Building Based Guest Teacher (High School) SY25-26
Building Based Guest Teacher (High School) SY25-26
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Job Description
The Holyoke Public Schools are committed to ensuring a high-quality education for all we have invested in recruiting and retaining diverse top-quality educators who inspire bold thinking recognize student potential and encourage all students to work towards their goals. In Holyoke we are committed to becoming an anti-racist district by focusing on:
- Anti-Racism Training for All Staff Members
- Policy Review and Revision
- Facilitating School Visits Through an Equity Lense
- Establishing the Holyoke Race and Equity Team
- Establishing Equity Indicators for Accountability of HPS Employees Students and Partners
We know that students do their best when they pursue their passions so we have designed multiple pathways where all students graduate prepared to excel in college career and community leadership. Holyoke Public Schools (HPS) serves 5400 students (of which over 80% are Latinx) in 13 schools and employs nearly 1500 District was placed into receivership by the State of Massachusetts in Spring 2015 because of struggling performance and has since implemented a Turnaround Plan that has led to expanded choice programs (such as dual language STEM and early college) and new opportunities for students to explore the arts sports sciences and local and world cultures. Since 2015 the District has experienced numerous accomplishments for instance:
- doubling access to PreK programming
- 10-point graduation rate increase
- 85 percent increase in access to early college programming
- 13-point increase (to 26%) teachers of color
Job Description:
- Be flexible in order to meet the school administrations needs and readily adapt to the needs of the classroom.
- Arrive 20 minutes early to review all materials and make sure youre prepared before the students arrive in the classroom.
- Reports to the main office upon arrival at school.
- Create and enforce structured discipline and classroom control.
- Establish a safe and positive environment for all students and staff members.
- Assume responsibility overseeing student behavior in the classroom and surrounding areas in order to assure health welfare and safety of all students.
- Protect students equipment materials and facilities.
- Honor the teacher and school policies procedures and schedules.
- Report all incidences of students including injuries accidents illnesses and behavioral problems to the appropriate authority immediately or as soon as is reasonably possible.
- Implement lesson plans and instructions left by the absent teacher.
- Utilize all academic class time to continue the students learning progress.
- Engage all students in lesson through interactive effective teaching methods to maintain progress in the teaching curricula.
- Organize students and classroom for effective instruction.
- Complete a Substitute Teacher Report Form for the regular classroom teacher at the end of every assignment.
- Return all instructional materials equipment and keys to proper location at the end of the day.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by building administrator(s) in accordance with school/division policies and practices.
Qualifications:
- Must possess a minimum of 60 college credits.
- Building guest teachers are intended to report to the building every day and should be able to cover all levels and content areas in the building.
- Communication Skills with parents
- Commitment to ensuring academic success for all students
- Experience working in an urban setting preferred
- Experience working with diverse student populations preferred
- Ability to read interpret and apply student performance data to instructional planning and execution
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; excellent teamwork skills
- Bilingual applicants (Spanish) are strongly encouraged to apply
Employment Type
Full-Time
