SY24-25 Springfield Legacy Academy Social Studies Teacher
SY24-25 Springfield Legacy Academy Social Studies Teacher
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$ 2500 - 10000
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Job Description
Grade Level: 68
Start Date:Immediate
Salary Range: $57396 $90424
AdditionalPotentialCompensation to be Determined:
- $2500$10000 relocation award for candidates from regions beyond western Massachusetts
- $2000$5000 signing bonus
- $1000 expanded learning stipend dependent on yearly schedule
- $2000$12000 extended year stipends for educators selected to teach Empowerment Academies (February April Summer vacations)
Teaching in SEZP
SEZP is seeking educators who are excited and ready tomake 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 antiracism 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 History/Social Studies at the middle and/or high school levelpreferred
- Appropriate content/program area (History/Social Science) 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 $ 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 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
