High School Math and Science Teacher
High School Math and Science Teacher
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Job Description
Assabet Valley Collaborative is seeking a
High School Math and Science teacher for our Therapeutic Day School Orchard Street Academy
Who We Are:
Assabet Valley Collaborative (AVC) is an educational service agency in Metrowest/Central Massachusetts. Our services include school programs wraparound services transportation services professional development cooperative purchasing and consulting.
AVCs Orchard Street Academy (OSA) is a small public therapeutic school serving grades 5th 12th.
We are looking for a teacher who serves as a leader and as a learner; a team member who is flexible resourceful and thrives in a fastpaced nontraditional collaborative environment and who understands educational and human service institutions. This person demonstrates a learning mindset and ability to receive feedback selfreflect and adapt as well as an ability to effectively facilitate the learning of others by pushing their thinking building their skills and sparking their selfreflection and curiosity.
The ideal candidate would possess or demonstrate the following:
- Ability to engage with conflict and core tensions
- Bilingual or multilingual is a plus
- Ability to thrive within a team while also being able to work independently
- Encourages and fosters passion and enthusiasm for teaching and learning
- Adhere to established federal state and local laws and regulations (FERPA HIPAA and IDEA)
- Experience working in schools nonprofits human service organizations
- Bachelors Degree required
- Massachusetts DESE licensure in Moderate Special Needs 5th 12th and/or licensure in a core content area of Mathematics 8th12th and/or Science 8th 12th
- Candidates with dual licensure in Moderate Special Needs and core content area are highly desired
Jobspecific Details: AVC is seeking to hire a teacher who:
- Believes students are successful when they are given positive reinforcement and behavioral supports
- Prioritizes an instructional focus with a blend of the following:
- Social emotional learning culturally relevant teaching Universal Design for Learning and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
- Empowers and fosters the skills for students to become problem solvers and independent decision makers
- Is skilled at codesigning and adapting a comprehensive curriculum to best meet the daily and personalized learning needs of students through individual small and whole group activities
- Balances high academic and behavioral expectations with necessary accommodations and modifications
- Codesigns and collaborates with families/guardians sending districts and providers
- Experience working within and across diverse public education environments
- Partners with students and all those invested in their success to develop present and implement team drafted IEPs
- Partners with paraeducators towards effective curriculum development and implementation of IEP accommodations
- Works with team members to establish and implement student centered assessments and sustainable data systems that will inform instruction and generate progress reports
- Complete necessary documentation
- Demonstrates an ability to be flexible and adapt to the evolving needs of students and the school environment
- Participate and engage in professional development and community events
- Comply with collaborative wide policies and procedures
- Perform all other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Evaluation:
Evaluation to be performed annually in accordance with Assabet Valley Collaboratives personnel handbook and pertinent regulations and statutes.
Schedule:
185 day schedule. Operating hours of the program 8:00am3:00pm. Summer hours are also available but not required.
Physical Demands:
This is an active position that requires frequent physical movement to meet the needs of our students. Staff will receive training to physically intervene as needed per AVC Physical Restraint protocol policy and applicable regulations.
Competitive Benefits include:
- Compensation competitive within public school employees sector
- Schoolyear position; additional compensation available for summer school service
- 3 personal days 10 sick days
- 75 health insurance premiums covered by AVC
- Participation in MA state pension systems (MTRS or MSERS)
- Voluntary benefits: Flex Spending Life Shortterm Longterm Insurance; Dental
Employment Type
Full-Time
