Elementary School ESL Teacher (IMMEDIATE OPENING)

Job Description

Position: Elementary School ESL Teacher, 2024-2025 Location: Hyde Park, MA Start date: Fall, 2024 ABOUT THE MATCH CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL Match Charter Public School is a free, high-performing charter public school in Boston. We are a PreK-12 school serving 1,250 students. Our mission is to prepare students for success in college and careers in order to achieve economic security and mobility. Students gain acceptance to our schools via an annual blind public lottery open to all Boston residents. Our families bring amazing racial and cultural diversity to the school community - they represent over 20 different countries of origin with over 20 different languages spoken at home. 94% of our students are people of color. Our students bring a diversity of needs to our school, and we are prepared to serve them. 21% of our students qualify for special education services; 18% of our student body are English Language Learners. Match's core values are Equity, Freedom, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. We are working to reframe our organizational processes and policies to be truly anti-racist. At Match, we believe that three aspects of our work and organization - a staff that is diverse by race and other factors, a professional environment that is inclusive of all perspectives, and a curriculum in our PreK-12 school that is culturally competent - are vital to our goals and mission. ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY We have an opening for English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at our elementary school for the 2024-2025 school year. Qualified applicants must have a valid ESL license issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by date of hire. We are only able to consider applicants who have current US work authorization. The salary range for teachers new to Match is $62,819-98,899 and is determined by the candidate's prior years of full-time teaching experience. Match offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes 90% coverage of employee health insurance costs and up to $150/month in loan repayment assistance. OVERVIEW OF ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES At Match, we call our ESL teachers Language Acquisition Teachers (LAT). Our LAT's do the important work necessary to teach language and support the multilingual students at our school. LAT positions are based at our elementary school on 100 Poydras St. in Hyde Park, our middle school on 215 Forest Hills St. in Jamaica Plain, or our high school on 1001 Commonwealth Ave. in Brighton. Language Acquisition Teachers provide instruction to students who require an English language development course of study. The LAT Teacher reports to EL Director or EL Specialist at the school and is responsible for: -Providing co-teaching, instructional and inclusion support in general education classes containing multilingual learners; -Providing targeted language interventions to multilingual students in a small group setting; -Using ELD levels and other formative assessments to drive instruction and achieve language acquisition goals; -Helping to manage the school's language acquisition programming including, but not limited to: completion of necessary paperwork and filing, teacher professional development, management of parent and student communication, administration of student testing/screening, and upholding applicable Department of Elementary and Secondary Education compliance requirements; -Communicating regularly with families about student progress through phone calls, text messages, emails, and in-person meetings; and -Working together with other team members to teach back to the school staff about language development and best practices for building language in the classroom every day. QUALIFICATIONS Research has shown that people of color and women are less likely to apply for jobs if they don't believe they meet every one of the qualifications described in a job description. Our highest priority is finding the best candidate for the job. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our qualifications described or you have a less traditional background. We are looking for applicants who: -have at least two years of full-time experience as and ESL, classroom, or special education teacher, preferably in an urban education setting; -hold a valid and appropriate ESL license issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, or obtain the licensure by date of hire; -believe that all students can and will succeed; -desire to continually improve their practice as a teacher by taking and implementing feedback; 2 -have a proven record of student success and achievement ABOUT MATCH EDUCATION Match Education (www.matcheducation.org) is the shared brand name of The Match Charter Public School and The Match School Foundation, Inc. Match Education is an engine of discovery and applied innovation in education. We operate high-performing urban public charter schools and a unique graduate school of education that trains teachers for high-poverty schools. Out of this applied work, we refine, validate empirically, and eventually disseminate new ideas and practices on core questions in education reform. The Match Foundation, Inc. and Match Charter Public School prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.

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Match Education is the shared brand name of Match Charter Public School, Match Community Day Public School, The Match School Foundation and The Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education, each of which is based in Boston. We undertake three main bodies of work, day-to-day: Match Schools. The Match Schools operate a growing portfolio of high-performing and innovative urban charter schools. Our schools are widely recognized for their success in preparing low-income students for success in four-year colleges. Match Teachers. The Match Schools train teachers for urban classrooms and our fully sanctioned graduate school of education, The Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education, grants Masters in Effective Teaching degrees. We seek to train the best rookie teachers in the country and, over time, to develop new insight into the nature of effective teaching and teacher training. Match Export. The Match School Foundation has begun in earnest to consult with districts, charter networks, institutions of higher education, and policy makers. The Foundation works with them when they ask for advice or when they want the Foundation to build things for them. This work is a way for us to matter broadly.