Teacher Special Education Associate

Match Associate Teacher
Match Charter Public School is a free, high-performing charter public school in Boston. We are a PreK-12 school serving up to 1,250 students. Our mission is to prepare studentsparticularly multilingual learners and those who would be the first in their families to earn a college degreefor 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 communitythey represent over 20 different countries of origin with over 20 different languages spoken at home. Our students bring a diversity of needs to our school, and we are prepared to serve them: 23% of our students qualify for special education services; 19% of our student body are English Language Learners.
Matchs 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 organizationa 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 competentare vital to our goals and mission.
The Match Associate Teacher (MAT) Program is designed to quickly and effectively launch the teaching careers of aspiring educators, especially those who share key identity intersections with Matchs students. The program is structured as a one-year cycle, with the possibility of a second-year extension for MATs whose pathway to teaching includes extended development and who demonstrate strong potential for continued growth.
Great teachers are developed, not born: Through constant reflection, feedback, coaching, and practice, MATs become unusually effective first-year lead teachers upon completion of the MAT program.
# Associate Teachers learn and develop best when their day-to-day workload is manageable: The MAT program is designed to provide MATs with the training/ practice they need without burning anyone out.
# Teachers in training should be compensated competitively - transparent pay trajectories allow teachers to plan their careers, and their lives. Associate Teacher Year 1: Base of $52,500
Associate Teacher Year 2 : $55,650
$52,500 + $3,150 development stipend
~ Lead Teacher Year 1: $67,403

Base of $64,903, plus $2,500 retention bonus for MATs hired as lead teachers at Match
~ Lead Teacher Year 2: $72,554

Base of $70,054, plus $2,500 retention bonus for MATs who continue as lead teachers at Match
Lead Teacher Year 3: $74,174
Lead Teacher Year 4: $79,325
Lead Teacher Year 5: $83,446
Lead Teacher Year 6: $86,537
Lead Teacher Year 7: $92,718
Lead Teacher Year 8: $97,869
Lead Teacher Year 9 $105,080
Lead Teacher Year 10: $113,322
Embedding coursework related to Moderate Disabilities Licensure into MAT programming
Requiring all Associate Teachers to obtain their SEI endorsement through participation in a Match organized SEI course that is taught by a DESE approved course provider.
Match Associate Teachers (MATs) are placed on grade-level (K-5) or subject level (6-12), or Special Education teams, at Match Public Charter School for an intensive year-long apprenticeship. Throughout the year, MATs are coached and mentored by expert teachers and leaders at Match and gradually assume more classroom responsibilities. MATs receive highly practical, hands-on training in effectively designing and implementing rigorous instruction, and in building classroom cultures consistent with achievement, purposefulness and joy. Through extensive self reflection partnered with feedback, coaching and classroom experience, MATs develop and strengthen their practice as educators with the goal of becoming unusually effective rookie lead teachers at one of the Match campuses in the following school year.
The MAT programmatic year runs from August 1- July 31 at the nationally acclaimed Match Charter Public School, which serves students in grades pre-K-12 in Boston.
Approximately twelve aspiring teachers convene to make up the MAT cohort. Members of this cohort are placed at one of Matchs three campuses, either the elementary, middle or high school.
MATs spend full days in classrooms with host teachers where they observe, assist, and gradually assume student teaching responsibilities.
Throughout the year, MATs attend wrap-around training and support through professional development designed specifically for their cohort as well as professional development with their campus based colleagues.
The MATs dedicated mentor teacher and school leaders provide frequent personalized feedback to MATs as their teaching experiences and responsibilities are ramped up.
At the end of the program, successful MATs who have gained Massachusetts provisional licensure are highly prioritized for open positions at Match in the following school year.
To continue their training, MATs who will return to Match have the option to teach Summer Academy. This serves as an opportunity for MATs to gain more experience in preparation to become a lead teacher.
Responsibilities of a Match Associate Teacher gradually increase and include, but are not limited to:
Serve as a teaching assistant in the classroom.
Observe and provide in-class support to a host teacher.
Actively receive and implement coaching from Match staff.
Teach in a host teachers classroom with a gradual increase in teaching responsibilities as the school year progresses.
Support the host teachers with grading, material development, family communication, etc.
Support school-wide duties (breakfast, lunch, dismissal, etc.) A Bachelor's degree required
An unwavering commitment to and belief in the mission of Match Education, including Matchs values and educational model
Eagerness to receiving and applying feedback to develop and strengthen teaching practice
Application Process
While we accept applications on a rolling basis, pre-interview screens and final interviews will take place in cycles. Application review & Phone Screen
Initial Interview with Director of New Teacher Development

December 1- January 9: Campus Based Interviews
Week of January 12: January 12 - February 6:
Application review & Phone Screen
Initial Interview with Director of New Teacher Development

Application review & Phone Screen
Initial Interview with Director of New Teacher Development

ABOUT MATCH EDUCATION
Match Education ( ) is the shared brand name of Match Charter Public School and The Match School Foundation, Inc. Match Education is an engine of discovery and applied innovation in education. We operate a high-performing urban charter public school and a unique associate teacher program 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 actual or perceived 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.