Elementary School: Teaching Fellow - Greater Boston (2027-2028)

KIPP • Lynn, MA

5d

About The Position

KIPP Massachusetts Teaching Fellows are co-teachers who develop their teaching skills through professional development, coaching, and hands-on practice. Fellows work alongside experienced Lead Teachers in kindergarten through fourth-grade classrooms, with the goal of becoming a KIPP MA Lead Teacher after a year of intensive development. They are integral classroom members from the start of the school year and build trusting relationships with students and families. Fellows co-teach small-group and whole-group lessons and gradually assume additional solo teaching responsibilities, sharing accountability with Lead Teachers for student growth and classroom culture.

Fellows receive personalized instructional coaching, Fellow-specific professional development, and school-based development focused on academics, character, and classroom culture. They may also be eligible for a partial tuition scholarship to Boston University’s Graduate School of Education if pursuing a master’s degree and Massachusetts teacher licensure. The position follows the school-year calendar.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Pass a criminal background check.
• Deep alignment with KIPP MA’s mission and values, including an unwavering belief in the high potential of all students.
• Passion for the subject or content area and commitment to professional learning.
• Desire to develop proficiency in teaching through practice, coaching, and professional development.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Computer literacy and baseline familiarity with Google Suite.
• Ability to collect and interpret data, evaluate and reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make timely, reasonable decisions.
• Self-awareness, flexibility, and emotional intelligence to navigate a setting with students who express diverse needs.
• Physical mobility to kneel, walk, push or pull, squat, twist, turn, bend, stoop, and reach overhead as needed.
• Physical strength to periodically lift or carry 20 pounds of materials or supplies and physically restrain a student in an emergency to prevent harm to the student or others.
• Manual dexterity to perform repetitive hand, wrist, and arm motions and operate a computer and office equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with children is encouraged but not required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all children feel affirmed, valued, and challenged every day.
• Foster a positive and safe learning environment.
• Create and internalize rigorous, engaging unit and daily lesson plans using provided curricula, resources, and preparation tools for co-teaching and solo teaching.
• Set ambitious growth goals for students and identify and use resources to help them meet those goals.
• Use effective practices, including differentiation, to deliver engaging and appropriately rigorous instruction.
• Infuse core values into lessons and school practices, implement student culture systems and positive classroom management strategies, actively monitor students, and redirect or intervene when appropriate.
• Analyze student work and academic data to adjust lessons, refine curricula, and inform instructional practice, independently and in consultation with the Lead Teacher.
• Maintain accurate student grades and records and regularly communicate with students and families about student growth and progress.
• Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including summer pre-service training and weekly training during the academic year.
• Take ownership of professional growth by seeking and applying coaching feedback, co-planning, practicing, and participating in live coaching.
• Perform support duties such as coverage, bus, lunch, transition, and dismissal duties.
• Build relationships with families by participating in school events and making consistent phone calls home.
• Offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues to foster accountability, change, and improvement.
• Collaborate with grade-level and content teams to address shared challenges and implement grade-wide systems, sharing responsibility for all students.
• Maintain dependable attendance according to the school calendar.
• Embody KIPP MA’s Code of Conduct, including integrity, humanity, self-awareness, critical consciousness, personal responsibility, and productive engagement.
• Work toward MTEL requirements and SEI endorsements during the first year, with study support from KIPP MA.
• Participate in regional professional development and community events as required.
• Collect and interpret data, evaluate information, define problems, establish facts, draw conclusions, and make timely, reasonable judgments and decisions.
• Use interpersonal and self-management skills to support students’ behavioral and emotional needs, maintain a safe and inclusive environment, build relationships, and manage conflict with students, staff, and caregivers.
• Communicate effectively with students, staff, families, and others in person, in writing, before groups, and on virtual platforms.
• Carry out occasional additional duties that support a positive and calm learning environment and culture.

Benefits

• Partial tuition scholarship to Boston University’s Graduate School of Education for eligible Fellows pursuing a master’s degree and Massachusetts teacher licensure.
• $1,000 signing bonus.
• Annual $2,000 retention bonus in subsequent years, when eligible.
• Other bonuses when eligible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level