The Arlington Public Schools are committed to creating an inclusive and safe learning and working environment that reflects a diversity of perspectives, values, and experiences. We welcome staff who are aware of the role that bias and prejudice play in society, are creative and willing to try new approaches, and are reflective about their daily practice. We are looking for candidates who welcome a challenge, are eager to collaborate and contribute to the success of students, are ready to engage in two-way partnership with families, and who will contribute their diverse talents to the organization as a whole. 

 The Arlington Public Schools is accepting applications from applicants interested in teaching in a Special Education Summer (Extended School Year) Program Early Childhood Classroom at the Menotomy Preschool for Summer 2024 (July 8, 2024 to August 15, 2024)

Extended School Year Program Structure

Dates: July 8th – August 15th (Six weeks, 4 days a week)

Time: Monday – Thursday (9:00am – 12:00pm) 

Pay Rates: $175 per day for teachers and related service providers; 

Educators who are instructors in APS summer programs are eligible to enroll their child(ren) in SummerFun! during the weeks they are teaching. You may enroll your elementary-aged child (grades 1-5, Fall ’24) at a 75% discount for non-vendor classes and 30% discount for vendor classes. Materials fees and some classes are excluded. Information about SummerFun! can be found here.

Staff Expectations

• All summer staff will be expected to attend a one (1) hour planning session prior to the end of the school year. Details to come. For teachers and related service providers, planning time is not compensated separately as it is built into the daily rate paid during the summer session.

• Professional staff will be expected to develop their schedules and have them completed by June 7, 2024, so they can be shared with families before the end of the school year. Staff will need to communicate schedules to families at this time.
• To ensure consistency of programming and coverage, it is preferred that all teachers and TAs commit to the full 6 weeks and schedule vacations around ESY (*see above). Those that cannot are encouraged to apply for substitute positions or find a job share partner. 
• Classroom Teachers will collect regular data towards existing IEP goals and report on it in the Summer Summaries at the conclusion of the ESY program.
• Classroom Teachers will take and maintain daily attendance. 
• Classroom Teachers will complete ALL student summer performance reports by the end of day on the last day of the program, and will provide copies to be filed and mailed as well as uploading the report into EasyIEP. 
• Classroom Teachers and Related Service Providers will combine student performance reports into one document for parent(s) and district file and upload into students electronic file.