Associate Teacher (SY25-26, Middle School)

Veritas Prep•Springfield, MA

3d•$45,000

About The Position

As an Associate Teacher (AT) at Veritas Prep, you will join a supportive, team-oriented environment designed to foster your growth as an educator. In this role, you’ll play a key part in advancing the academic and social-emotional success of our middle school scholars through the following responsibilities: Build Your Teaching Skills: Work closely with experienced educators through mentorship, observation, and hands-on classroom experience to prepare for a future lead teaching role in ELA, Math, Science, History, Special Education, or ESL/MLL. Support Instruction: Serve as a substitute teacher when needed to ensure consistency in high-quality instruction. Deliver Small Group Instruction: Teach daily academic support lessons (1–10 students) tailored to students who need extra support or enrichment. Foster Positive Relationships: Build meaningful connections with students and families to contribute to strong, high-expectation classroom cultures. Engage in Coaching: Participate in regular coaching and feedback sessions to refine your practice. Support School Operations: Help lead daily duties such as hallway transitions, lunch, and advisory. This role is ideal for aspiring educators—including recent graduates, career changers, and education students—looking to gain meaningful classroom experience before stepping into a lead teaching role. At Veritas Prep, we are deeply invested in your development and are excited to support your path to becoming a lead teacher.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree is required
A deep belief in the potential of every student to learn, grow, and achieve excellence
A commitment to ongoing personal and professional development as an educator
Flexibility and a proactive mindset—ready to step in and support wherever needed
A strong dedication to educational equity , including a willingness to confront and address racism and an understanding of its historical and systemic impact on students and schools
Authorization to work in the United States by your first day of employment is required

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working with youth is preferred

Responsibilities

Build Your Teaching Skills: Work closely with experienced educators through mentorship, observation, and hands-on classroom experience to prepare for a future lead teaching role in ELA, Math, Science, History, Special Education, or ESL/MLL.
Support Instruction: Serve as a substitute teacher when needed to ensure consistency in high-quality instruction.
Deliver Small Group Instruction: Teach daily academic support lessons (1–10 students) tailored to students who need extra support or enrichment.
Foster Positive Relationships: Build meaningful connections with students and families to contribute to strong, high-expectation classroom cultures.
Engage in Coaching: Participate in regular coaching and feedback sessions to refine your practice.
Support School Operations: Help lead daily duties such as hallway transitions, lunch, and advisory.

Benefits

Veritas Prep offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit packages that include the following:
Salary Range for this position is $45,000 exclusive of fringe benefits.
If hired, your final base salary will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, and/or experience.
In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
Keep in mind, the above range is the full base salary range for this position. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth.
We also offer a generous benefits package for full-time staff that includes, but not limited to the following:
Health, Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
Paid Family/Medical Leave Insurance (private and meets state requirements)
Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance (100% employer paid)
Enrollment in Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (teacher pension program)
Employee Assistance Program (100% employer paid)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), and more...