Kindergarten (K1) Teacher (SY24-25)

1 week ago

Roxbury, United States BPE Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

We are currently seeking a Kindergarten (K1) teacher to join our school community for SY24-25.

Our teachers
Our teachers possess deep academic content knowledge, hold high expectations for all students, create an inclusive learning environment, and have strong communication/interpersonal skills. As a Teaching Academy, all teachers will be expected to contribute to a vibrant professional learning community, to reflect on and improve their own practice and to mentor, train, and develop resident teachers.

About Dudley St. School
Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School operates within the Boston Public Schools as a Horace Mann "in-district" charter school. We opened our doors in 2012, and now serve over 300 students in grades PreK-5. Founded by the Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE) and the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), we work with local partners to ensure all children in the Dudley neighborhood have access to a high-quality education.

Dudley Street School is a BPE Teaching Academy, part of a PreK-12 neighborhood school pathway that includes Dearborn STEM Academy (G6-12). Modeled after teaching hospitals, teaching academies serve as training sites for aspiring teachers participating in the Boston Teacher Residency program. All staff at Dudley Street School work collaboratively to enact ambitious teaching and learning in service of student achievement goals.

Dudley Street School Instructional Practices. Our teachers:

  1. Build a culture where every student matters, participates, and engages in academic discourse.
  2. Maintain a consistent focus on student reasoning.
  3. Assess students' understanding every day to inform instructional decisions.
  4. Ensure students read and write in all content areas in meaningful ways, on a regular basis.
  5. Integrate and connect language, instructional strategies, classroom routines, structures, and academic expectations to our essential habits of mind: perseverance, problem solving, independence, creativity, collaboration, and self-determination.

Responsibilities
Professional Climate & Culture

  • Promote a culture of excellence, characterized by high levels of transparency, shared responsibility, collaboration, organization, and efficiency.
  • Demonstrate deep commitment to professional learning and participate actively in professional development that is focused on driving exceptional outcomes for students, staying current with research and best practices.

Core Instructional Excellence - Through Student Achievement & Character Development

  • Set and hold students to extremely high academic standards; ensure that each student achieves a minimum of one year of academic progress per school year.
  • Teach with the mindset of preparing students for postsecondary success.
  • Place student thinking at the center of teaching practice by guiding students to refine and communicate their reasoning and respond constructively to the reasoning of others.
  • Meet needs of a range of learners, providing extra support, enrichment, or variation of work.

Classroom Culture

  • Create a welcoming environment where every student matters and participates.
  • Establish classroom norms and routines that foster civility, mutual respect and provide for equitable participation in classroom discourse.
  • Design classroom space that reflects high expectations for teaching and for learning, is reflective of student achievement and work, and provides learning resources that are co-created by teachers and students.

Planning and Data Analysis

  • Work collaboratively with a team of teachers to develop and track specific and ambitious yet attainable goals for each student.
  • Evaluate student performance on established scoring rubrics that measure either academic growth or mastery of content objectives.
  • Use data from formative and summative assessments to evaluate student understanding and inform instructional practice and decisions.
  • Student, Family, and Community Relationships
  • Communicate in a positive, engaging, and meaningful way with students, families, and colleagues.
  • Generate authentic opportunities to engage the community and families so that rich learning environments and holistic services are provided for students.


Qualifications

  • Deep belief in the Dudley St School mission and vision.
  • A valid MA teaching license in the relevant content area required; additional licensure in special education and/or ESL strongly preferred.
  • Ability to collaborate with a team of teachers and residents to meet a wide range of student skill, ability, and developmental levels in mixed-grade setting
  • Committed to using data and evidence to inform planning and instructional strategies
  • Strong instructional skills; demonstrated mastery of and enthusiasm for subject matter
  • Enthusiastic to reflect and grow (and help others to do the same) via coaching and feedback
  • Education: Hold a Bachelor's degree
  • Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment

Compensation
BTU, Group 1. Please refer to www.bostonpublicschools.org/ohc (under 'Employee Benefits and Policies') for more information on salary and compensation. Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step. Dudley St. is a "Schedule A" Expanded Learning Time (ELT) school.

To Apply
Please email your resume to talent@bpe.org.

Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School, a BPS/BPE School is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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