3rd Grade Lead Teacher (IMMEDIATE OPENING)

Company: Match Education
Location: Boston
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

Position: 3rd Grade Lead Teacher (IMMEDIATE OPENING)Location: Boston, MA (Hyde Park Campus)Start date: ASAPABOUT THE MATCH CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLMatch 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; 30% of our student body are English Language Learners.We know that the largest driver of our success is the people who work in our schools every day. Match teachers and staff have an immediate impact on our ability of reaching our mission and changing the lives of our students. We strive to attract, develop, and retain a team that is diverse by race, ethnicity, culture, income background, gender, sexual identity, and a variety of other factors. See our statement on diversity here. OVERVIEW OF ROLEOur elementary school (Match Community Day) has an IMMEDIATE opening for a 3rd Grade Lead Teacher. This position is based at Match Community Day, 100 Poydras St. in Hyde Park, MA. Lead Teachers are fully responsible for the growth and achievement of the students in their class (we have 18 students/class in Pre-K and K and 24 students/class in grades 1-5). Lead Teachers are supported in the classroom by associate teachers, special education staff, language acquisition staff, or paraprofessionals.QUALIFICATIONSResearch has shown that people of color and women are less likely to apply for jobs if they dont 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 classroom or special education teacher, preferably in an urban education setting; hold a valid and appropriate license issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, or obtain the licensure within a year of 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; have a proven record of student success and achievement; and appreciate a good sense of humor.ABOUT MATCH EDUCATIONMatch Education (www.matcheducation.org) is the shared brand name of The Match Charter Public School, The Match School Foundation, Inc., and The Sposato Graduate School of Education.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. PI133588692

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