Teacher - Social Studies, Gr. 9-12 (SEI Endorsement Required) (SY26-27)

Boston Public Schools•Boston, MA

13h

About The Position

The Boston Arts Academy, a public high school for the visual and performing arts, with students in Grades 9-12. It is a joint project of the Professional Arts Consortium, Inc.,comprising the Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston Architectural Center, Emerson College Massachusetts College of Arts, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts) and the Boston Public Schools. Boston Arts Academy serves as a laboratory and a beacon for artistic and academic innovation, preparing a diverse community of aspiring artist scholars to be successful in their college or professional careers and to be engaged members of a democratic society. This innovative school features a college preparatory curriculum supporting integrated and interdisciplinary teaching and learning among arts and academic disciplines. Students explore the arts in both traditional and new media forms. The Academy’s program is enriched by the involvement of the six members of the Professional Arts Consortium. Both the program and the student body at Boston Arts Academy, reflect the culture, ethnic and linguistic diversity of Boston. BAA is an autonomous school within the BPS that holds Pilot School status. This allows us autonomy over our schedule, staffing, budget, governance, and curriculum. As a result, we have an Election to Work Agreement (EWA) , which outlines the ways in which we leverage our autonomy, with specific attention to additional working days, hours, and other working conditions that fall outside of the BTU agreement. Teachers who choose to work at BAA do so with the understanding that our Election to Work Agreement establishes expectations beyond the standard BTU contract, including additional professional development days, extended learning time, and a commitment to our full inclusion model. BTU members are required to work an additional 146 hours above the contracted time. That time includes attending 2 days of professional development before the BTU start day in August, attending 2.5 additional days of professional development in June beyond the contracted days, and attending a weekly hour department meeting outside of the contracted hours. Boston Public Schools (BPS) seeks an exceptional Social Studies Teacher with an SEI Endorsement who is highly qualified and knowledgeable to join our community of teachers, learners and leaders. This is an exciting opportunity for teachers who desire to serve where their efforts matter. In BPS, the teachers and leaders are committed to the vision of high expectations for achievement, equal access to high levels of instruction, the achievement of academic proficiency for all students, and the closing of the achievement gap among subgroups within the schools. BPS is a great place for those who seek to work in an environment that supports their creativity and innovation, and respects their skills and abilities as a teacher.

Requirements

Hold a Bachelor’s degree.
Hold a valid Massachusetts Teaching License for the content and grade level in Social Studies
Hold either SEI Endorsement OR dual certification in ESL.
Meet all state and federal guidelines in order to be fully licensed and "Highly Qualified."
Ability to meet the Standards of Effective Teaching established by the BPS as outlined above.
Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Education, History, Literature, or a related field.
Experience teaching in urban schools.
Experience as an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary artist.
BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity.
BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS' official languages: Spanish, Cabo Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole , Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, & Somali.
In order to best serve all students, BPS prefers all core content teachers to be certified in their subject area and one or both of the following: Moderate Disabilities, English as a Second Language (at the appropriate grade level(s)).

Responsibilities

Develop thematic units for humanities classes using the backward design model that integrate language arts, social studies, and history.
Deliver daily humanities lessons that are engaging, relevant, and rigorous.
Understand and apply effective strategies for intervention and differentiation in the classroom, including serving English language learners and students with individualized education programs (IEPs).
Embed opportunities for student critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, as well as the use of technology and digital media, into lesson and unit plans.
Maintain strong classroom management and hold students accountable for upholding school rules, student-developed norms, and classroom expectations.
Collaborate with special education teachers and other support specialists to deliver differentiated curriculum and instruction in a full-inclusion classroom.
Communicate regularly with parents regarding student progress.
Collaborate with a team of humanities educators to support all department events, productions, and curricular initiatives.
Interact with parents and students regularly by being visible and accessible via Google Classroom, email, and the student information system.
Serve as an advisor to a group of 12 to 15 students in grades 9–12, meeting with them twice a week.
Develop a sense of community within the advisory group and provide coaching for students around goal-setting and the development of shared values: community with social responsibility, vision with integrity, passion with balance, and diversity with respect.
Meet all state and federal guidelines to be fully licensed and “Highly Qualified.”
Attend one evening meeting per semester with families of students.
Perform general administrative tasks related to teaching, including but not limited to grading students and communicating with families.