MLK Charter School Of Excellence
Elementary Teacher SY 25-26 (anticipated openings)Springfield, MA
MLK Charter School Of Excellence, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01104
Elementary Teacher SY 25-26 (Anticipated Openings)
Our mission is to provide high expectations, a structured academic environment, and positive character development to ensure that every student in kindergarten through grade 5 is equipped to think critically, communicate clearly, and are empowered with a strong ethical foundation to be set on the path for success in college, career, and life. The school incorporates Dr. King's commitment to the highest standards in scholarship, civic participation, and the ideal of the beloved community. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence (MLKCSE) is a free, public charter school offering a high-quality academic program and positive character building to 360 students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 in Springfield, MA. We are looking for educators that are passionate about our profession and believe that quality matters. We are looking for teachers that want to be part of a greater collective. A teacher at MLKCSE holds primary responsibility and ownership for the instructional planning and execution of curriculum and monitoring the growth and success of their students. The structure of each grade level team varies. We have a co-teaching model in Kindergarten and Grade 1. Grades K-3 are self-contained. Grades 4 and 5 are departmentalized. Each teacher on those teams teaches three rotations of the same grade level and core content (ELA, Math, or Science). Our class sizes are approximately 20 students. Class sizes cap at 22. Responsibilities include: submitting daily attendance, managing student breakfast in the classroom, thoughtfully refining and supplementing core curricular resources, providing dynamic and creative instruction aligned to MLKCSE curricular guidance, Common Core State Standards, and Massachusetts Frameworks, maintaining timely grading of students, collaborating with Special Educators, ESL Educators, and Instructional Leaders to ensure students receive the necessary targeted interventions and support, participating in required collaborative curriculum development, grade-level activities, meetings, professional development, and school-wide functions, administering a variety of assessments, recording and submitting data, addressing findings, and integrating use of data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices and interventions, participating in regular interim data meetings with grade level team teachers and instructional leadership, identifying students who are not meeting benchmarks and planning appropriate interventions, tiered small group and/or one-on-one targeted intervention and support to students, upholding our school's values, school-wide key systems, and accountability systems for academics and character, providing consistent and high academic and behavioral expectations, communicating clearly, effectively, and professionally with students, families, and colleagues regularly, consistently meeting our school expectations for professionalism and fulfilling required responsibilities in a timely and professional manner, and reporting to the Principal. Required qualifications include: a Bachelor's Degree, preliminary MA teaching certification or working toward earning MA teaching certification, SEI or RETELL endorsement. Preferred qualifications include: experience preferred, particularly in an urban setting, bilingual (Spanish) candidates encouraged to apply. Equal Opportunity Employer. MLKCSE is committed to ensuring that all of its programs and facilities are accessible to all members of the public and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Pay range for teachers: $50,000 - $95,000 USD
Our mission is to provide high expectations, a structured academic environment, and positive character development to ensure that every student in kindergarten through grade 5 is equipped to think critically, communicate clearly, and are empowered with a strong ethical foundation to be set on the path for success in college, career, and life. The school incorporates Dr. King's commitment to the highest standards in scholarship, civic participation, and the ideal of the beloved community. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence (MLKCSE) is a free, public charter school offering a high-quality academic program and positive character building to 360 students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 in Springfield, MA. We are looking for educators that are passionate about our profession and believe that quality matters. We are looking for teachers that want to be part of a greater collective. A teacher at MLKCSE holds primary responsibility and ownership for the instructional planning and execution of curriculum and monitoring the growth and success of their students. The structure of each grade level team varies. We have a co-teaching model in Kindergarten and Grade 1. Grades K-3 are self-contained. Grades 4 and 5 are departmentalized. Each teacher on those teams teaches three rotations of the same grade level and core content (ELA, Math, or Science). Our class sizes are approximately 20 students. Class sizes cap at 22. Responsibilities include: submitting daily attendance, managing student breakfast in the classroom, thoughtfully refining and supplementing core curricular resources, providing dynamic and creative instruction aligned to MLKCSE curricular guidance, Common Core State Standards, and Massachusetts Frameworks, maintaining timely grading of students, collaborating with Special Educators, ESL Educators, and Instructional Leaders to ensure students receive the necessary targeted interventions and support, participating in required collaborative curriculum development, grade-level activities, meetings, professional development, and school-wide functions, administering a variety of assessments, recording and submitting data, addressing findings, and integrating use of data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices and interventions, participating in regular interim data meetings with grade level team teachers and instructional leadership, identifying students who are not meeting benchmarks and planning appropriate interventions, tiered small group and/or one-on-one targeted intervention and support to students, upholding our school's values, school-wide key systems, and accountability systems for academics and character, providing consistent and high academic and behavioral expectations, communicating clearly, effectively, and professionally with students, families, and colleagues regularly, consistently meeting our school expectations for professionalism and fulfilling required responsibilities in a timely and professional manner, and reporting to the Principal. Required qualifications include: a Bachelor's Degree, preliminary MA teaching certification or working toward earning MA teaching certification, SEI or RETELL endorsement. Preferred qualifications include: experience preferred, particularly in an urban setting, bilingual (Spanish) candidates encouraged to apply. Equal Opportunity Employer. MLKCSE is committed to ensuring that all of its programs and facilities are accessible to all members of the public and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Pay range for teachers: $50,000 - $95,000 USD