025
Locations: Boston MA
About UP Education Network
UP Education Network is a nonprofit school success organization that addresses inequities in public school systems. UP provides differentiated support to historically under resourced schools through a partnership with districts and the state.
Since opening its doors in 2010 UP Education Network has focused on taking the lowestperforming schools in Massachusetts and transforming those schools into exceptional learning environments. We manage two campuses in Dorchester serving over 1300 students in Boston Public Schools (BPS) from grades preK through 8th. Our schools operate with charterlike autonomy while our network provides comprehensive support and management that builds capacity for schools to focus deeply on students.
Teaching at UP Education Network
Lead Teachers are fulltime members of the school staff. All lead teachers have regular duties in the course of the day that may include lunch duty arrival and dismissal duty recess duty and or hallway coverage. UP Academy teachers work with a team of diverse colleagues to develop rigorous curricula deliver engaging lessons and support all students on the path to and through college. This is a general teaching application for prospective vacancies across all subjects and grades.
Desired Skills and Characteristics of an UP Teacher
- A deep desire to work with educationally underserved student populations and their families
- An unwavering commitment to the academic success and personal development of our students
- An eagerness to set ambitious challenging and tangible goals and a relentless drive to achieve them
- A growth mindset and commitment to receiving and implementing feedback
- A capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges
Qualifications
- A strong belief in UP Education Networks core values: Teamwork Integrity Growth Engagement and Resilience
- A minimum of 1 year of lead teaching experience
- Bachelors degree is required Masters degree preferred
- A valid Massachusetts Teaching License in Elementary 16and SEI endorsement
- Current authorization to work in the United States A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment
Working at UP Education Network
We know that great staff members directly lead to the success of our students. At UP your career is shaped by:
- Opportunities for immediate impact: UP offers a chance to bring best practices found in highperforming schools to students previously enrolled in struggling schools and to rapidly unlock the potential of these students
- Talented missiondriven colleagues: Our staff is enthusiastic dedicated and willing to do whatever it takes to put every student on the path to college
- Collaboration and teamwork: Staff members collaborate and work closely together on gradelevel or content area teams using data to track student performance as well as guide instructional practice
- Consistent professional growth and development: Members of our staff typically have biweekly checkin meetings with their managers where they receive targeted coaching and support. The entire staff participates in weekly professional development sessions during the school year kickstarted by extensive training in August.
Compensation and Benefits
UP Academy follows the salary scales and salary placement policies of each UP Academys host school district or state turnaround plan; please see the relevant unions collective bargaining agreement for additional details. As an employee of UP Academy and your respective school district you will receive the same access to personal and sick days health insurance and dental insurance as others within your union.
We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position for which they are qualified. Our students must be exposed on a daily basis to a diverse group of powerful role models. Therefore we have a responsibility to recruit retain develop and reward a diverse and talented staff from a wide range of backgrounds to join our creative missiondriven team.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
