English Language Arts, Grade 6, CSUS

Position: English Language Arts Teacher Grade 6

Cambridge Street Upper School

Cambridge Street Upper School Community:

The Cambridge Street Upper School (CSUS) was founded in 2012 as a middle school serving grades 6-8. CSUS endeavors to develop and sustain a vibrant and high functioning teaching and learning community that values social justice affirms cultural identity and promotes academic excellence for all. CSUS actively aspires to become a culturally proficient school that reflects equity and inclusion and affirms the rich cultural and racial diversity of our student body and their families. We are committed to challenging the opportunity gap and providing academic excellence for all.

The Cambridge Street Upper School is an innovative public middle school in the Cambridge Public School District. We are looking for a dynamic committed teacher with strong content and pedagogical knowledge solid classroom management skills a deep commitment to social justice and anti-racism and experience working in an urban school setting.

The Opportunity:

The English Language Arts teacher at the Cambridge Street Upper School (CSUS) will teach 4 sections of English Language Arts from a standards-based rigorous curriculum that centers diverse high-quality authentic texts from multiple genres cultures and time addition to all responsibilities of teaching ELA the CSUS English Language Arts teacher should positively contribute to the CSUS community and the CPS ELA Department by actively engaging in meetings (ie ELA department meetings grade level team meetings) forming relationships regularly communicating with caregivers and performing other duties as requested.

The English Language Arts teacher reports to the Principal of the Upper School and works closely with the grade level teaching team the school and district ELA/Literacy Instructional Coaches and Department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute effective ELA lessons.
• Assess students regularly and refine and differentiate classroom instruction based on assessment data and student needs.
• Establish a culture of high expectations and cultivate a strong caring respectful classroom community that enables all students to thrive.
• Establish and integrate social-emotional learning into the classroom and foster a safe caring and active learning community.
• Collaborate with all team members including but not limited to special educators instructional coaches paraprofessionals interventionists and other school and district staff.
• Regularly communicate with families and caregivers as active partners in students learning and development.
• Continuously engage in ongoing learning and reflection related to culturally responsive pedagogy and literacy best practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Your Skill Set:

As the incoming ELA Teacher you will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:

• An unwavering belief in all students along with a strong desire to learn grow and improve alongside a strong work ethic
• English Language Arts teaching experience with a proven track record of high achievement in the classroom.
• Strong classroom management skills.
• Strong knowledge of Common Core/MA Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills alongside the ability to establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with a diverse staff and student body.
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university required; Masters degree strongly preferred.
• Massachusetts Teacher Certification in English grades 5-12 required.

How to Join Our Team:

Apply online at . 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.