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Classroom Teacher - DYS, Springfield

Employer
Collaborative for Educational Services
Location
Springfield, MA, US
Salary
Competitive

Job Details

The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) has opening for an innovative classroom teacher to provide direct educational instruction to youth assigned to the Department of Youth Services (DYS) in Springfield, Massachusetts. Classes are small and teachers should have a highly personalized approach which focuses on academic and behavioral success. We'll consider educators licensed in all content areas (Math, Science, ELA, History) grades 8-12. We hope you will join us in this work!

Who We Are: Dedicated and collaborative educators committed to supporting an especially vulnerable population of young people with the tools they need to succeed. Our educators help students see their world, and themselves, in a new light.

We value: Quality and excellence, innovation, creativity and vision, inclusiveness, equity and diversity and collaboration with others. Creating a community of care is foundational to the work we do... together !

Social Justice and Equity work is central to our mission, especially in these times. We understand that all forms of oppression are damaging. We engage in this work pro-actively and purposefully, with the intent of positive outcomes, and because we need to.

This is you:
  • You are an innovative, creative and collaborative high school level teacher; or a 5-8 grade teacher willing to secure an 8-12 level license at renewal, or within 2 years of renewal within the 21-22 academic year.You have a passion for teaching, especially youth who have been placed at risk.You value professionalism, positive youth development, and culturally responsive teaching.You love to learn! You strive to understand emerging trends in education, seek to thoughtfully employ best practices, support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).You recognize that addressing societal oppression and inequities requires ongoing education and a commitment to allyship.

Highlights of What You Will Do:
  • Provide effective, high quality, direct educational instruction to youth assigned to DYS.Participate and implement effective instructional strategies and research based curriculum.Support the development and implementation of multiple pathways for learning, including, as appropriate, GED preparation, diploma, post-secondary coursework, career exploration, and vocational opportunities.Integrate individual student's education background information to design instruction, including IEP goals and objectives, EYF education and career goals, learning style information, and accommodations as needed.
Review of resumes will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.

Company

We are a non-profit educational service agency, committed to reaching and educating learners of all ages, and experienced in working with educators to help students learn and succeed.

Students are at the heart of our work.

We are a community of innovative and effective professionals dedicated to improving education. We know that everyone is a learner from the day they are born, and we know how to create classrooms and other environments in which every learner can flourish. We know how to reach, inspire, support and educate children, youth and adults, and we help others to do the same.

Founded in 1974, we are governed by representatives from our member school districts in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. We partner with students, families, schools and districts, educators; and communities across Massachusetts and in the region to create and improve educational opportunities both in and out of the classroom and ensure that every child has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

CES directs major initiatives in Early Childhood, Special Education, After School Programs, Professional Development, Educator Licensure, Technology in Education, Social Justice in Education, English Learner Education, and the education of vulnerable youth.

Our Mission

Our mission is to develop and foster educational excellence and opportunity for all learners through collaboration, and leadership. 

Company info
Website
Telephone
4135885925
Location
97 Hawley St
Northampton
MA
01060
US

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