Teacher Kindergarten (Anticipated )

DISTRICT OVERVIEW

Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK-12 public school district serving nearly 4800 students of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining top-quality educators who believe all children can and will learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery support and belonging.

Holyoke Public Schools strategic plan Moving Forward Together builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach how we work together and how we support students well-being.

Many successes contributed to Holyokes return to local governance after 10 years in state receivership. These include:

• The highest graduation rate on record of 77.1 percent an increase of more than 15-points over 10 years
• Meaningful applied learning opportunities for high school students including theme-based academies career vocational technical education programming work-based learning and advanced coursework
• A comprehensive approach to early literacy that includes strong core instruction and one-on-one tutoring contributing to more students reading at grade level
• A thriving dual language English/Spanish program where nearly 900 students are on their path to becoming bilingual biliterate and bicultural

• More than one-third of Holyoke teachers identify as people of color a 19-point increase over 10 years. Many partnership programs support staff to earn licensure or additional certification.

Please visit the Holyoke Public Schools website to learn more about us our recent accomplishments and our commitment to equity.

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PERSPECTIVA GENERAL DEL DISTRITO

Las Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke son un distrito escolar público que cuenta con 11 escuelas de prekínder a 12. grado y acoge a casi 4 800 estudiantes de los cuales el 80 % se identifica como latino o latina. Empleamos a casi 1 300 personas que en conjunto educan y apoyan a una comunidad de estudiantes altamente diversa. Estamos comprometidos a contratar y retener educadores de alta calidad que creen firmemente que todos los niños pueden aprender y aprenderán y que se esfuerzan diariamente por hacer de la escuela un lugar alegre de descubrimiento apoyo y pertenencia.

El plan estratégico de las Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke Avanzando Juntos se basa en nuestras fortalezas previas y al mismo tiempo sirve como un llamado a la acción para acelerar el aprendizaje estudiantil a través de una nueva perspectiva sobre cómo enseñamos cómo trabajamos en colaboración y cómo apoyamos el bienestar de los estudiantes.

Existen numerosos logros que permitieron a Holyoke recuperar el control local después de 10 años de administración judicial. Entre estos logros se encuentran:

• La tasa de graduación más alta registrada del 77.1 % lo que representa un aumento de más de 15 puntos porcentuales en 10 años
• Oportunidades significativas de aprendizaje práctico para estudiantes de secundaria que incluyen academias temáticas programas de educación técnica y vocacional aprendizaje basado en el trabajo y cursos avanzados
• Un enfoque integral de la alfabetización temprana que combina una sólida instrucción básica con tutorías individuales lo cual ha contribuido a que más estudiantes lean a nivel de grado
• Un próspero programa bilingüe de inglés/español en el que casi 900 estudiantes avanzan hacia el bilingüismo la biliteracidad y la biculturalidad.

• Más de un tercio de los maestros de Holyoke se identifican como personas de etnicidad diversa lo que representa un aumento de 19 puntos porcentuales en 10 años. Diversas colaboraciones con programas que han contribuido a que miembros del personal obtengan sus certificaciones o credenciales adicionales.

Visite el sitio web de las Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke para obtener más información sobre nuestra comunidad nuestros logros recientes y nuestro compromiso con la equidad.

The Kindergarten Teacher creates a joyful safe inclusive and academically rigorous classroom in which every student feels known valued and capable of success. Recognizing kindergarten as a foundational year the teacher develops students early literacy numeracy communication independence curiosity and sense of belonging.The ideal candidate understands early childhood development maintains high expectations for every learner builds strong relationships with students and families and works collaboratively to advance Morgans commitment to ensuring that all students are seen heard loved and challenged.

• Plan and deliver engaging developmentally appropriate instruction aligned with Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks district-adopted curricula and Morgans schoolwide instructional priorities.

• Provide explicit systematic instruction in foundational literacy including phonological awareness phonics oral language vocabulary fluency comprehension and early writing.

• Develop students conceptual understanding mathematical reasoning problem-solving skills and ability to communicate their thinking.

• Create a classroom environment that balances purposeful play exploration collaboration movement and explicit instruction.

• Establish and consistently reinforce clear classroom routines procedures and behavioral expectations that promote safety independence belonging and productive learning.

• Build authentic affirming relationships with students and cultivate a classroom community in which students cultures languages identities and experiences are valued.

• Communicate clear student-friendly learning objectives and success criteria for lessons units and learning tasks.

• Use modeling guided practice independent practice questioning checks for understanding and timely feedback to support student mastery.

• Differentiate instruction and provide appropriate scaffolds accommodations and extensions based on students academic linguistic developmental behavioral and social-emotional needs.

• Implement Individualized Education Programs Section 504 Plans English learner supports behavior plans and other required student accommodations with fidelity.

• Regularly assess student learning through observations screeners formative assessments student work and district benchmarks.

• Analyze student data individually and collaboratively to identify strengths determine unfinished learning plan small-group instruction and provide timely intervention or enrichment.

• Participate actively in MTSS CST data meetings collaborative planning professional learning and other student-support structures.

• Develop strong respectful partnerships with families through consistent accessible and culturally responsive communication about student learning growth attendance and well-being.

• Maintain accurate and confidential student records in accordance with federal and state law district policy and school expectations.

• Collaborate effectively with grade-level colleagues specialists interventionists special educators multilingual educators counselors paraeducators and school leaders.

• Provide clear direction and purposeful assignments to paraeducators student teachers volunteers or other adults assigned to the classroom.

• Actively supervise students throughout the school day including arrival dismissal transitions lunch recess assemblies and other assigned duties.

• Participate in staff meetings professional development family events schoolwide initiatives and committees as required.

• Reflect on professional practice respond constructively to feedback and pursue continuous improvement in service of students.

• Demonstrate reliability flexibility professionalism sound judgment and a collective commitment to all Morgan students.

• Perform other duties consistent with the role and as assigned by the Principal or designee.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.

• At least one year of successful full-time teaching experience.

• Strong knowledge of early childhood development and developmentally appropriate kindergarten instruction.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality foundational literacy and mathematics instruction.

• Commitment to ensuring academic social-emotional and behavioral success for every student.

• Ability to create a structured joyful culturally responsive and inclusive classroom community.

• Ability to collect interpret and apply student-performance data to instructional planning and intervention.

• Ability to differentiate instruction for students with disabilities multilingual learners and students with a wide range of strengths and needs.

• Strong classroom-management organization collaboration and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

• Experience working in an urban school setting and with culturally and linguistically diverse student populations strongly preferred.

• Fluency in Spanish strongly preferred.

• Valid Massachusetts DESE educator license in Early Childhood (PreK2) at the appropriate level or eligibility to obtain the required license.

• Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Teacher Endorsement or ability to obtain the endorsement within the timeline required by DESE and Holyoke Public Schools.

Required Experience:

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