SY25-26 Springfield Legacy Academy Dean of Instruction

Job title: SY25-26 Springfield Legacy Academy Dean of Instruction

Company: Springfield Public Schools

Job description: Job Description:Grade Level: 6-8Start Date: August 18, 2025Salary Range: $57,396 – $90,424Job ResponsibilitiesThe Dean of Instruction plays a critical leadership role in improving student academic achievement and supporting teacher development in a bilingual setting. This individual collaborates with the school principal and instructional team to ensure high-quality, standards-aligned instruction. The Dean of Instruction leads efforts in curriculum alignment, teacher coaching, professional development, and data-driven instruction with a focus on equity and language acquisition.Instructional Leadership

• Support teachers in effective planning and delivery of standards-based instruction in both program languages.

• Provide one-on-one coaching, co-planning, and observation feedback to teachers to enhance instruction.

• Collaborate with instructional staff, administrators and leadership teams to promote student achievement by identifying current, research-based instructional and assessment strategies, modeling lessons to classroom teachers, providing constructive feedback and assisting teachers in collecting student achievement data and using the data to modify instruction.

• Provide constructive feedback on the planning of high quality lessons and delivery of teaching and learning.

• Schedule teachers for classroom peer/best practices observations.

• Ensure curriculum alignment across grade levels and subject areas, integrating language development strategies.

Data Analysis & School Improvement

• Lead data meetings and instructional planning sessions to analyze student data and set actionable goals.

• Assist classroom teachers in collecting, analyzing, and using student achievement data to guide instruction to ensure that all students are meeting or exceeding the standards for their grade level.

• Use data to identify trends, needs, and support interventions.

• Monitor progress of all learners including Multilingual Learners and Exceptional Learners using assessments and benchmarks.

• Advance the work around dual language by focusing on instructional strategies that promote student success in both languages within the content areas.

Professional Development

• Design and facilitate ongoing professional learning aligned to school goals, language development, and content mastery.

• Support teacher teams through PLCs, modeling, and mentoring.

• Provide job embedded professional development focused on organization of the classroom to construct a positive learning climate.

• Plan, schedule, and conduct school-based professional development aligned with the school’s instructional vision and priorities.

• Use student achievement data to identify professional development needs and plan, present, and evaluate on-site staff development activities.

Family & Community Engagement

• Partner with families and community organizations to support bilingualism and biculturalism.

• Communicate academic expectations and progress in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways.

In addition, the Dean of Instructions is expected to:

• Support

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor and administration.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching at the middle and/or high school level

• Appropriate content/program area and grade level license from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education required (Educators who are not licesed by MA DESE in the appropriate area or grade level may be eligible for a licensure waiver and are still encouraged to apply.)

• Experience as an active anti-racist or advocate for equity

• Ability to lead and collaborate with teams to achieve shared goals

• Strong understanding of student development, social-emotional learning, and restorative practices

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with diverse stakeholders

• Bilingual in English and Spanish required

• Bachelor’s degree required

If you meet some of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply or to reach out for more information. We know that historically marginalized groups – including people of color, women, people from working class backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTQ – are less likely to apply unless and until they meet every requirement for a job. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.We encourage you to reach out to info@sezp.org if you have questions about the role or your qualifications. We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!BenefitsSEZP offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience; salaries for new teachers start at $57,396. Teachers in SEZP qualify for benefits (sick days, retirement, health insurance, etc.) offered to other teachers in the Springfield Public Schools.In addition, there may be several opportunities unique to SEZP schools to increase earnings above base salary. While not guaranteed, those opportunities include, but are not limited to:

• Signing or relocation bonuses

• Expanded Learning Time stipends at some schools, based on the yearly schedule

• Empowerment Academies: Intervention and instruction opportunities we implement during February, April, and summer breaks, following an application and selection process

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis; applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. Please contact info@sezp.org with any questions.About the Springfield Empowerment Zone PartnershipWhile Massachusetts is consistently ranked as one of the top states for education results in the country, we have one of the highest and most persistent opportunity gaps. The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) – established in 2015 as a collaboration between Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and the Springfield Education Association (SEA) – seeks to improve the longitudinal life outcomes of the nearly 5,000 students in our seventeen middle and high schools.As a “zone” of schools within the city of Springfield, SEZP’s approach draws on a deep and embedded partnership with the school district and local teachers’ union, while harnessing the flexibility and innovation found in autonomous school models. As a result, each school within SEZP is accorded significant school-based autonomies – in curriculum, talent, calendar, schedule, and budget – while being held accountable for realizing achievement gains for historically marginalized students. In all of our work, SEZP is in pursuit of equity and anti-racism – acknowledging the systemic oppression our students and families encounter daily and working to disrupt these provision gaps urgently and courageously.Nondiscrimination StatementThe Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.NOTICE OF SEX NONDISCRIMINATIONSpringfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Springfield Public Schools’ Title IX Coordinator, , the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights at , or both.The Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator is Katie O’Sullivan, Senior Administrator of Human Resources, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103, 413-787-7100 ext. 55428, .Springfield Public School’s sex nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located on the Springfield Public Schools website,To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please refer to

Expected salary: $57396 – 90424 per year

Location: Springfield, MA

Job date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:18:12 GMT

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