Job title: Teachers + Coordinators – SEZP Summer Academy 2025
Company: Springfield Public Schools
Job description: Job Description:Summary & Overview of Summer AcademySEZP’s mission to dramatically improve educational opportunity for Springfield students is marked by our Empowerment Academy programming. Empowerment Academies are an initiative to provide targeted, small-group academic support to middle and high school students during school breaks. This year, Summer Academy will provide targeted support to students across both academics and social emotional learning.For Empowerment Academies, a select number of students at each school will work in small intervention groups led by highly effective, dedicated educators. The small group size and targeted instruction will allow students to receive intensive, personalized academic support tailored to their specific needs. The academy opportunity will also enable teachers to hone intervention delivery skills to more effectively carry out intervention beyond the summer vacation experience. Summer Academy will also provide ample and robust non-academic opportunities for students and staff through on-site programming, field trips or off-site experiences, and other support that students and staff need throughout the summer.Schools in SEZP will run individualized Summer Academy programs that focus on the particular needs of their students. Dates, times, and program expectations will vary. Please consult your school leader for specific details.General Responsibilities
- Implement strategies for building an equitable, anti-racist, high-quality and caring Summer Academy culture
- Thoroughly plan for all intervention lessons/treatments, programs, or trips
- Actively drive at for at least 90% class attendance rate each day among all students
- Build strong and supportive relationships with students in your care
- Track attendance each day
- Monitor student response to intervention treatments throughout the weeks
- Adjust interventions according to student data
- Teach or work the required number of hours specified in the school-based academy schedule each day
- Attend all academy professional development sessions (to be determined by your academy leader) and be in attendance 100% of each day of the academy with your students
- Carry out any additional responsibilities specific to each school’s unique schedule of additional supports and experiences (e.g., morning circle, community building, awarding of incentives)
General Requirements
- Committed to actively dismantling racism and inequity in the classroom by holding all students to high expectations, delivering rigorous, grade-level instruction with appropriate scaffolds, aggressively monitoring for understanding, and ensuring all students have an active voice as a learner
- Demonstrated techniques for building relationships with students & families
- Demonstrated ability to work in a complex environment
Compensation: Rates of pay will vary across programs and roles. Please consult your school leader for specific details.
- $50 per hour for teachers and coordinators, depending upon program expectations and attendance incentives
Work Schedule:
- Daily and weekly schedules will vary by program location
- 3-6 week summer programming starts on or around July 2025
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 sex-based 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: $50 per hour
Location: Springfield, MA
Job date: Fri, 09 May 2025 00:51:38 GMT
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