Teacher - Language and Literary Arts Teacher Gr 10 SEI Endorsement Required SY25-26
Teacher - Language and Literary Arts Teacher Gr 10 SEI Endorsement Required SY25-26
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Boston Arts Academyis a public high school for the visual and performing arts with students in Grades 912. It is a joint project of the Professional Arts Consortium the Berklee College of Music Boston Conservatory at Berklee Boston Architectural Center Emerson College Massachusetts College of Arts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts) and the Boston Public Schools. Boston Arts Academy serves as a laboratory and a beacon for artistic and academic innovation preparing a diverse community of aspiring artist scholars to be successful in their college or professional careers and to be engaged members of a democratic society.
This innovative school features a college preparatory curriculum supporting integrated and interdisciplinary teaching and learning among arts and academic disciplines. Students explore the arts in both traditional and new media forms. The Academys program is enriched by the involvement of the six members of the Professional Arts Consortium. Both the program and the student body at Boston Arts Academy reflect the culture ethnic and linguistic diversity of Boston.
BAA is an autonomous school within the BPS that holds Pilot School status. This allows us autonomy over our schedule staffing budget governance and curriculum. As a result we have anElection to Work Agreement (EWA) which outlines the ways in which we leverage our autonomy with specific attention to additional working days hours and other working conditions that fall outside of the BTU agreement. Teachers who choose to work at BAA do so with the understanding that our Election to Work Agreement establishes expectations beyond the standard BTU contract including additional professional development days extended learning time and a commitment to our full inclusion model. BTU members are required to work an additional 146 hours above the contracted time. That time includes attending 2 days of professional development before the BTU start day in August attending 2.5 additional days of professional development in June beyond the contracted days and attending a weekly hour department meeting outside of the contracted hours.
The Boston Arts Academy seeks an exceptional Language and Literary Arts teacher who is also a skilled interdisciplinary and artistic thinker to join our community of teachers learners and leaders. At BAA the teachers and leaders are committed to the vision of high expectations for achievement equal access to high levels of instruction the achievement of academic and artistic proficiency for all students and the closing of the achievement gap among subgroups within the schools. BAA is a great place for those who seek to work in an environment that supports their creativity and innovation and respects their skills and abilities as a teacher.
Reports to: Principal/Head of School
Responsibilities
Teach: 10th grade ELA and Creative Writing with a focus on literature as an art form
- Develop thematic units for Language and Literary Arts classes using the backwards design model that integrates artistic thinking literature composition and other literary artistic elements.
- Deliver daily lessons that are engaging relevant rigorous and integrate literature as art.
- Understand and apply effective strategies for intervention and differentiation in the classroom including serving English language learners and students with individualized education plans (IEPs).
- Embed opportunities for student criticalthinking communication collaboration and creativity as well as use of technology and digital media into lesson and unit plans.
- Maintain strong classroom management and hold students accountable for upholding school rules studentdeveloped norms and classroom expectations.
- Collaborate with specialist education teachers and other support specialists to deliver differentiated curriculum and instruction in a full inclusion classroom.
- Communicate regularly with parents on progress of students
- Collaborate with a team of Language and Literary Arts educators to support all department events productions and curricular initiatives
- Interact with parents and students regularly by being visible and accessible via Google Classroom Email and student information system.
- Serve as an advisor to a group of 12 to 15 students in grades 912 who you meet with twice a week. Develop a sense of community within the advisory group and provide coaching for students around goalsetting and development of our shared values: community with social responsibility vision with integrity passion with balance and diversity with respect.
- Attend evening meetings one per semester with families of students.
- Perform general administrative tasks to teaching including but not limited to grading students and communicating.
Core Competencies:Using the Rubric of Effective Teaching the Office of Human Resources has identified priority skills and abilities that all BPS teachers should possess:
- Accountability for Student Achievement
(IIA1. Quality of Effort and Work IID2. High ExpectationsIB2. Adjustments to Practice)
- Sets ambitious learning goals for all students creates cognitively demanding tasks and models the belief that all students can master challenging material through effective effort
- Assesses students understanding regularly with ambitious learning goals in mind and takes ownership of making necessary adjustments to instruction to reach goals despite setbacks
- Passionate and optimistic about their students their content and the teaching profession
- Communicating Content Knowledge
(IA1. Subject Matter Knowledge IA4. WellStructured Lessons)
- Demonstrates mastery of and enthusiasm for the content area and the pedagogy it requires
- Demonstrates understanding of how the subject matter applies in realworld settings and connects to other content areas and relevant standards
- Can convey content in creative and engaging ways that align to standards
- Equitable & Effective Instruction
(IIA3. Meeting Diverse Needs IIA2. Student Engagement IIB1. Safe Learning Environment)
- Scaffolds and differentiates instruction in order for all students to do complex thinking and rigorous academic work
- Uses instructional practices that are likely to challenge motivate and engage all students and facilitate equitable active student participation
- Builds a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community
- Cultural Proficiency
(IIC1. Respects Differences IIC2. Maintains a Respectful Environment)
- Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students diverse backgrounds identities strengths and challenges are respected
- Parent/Family Engagement
(IIIA1. Parent/Family Engagement)
- Engages with families and builds collaborative respectful relationships with them in service of student learning
- Professional Reflection & Collaboration
(IVA1. Reflective Practice IVC1. Professional Collaboration)
- Regularly reflects on practice seeks and responds to feedback and demonstrates selfawareness and commitment to continuous learning and development
- Seeks to participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.
Qualifications Required
- Education:Bachelors degree in literature or related field
- Hold a valid Massachusetts Teaching License in in Humanities or English at the appropriate grade levelANDeither SEI endorsement ORdual certification in ESL.
- Meet all state and federal guidelines in order to be fully licensed and Highly Qualified.
- Ability to meet the Standards of Effective Teaching established by the Boston Public Schools as outlined above.
- Current authorization to work in the United States Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.
- Enthusiastic flexible patient and positive demeanor
- Passion for teaching
Qualifications Preferred
- Experience teaching in urban schools.
- Masters degree in Education History Literature or related field
- Hold a valid Massachusetts Teaching License in Moderate Disabilities.
- Experience as an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary artist
- BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom school and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS official languages: Spanish Creole (Cape Verdean) Creole (Haitian) Chinese Vietnamese Portuguese & Somali.
- In order to best serve all students BPS prefers all core content teachers to be certified in their subject area and one or both of the following: Moderate Disabilities English as a Second Language (at the appropriate grade level(s).
Terms:BTU Group I
Please refer to Employee Benefits and Policies) for more information on salary and compensation. Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step.
The start and end times of BPS schools vary as do the lengths of the school day. Some BPS schools have a longer school day through the Schedule A Expanded Learning Time (ELT) agreement.
The Boston Public Schools in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies does not discriminate in its programs facilities or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race color age criminal record (inquiries only) disability homelessness sex/gender gender identity religion national origin ancestry sexual orientation genetics or military status and does not tolerate any form of retaliation or biasbased intimidation threat or harassment that demeans individuals dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.
Employment Type
Full-Time
