Teacher Structured Academics (SC), Rindge Avenue Upper School (SY 25-26)

Position:

Structured Academics Teacher (SC)

Office of Student Services/Rindge Avenue Upper School

Cambridge is a vibrant diverse city and a central hub and driver of the nations innovation economy. Home of the renowned educational institutions of Harvard and MIT Cambridge is also the center of an impressive array of biotechnology science and information technology companies.

Educating about 7000 students JK12 the Cambridge Public Schools includes awardwinning faculty cutting edge technology and innovative programs. While each of our public schools is unique they are joined in a shared vision of rigorous joyful and culturally responsive learning plus personalized support for every student. Over 30% of CPS students speak a language other than English at home and over 65 languages are spoken by our families. Among the most common are Spanish Haitian Creole Amharic Arabic Bengali Chinese and Portuguese. Our schools proudly embrace this diversity.

The Role:

The Special Educator is responsible for providing highquality specially designed instruction to students with complex behavior emotional and learning needs in both general education and separate settings. The Special Educator will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support our students across educational settings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with a multidisciplinary team to enhance the educational emotional and behavioral development of students within the program.
• Provide direct special education services to students with disabilities
• Provide explicit instruction and/or support in reading/literacy math written language and socialemotional behavior
• Progress monitor student mastery of IEP goals and objectives using various assessments and data collection tools
• Develop and implement Individualized Education Programs for students based on various types of data specific to the students present levels of functioning and performance
• Implement appropriate therapeutic strategies established in students treatment plans and IEPs.
• Design and provide highquality culturally responsive and rigorous instruction of students using systematic structured and multisensory approaches to learning.
• Collaborate with general education special education related services staff
• Administer formal and informal assessments and analyze data to inform decisions regarding IEP goals/objective learning approaches/content and support
• Accommodate and modify for student learning and support the general education teacher with the implementation of appropriate accommodations in the general education setting
• Apply the OSS Structured Academic therapeutic model which requires Peer EBD practices Collaborative Problem Solving and behavioral support.
• Any related duties as outlined by the Assistant Superintendent Special Education Director and/or Coordinator of the Office of Student Services with mild/moderate special needs

Your Skill Set:

As the incoming Structured Academics Teacheryou will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:

• A commitment to ensuring that students from historically marginalized and underserved groups have access to highquality instructional and socialemotional support.
• Broad knowledge and experience of programs and services specific to students areas of eligibility (eg. autism academic behavior learning etc.)
• Above average skills in collaboration
• Excellent skills in oral and written communication
• Demonstrated ability in collaborating and supporting parents and families
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve
• Demonstrated understanding of inclusive educational practices including various coteaching approaches
• General knowledge of various formal and informal assessments to monitor student progress and skills
• General knowledge of state and federal special education guidelines and requirements
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college/university in Special Education required Masters preferred concentration in learning disabilities preferred
• Massachusetts Certification of students with mild/moderate special needs required
• Experience teaching or student teaching in urban environments
• Specialized training/certification in a foundational reading program such as OrtonGillingham or Wilson Reading

How to Join Our Team:

Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity.

At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.