Virtual Exam School Initiative - Mathematics or Language Arts Teacher (Fall/Winter 2025)
Virtual Exam School Initiative - Mathematics or Language Arts Teacher (Fall/Winter 2025)
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*** This is a stipended position and is only open to current eligible BPS employees whose current job status allows them to participate in this opportunity.***
Virtual Exam School Initiative - Mathematics or Language Arts Teacher (Fall/Winter 2025)
**EMPLOYMENT IS SEASONAL AND TEMPORARY**
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Exam School Initiative (ESI) is a racial equity initiative intended to expand access to Exam Schools for students who have been historically underrepresented as compared to the overall BPS student demographics. The Office of Opportunity Gaps took over the direction of the program in 2016 and made important changes to the program to best serve the students who have been historically underrepresented in the three exam schools: Boston Latin Academy (BLA) the John D. OBryant School of Mathematics and Science (OBryant) and Boston Latin School (BLS). The Office of Opportunity Gaps seeks culturally responsive instructors who believe in the talent and potential of ESI students and will advance the racial equity mission of the program. ESI teachers will provide rigorous instruction during the seven Saturday sessions while cultivating positive relationships with students and families.
REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Immigrant and Targeted Programming Office of Opportunity Gaps
PROGRAM SCHEDULE:Following Saturdays with reporting times 8:45 AM 11:15 AM
- Virtual learning dates: Sep 27 2025 Oct 4 2025 Oct 18 2025 October 25 2025 Nov 1 2025 Nov 15 2025 Nov 22 2025
- NO PROGRAM DATES OCTOBER 18 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY WEEKEND OR NOVEMBER 8TH VETERANS DAY WEEKEND
- Teacher Orientation: Sep 16 2025 5:30 pm-7:30 pm Virtual
STUDENT DAILY SCHEDULE: 9:00 AM - 11:15 PM - Virtual
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide effective culturally responsive instruction to advance students in the mastery of Math/ELA standards
- Use and enhance ESI curriculum materials to provide engaging lessons that incorporate critical best practices for standards-aligned instruction in ELA and Math; collaborate with colleagues to share best practices and strategies
- Administer pre and post-tests (if necessary) and utilize the data to drive instruction
- Engage and welcome students/families; learn about each student and provide family feedback on student performance and academic progress on a consistent basis and at the end of programming
- Record accurate daily attendance and perform other tasks as requested
CORE COMPETENCIES: Using the Culturally Responsive Instructional Observation Protocol (CRIOP) the identified priority skills and abilities that all BPS teachers should possess include:
- Classroom Relationships
- The teacher demonstrates an ethic of care (e.g. equitable relationships bonding)
- The teacher communicates high expectations for all students
- The teacher creates a learning atmosphere that engenders respect for one another and toward diverse populations
- Family Collaboration
- The teacher reaches out to meet parents in positive non-traditional ways
- The teacher intentionally learns about families linguistic/cultural knowledge and expertise to support student learning
- The teacher encourages parent/family involvement
- Assessment Practices
- Use a variety of formal and informal assessments to measure student learning growth and progress toward achieving ELA and Math standards
- Consistently utilize the Progress Learning platform to assign assignments
- Utilize Google Classroom for writing assignments and grading
- Students have opportunities for self-assessment
- Instructional Practices
- Instruction is contextualized in students lives experiences and individual abilities
- Students engage in active hands-on meaningful learning tasks including inquiry-based learning
- The teacher uses instructional techniques that scaffold student learning
- Discourse
- The teacher promotes active student engagement through discourse practices
- The teacher promotes equitable and culturally sustaining discourse practices
- The teacher provides structures that promote academic conversation
- Critical Consciousness
- The curriculum and planned learning experiences provide opportunities for the inclusion of issues important to the classroom school and community
- The curriculum and planned learning experiences incorporate opportunities to confront negative stereotypes and biases
- The curriculum and planned learning experiences integrate and provide opportunities for the expression of diverse perspectives
QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:
- Active teaching license in content and grade level
- Asset-based perspective of Black Latinx Indigenous Asian English Learners Special Education and other historically marginalized students and families
- Bachelors or Masters degree
- Familiarity with Exam Schools and rigorous academic expectations
- Content expertise in ELA and/or Math
- Current authorization to work in the United States. Candidates must have such authorization on their first day of employment
QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:
- BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom school and district culture and diversity. Candidates who are fluent in Spanish Cape Verdean Creole Haitian Creole Vietnamese Somali or Portuguese are strongly preferred
- ESL Licensed and/or SEI endorsed
- Experienced in the implementation of effective Social Emotional Learning and Restorative Practices
TERMS: Stipend position. Hourly rate of $59.39/hr - Total of 28 hours of teaching time up to 30 hours of prep and reporting time (all virtual) for an estimated total amount of up to $1782. Payment will be processed as a stipend at the end of the program.
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Employment Type
Part-Time
