SY25-26 Emergence Academy Adjustment Counselor

Grade Level: 611

Start Date:Immediate

Salary Range: $57396 $90424

and commensurate with experience

Additional Compensation to be Determined:

• $2500$10000 relocation award for candidates from regions beyond western Massachusetts
• $2000$5000 signing bonus
• $1000 extended day stipend
• $2000$12000 extended year stipends

About Us

Emergence Academy is the Springfield Empowerment Zones (SEZP) English Language Learner program targeting the language development of Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE). The SLIFE Program will support students to build critical language skills focusing on improving their reading and writing abilities through leveled guided reading phonics writing curriculum as well as through handson Science instruction. Math skills will also be targeted through instruction rooted in Common Core standards as well as through math fluency remediation to target key foundational math skills.

By supporting teachers to develop highquality curriculum develop active monitoring plans collect meaningful data and plan targeted weekly remediation we will support accelerated student language development by individualizing our responses to student needs. Additionally by partnering with students and families we will support students to meet high expectations and build the habits necessary for accelerated academic growth and future academic success in high school and college.

Job Responsibilities

Educator responsibilities at Emergence include:

• Enacting antiracist instructional practices that ensure students own the learning
• Providing grade level rigor in the course content using highlyrated researchbased curriculum
• Providing embedded interventions for students needing additional support time or scaffolds
• Working closely with a cotaught team of two to three additional educators in the classroom
• Engaging with families as partners in the learning around successes challenges and problemsolving on behalf of our scholars
• Other duties as determined by the Principal

Qualifications

• Experiencein counseling at the middle and/or high school levelpreferred
• Appropriate content/program area (School Adjustment Counselor) and grade level license from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Educationrequired(Educators who are not licesed by MA DESE in the appropriate areaor grade levelmay be eligible for a licensure waiver and are still encouraged to apply.
• Experience as an active antiracist or advocate for equitypreferred
• Bilingual in English and Spanishpreferred
• Bachelors degreerequired

If you meet some of the qualifications above we encourage you to apply or to reach out for more information. We know that historically marginalized groups including people of color women people from working class backgrounds and people who identify as LGBTQ are less likely to apply unless and until they meet every requirement for a job. Therefore we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

We encourage you to reach out to if you have questions about the role or your qualifications. We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!

Benefits

SEZP offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience; salaries for new teachers start at $57396.Teachers in SEZP qualify for benefits (sick days retirement health insurance etc. offered to other teachers in the Springfield Public Schools.

In addition theremay 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
• Empowerment Academies: Intervention and instruction opportunities we implement during February April and summer breaks following an application and selection process

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis; applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.Please withany questions.

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 thenearly 5000 students in ourseventeen middle and high schools.

As a zone of schools within the city of Springfield SEZPs approach draws on a deep and embedded partnership with the school district and local teachers unionwhileharnessing the flexibility and innovation found in autonomous school models. As a result each school within SEZP is accorded significantschoolbased 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 equityand antiracism acknowledging the systemic oppression our students and families encounter daily and working todisrupttheseprovisiongaps 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

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. Springfield Public Schools is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 not to discrimination on the basis of sex in admission administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. The Senior Administrator of Human Resources Kathleen OSullivan Springfield Public Schools 1550 Main St. Springfield MA 877100 ext. 55428 has been designated as the employee responsible for coordinating Springfield Public Schools efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 to Springfield Public Schools may be referred to Kathleen OSullivan or to U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 400 Maryland Ave. SW Washington DCtelephone.