Practicum Fellow (Salem State University), Salem Public Schools [SY 2025-2026]
Practicum Fellow (Salem State University), Salem Public Schools [SY 2025-2026]
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Practicum Fellow (Salem State University) Salem Public SchoolsSY 2025-2026
Only open to students currently enrolled in a partnering program atSalem State University.
About Salem Public Schools where belonging leads to opportunity.
Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at Description:
Candidates for the secondary and specialist licenses complete their practicum in the fall semester. Candidates for the school counseling early childhood and elementary licenses complete their practicum over the course of the fall and spring semesters. Candidates for the . Elementary Education and . Early Childhood Education complete their pre-practicum in the fall semester and their practicum in the spring semester.
Candidates for all teacher licenses are responsible for planning and carrying out 135 hours of teaching for which they have full responsibility. (A more detailed chart of required hours below.)
Candidates for the early childhood and elementary licenses are able to observe and teach all subject areas within the license area.
Practicum fellows work full-time following the district calendar. As long as the requirements for the practicum are met Practicum Fellows may be assigned additional responsibilities within the classroom or school. These can include but are not limited to: teaching small intervention groups providing classroom assistance substitute teaching within the practicum classroom conducting and/or grading assessments bus and playground duty.
What Youll Bring:
We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change childrens lives through be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:
- Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant diverse in background ethnicity language and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
- Hold high expectations for yourself students and colleagues You see potential in all especially our SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
- Build authentic caring relationships with colleagues students and families You build strong relationships across students families and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
- Embrace feedback You are a reflective practitioner who learns from mistakes and challenges and uses them as opportunities for professional development. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.
Job Requirements:
- Only open to students currently enrolled in a partnering program at Salem State University
- Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus
- Bilingual candidates and candidates of color strongly encouraged to apply
- Current authorization to work in the United States
Equal Opportunity Employer
Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
STUDENT TEACHING PRACTICUM HOUR REQUIREMENTS
Licensure Programs
Required Practicum Hours
Early Childhood
400 hours total; split between two levels (200 hours each) Pre-K/K AND Grades 1/2
Elementary Grades 1-6
English Grades 5-12
History Grades 5-12
Math Grades 5-8 or 8-12
Physical Education Grades PreK-8 or 5-12
300 hours
Moderate Disabilities Grades PreK-8
75 hours in an inclusion setting & 225 hours in separate classrooms OR 300 hours inclusion classroom
Moderate Disabilities Grades 5-12
300 hours total; 150 hours/150 hours separate and inclusion classrooms OR 300 hours in an inclusion classroom
ESL (2nd License Only) Grades Prek-6 or 5- 12
150
School Counseling
500 hours
School Counseling with School Adjustment Counseling
450 School Counseling Hours with 900 SAC hours over the academic year- 1350 total
Employment Type
Full-Time
