Community Day Charter Public School (CDCPS) seeks passionate educators with outstanding academic backgrounds to work with our school teams renowned for closing the achievement gap. CDCPS manages multiple campuses across Lawrence MA and serves 1200 prekindergarten to 8thgrade students. We believe in providing our students with a rigorous studentcentered academic program while investing in their social emotional and holistic wellbeing. CDCPS has dedicated teams to support our teachers ensuring our students success.
CDCPS teachers are passionate educators who are excited about their teaching content. Our teachers deliver effective highquality rigorous curriculum and instruction designed to challenge and promote student success. In addition our teachers participate in internal and external professional development opportunities that equip our teachers with the latest and best socialemotional culturally responsive and pedagogical instruction practices. As a result CDCPS teachers thrive and flourish because they are continuous learners constantly improving and developing their skills.
Responsibilities (included but not limited to):- Teach subjectrelated content
- Develop a strong classroom culture that is built on a foundation of respect care and high expectations often within a coteaching model
- Collaborate with gradelevel and content teams Directors of Curriculum & Instruction and Heads of Schools to create and implement highquality instructional materials.
- Create a safe equitable and inclusive learning environment while applying researchbased curricula and socialemotional strategies to support the holistic child
- Use formative and summative data to determine students needs and create action plans for student success in collaboration with grade level and administrative team
- Communicate effectively with students families and colleagues
- Attend key wholeschool events (i.e. Back to School Nights and Family Conferences)
- Participate in twoweek training in the summer and during the school year participate in a yearlong professional development series during early release days
- All other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications:- Uphold a passionate belief in CDCPS mission values and educational model
- Bachelors Degree is required
- A valid Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education License is preferred
- Previous experience working with schoolaged children is preferred
- Ability to demonstrate skills in collaborative planning and problemsolving
- Ability to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility patience and a sense of humor
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and experience with the implementation of developmentally appropriate strategies
*Community Day Charter Public School participates in the EVerify program to determine the immigration and workeligibility status of prospective employees. Please refer to the Notice of EVerify Participation and the Right to Work documents for more information.*Community Day Charter Public School is affiliated with The Community Group (TCG) a private nonprofit organization that has been creating opportunities through education since 1970. TCG manages various programs including a network of early childhood and outofschool time programs a K18 charter public school training programs and a child care resource and referral program Child Care Circuit.The Community Group is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting retaining developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to their race gender color religion sexual orientation national origin age physical or mental disability citizenship status veteran status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal state or local law. In addition we are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment and where employees are treated with respect and dignity.