About Emergence Academy

 

Emergence Academy is the Springfield Empowerment Zone’s (SEZP) English Language Learner program targeting the language development of Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE). The SLIFE Program will support students to build critical language skills, focusing on improving their reading and writing abilities through leveled guided reading, phonics, writing curriculum, as well as through hands-on Science instruction. Math skills will also be targeted through instruction rooted in Common Core standards as well as through math fluency remediation to target key foundational math skills.

By supporting teachers to develop high-quality curriculum, develop active monitoring plans, collect meaningful data, and plan targeted weekly remediation, we will support accelerated student language development by individualizing our responses to student needs. Additionally, by partnering with students and families we will support students to meet high expectations and build the habits necessary for accelerated academic growth and future academic success in high school and college.

 

Student Support Coordinator Responsibilities

 

The Student Support Coordinator will lead work to ensure that students demonstrate dramatic achievement gains and internalize the school’s values. The Student Support Coordinator will play a key role in leading the school’s efforts to create a positive, structured, consistent, caring, and disciplined school culture.

 

Responsibilities of this position may include:

• Set, maintain, and further develop a joyful, structured, achievement-oriented school culture
• Provide proactive, daily support to teachers and students to maintain high academic expectations
• Manage student referrals to the office
• Support intervention plans and accommodations for students with behavioral challenges
• Provide class coverage or support to students 1:1 or in small groups
• Manage the hallway and other coverage as needed 

We are seeking team players committed to the DHS mission, high expectations, and their own professional growth. 

  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (preferred) or comensurate work experience;
• 1-3 years of relevant experience;
• A deep desire to work with educationally underserved student populations and their families;
• An unwavering commitment to the academic success and personal development of our students;
• An eagerness to set ambitious, challenging, and tangible goals, and a relentless drive to achieve them; 
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges; 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong public speaking skills; 
• A sense of humility;
• Experience in an urban setting

If you meet some of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply or 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 educators with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities. 

We encourage you to reach out to Principal Amanda Gauthier at gauthiera@springfieldpublicschools.com  if you have questions about the role or your qualifications. We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!

 

Benefits
Selection as an educator at Lyceum recognizes an individual for their outstanding vision, capacity, and commitment to anti-racist school communities. Educators joining the Lyceum community may be eligible for the following recruitment incentives, subject to personalized negotiation for individual candidates:

• $53,854+ starting salary
• $2,500-$10,000 relocation award for candidates from regions beyond western Massachusetts
• $2,000-$5,000 signing bonus
• $1,000+ extended day stipend
• $2,000-$12,000 extended year stipends   

About the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership:

While 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 more than 5,000 students in our 16 middle and high schools.

 

As a “zone” of schools within the city of Springfield, including Lyceum College Prep Academy, 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 Statement
The 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.

 

Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination
Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment.  Springfield Public Schools is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 not to discrimination on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment.  The Senior Administrator of Human Resources, Kathleen O’Sullivan, Springfield Public Schools, 1550 Main St. Springfield MA, 011103, 413-787-7100,  ext. 55428, has been designated as the employee responsible for coordinating Springfield Public Schools efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX.  Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 to Springfield Public Schools may be referred to Kathleen O’Sullivan or to U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202-1100, telephone 800-421-3481.