Position: Health and Human Services Pathway Teacher

Location: High School of Commerce, Springfield, MA

Grade Level: 9-12

Full Time Start Date: August 2021 (Date TBD)

Salary: Starting at $50,500, commensurate with experience based on SEZP's Career Ladder

SEEKING REVOLUTIONARY EDUCATORS

The High School of Commerce seeks Educators who believe teachers are activists - promising instructional excellence, equitable access to curriculum and opportunities, rigor, advocacy, and a tenacious commitment to anti-racism for all scholars.

SEZP o?ers a competitive salary commensurate with quali?cations and experience. Salaries for new educators start at $50,500. Educators in the SEZP qualify for bene?ts (personal/sick days, health insurance, etc.) o?ered to other teachers in the Spring?eld Public Schools.

In addition, there are several opportunities unique to the SEZP schools to increase earnings above base salary or as an extension to base salary. Those opportunities currently include, but are not limited to:

Advanced and Master Teacher positions: These are awarded following an application process that typically takes place during the winter, and come with salaries of up to $87,000

Empowerment Academies: Intervention and instruction opportunities we implement during February, April, and summer breaks, with stipends allowing you to potentially earn $2,000 per week

PORTRAIT OF A COMMERCE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR

Commerce is seeking Educators who view themselves as change agents beyond mere content instruction and who are committed to equitable instruction for all learners and committed to cultivating a climate and culture free from racism. The essential responsibilities for these roles will be guided by the following two values:

RELATIONSHIP: We believe that each and every Commerce scholar thrives in a positive, welcoming learning environment that emphasizes intentional and proactive relationship building. Supported through an explicit and universal culture of restorative justice - prioritizing growth and atonement over punishment and separation - a scholar will recognize the value of and play a leading role in developing interdependent relationships, with all members of the Commerce community working collaboratively in pursuit of this vision.

AGENCY: We believe educators at Commerce will empower each and every scholar to pursue their fullest academic and personal potential. We believe a scholar's agency to become their best academic and non-academic selves should be organized around rigorous personalized career and college pathways during which the scholar will own the setting and the attaining of their academic, college, career, and life goals.

EXPECTATIONS OF A COMMERCE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR

Educators at Commerce are practitioners who believe in the values of agency and relationship and are willing to advocate for equity both in and out of their classrooms. Commerce is prepared - considering the centrality of this work to the life-long success our scholars - to invest substantially in the training, coaching, leadership development, and networking necessary for revolutionary practitioners to thrive in the following job responsibilities:

Implement rigorous, equitable curriculum within a cohesive school-wide pedagogical approach and design highly adaptive supports to ensure all scholars can access grade level content

Coordinate and calibrate academic experiences with those of other practitioners across the school, ensuring an equitable provision of the highest quality instruction for all scholars

Teach scholars to think critically and strategically plan for their lives beyond graduation by building awareness of inequitable barriers, developing self-advocacy skills, and inspiring a vision for potential college and career pathways

PROFILE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCEWe are a school immersed in a bold and substantive multi-year redesign process to personalize the high school experience with a focus on preparing our scholars for college and career success. We have innovated school partnerships, schedules, and programming to allow Commerce scholars to choose from three di?erent college experiences, including a multi-year, 20-credit, early college or applied career pathway at Spring?eld Technical Community College (STCC); up to 12 credits in a dual enrollment program on the Commerce campus through Worcester State University or West?eld State University; and/or direct work-force entry via Propel America internship pathways in IT, healthcare, or advanced manufacturing.

We are a team of activist-educators who are a?orded generous time to further our learning together in department and grade level teams. The coaching model, professional development, and collaborative teaming is used to support all educators to improve our practice. Teacher leadership opportunities are available to unite our voices in service of dismantling institutionalized racism in and around our school community.

Qualifications

Experience teaching in the sciences or a healthcare/human services-related content area (e.g., biotechnology, allied health, psychology, biology) at the high school level preferred

Prior experience in a healthcare/human services-related field or area of study preferred

Appropriate content/program area educator license (e.g., Science, Vocational Technical, or other) and grade level licensure from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education preferred

Experience as an active anti-racist or advocate for equity preferred

Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

Bachelor's degree required

Master's degree in Education of a related field preferred

We encourage you to apply or reach out for more information. We know that historically marginalized groups - including people of color, women, people from working class backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTQ - are less likely to apply unless and until they meet every requirement for a job. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from educators with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

Please contact SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org mailto:SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org if you have questions about the role or your qualifications. We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!

Questions?

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis; applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. Please contact SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org mailto:SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org with any questions.

Nondiscrimination Statement

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.

Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. Springfield Public Schools is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 not to discrimination on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. The Senior Administrator of Human Resources, Kathleen O'Sullivan, Springfield Public Schools, 1550 Main St. Springfield MA, 011103, 413-787-7100, ext. 55428, has been designated as the employee responsible for coordinating Springfield Public Schools efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 to Springfield Public Schools may be referred to Kathleen O'Sullivan or to U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202-1100, telephone 800-421-3481.

Qualifications

Experience teaching in the sciences or a healthcare/human services-related content area (e.g., biotechnology, allied health, psychology, biology) at the high school level preferred

Prior experience in a healthcare/human services-related field or area of study preferred

Appropriate content/program area educator license (e.g., Science, Vocational Technical, or other) and grade level licensure from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education preferred

Experience as an active anti-racist or advocate for equity preferred

Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

Bachelor's degree required

If you meet some of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply or reach out for more information. We know that historically marginalized groups - including people of color, women, people from working class backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTQ - are less likely to apply unless and until they meet every requirement for a job. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from educators with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

We encourage you to reach out to SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org mailto:SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org if you have questions about the role or your qualifications. We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!

Questions?

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis; applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. Please contact SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org mailto:SEZP@springfieldempowerment.org with any questions.

Nondiscrimination Statement

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.

Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. Springfield Public Schools is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 not to discrimination on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. The Senior Administrator of Human Resources, Kathleen O'Sullivan, Springfield Public Schools, 1550 Main St. Springfield MA, 011103, 413-787-7100, ext. 55428, has been designated as the employee responsible for coordinating Springfield Public Schools efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 to Springfield Public Schools may be referred to Kathleen O'Sullivan or to U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202-1100, telephone 800-421-3481.

Primary Location: Commerce HS
Salary Range: Based on collective bargaining unit salary schedule
Shift Type: FT - School Year

Job Contact Information:

Name: Paul Neal
Title: Executive Principal
Phone:
Email: nealp@springfieldpublicschools.com