Springfield Legacy Academy SEBS Special Education Teacher

Full Time Start Date: Immediate

Salary: $55,467 - $88,006, commensurate with experience

Additional Compensation to be Determined:

• $2,500-$10,000 relocation award for candidates from regions beyond western Massachusetts
• $2,000-$5,000 signing bonus
• $1,000 expanded learning stipend, dependent on yearly schedule
• $2,000-$12,000 extended year stipends for educators selected to teach Empowerment Academies (February, April, Summer vacations)

Job DetailsSpringfield Legacy Academy is committed to building an anti-racist school by ensuring the work of equity is fully inclusive of our emerging bilinguals and exceptional learners and their families across all grade levels. The Legacy community works to ensure linguistic and racial equity through academic rigor and personalized supports that will drive change and empowerment from within. An educator at Legacy will actively advance commitment to equity for our community through biculturalism, anti-racist curriculum and instructional practices, and student empowerment. The leadership team at Legacy seeks skilled and passionate educators called to disrupt institutionalized racism in our classrooms and our community of Springfield scholars.

Job Responsibilities

Educator responsibilities at Legacy include:

• Enacting anti-racist instructional practices that ensure students own the learning 
• Providing grade level rigor in the course content using highly-rated, research-based curriculum 
• Providing embedded interventions for students needing additional support, time, or scaffolds
• Working closely with a co-taught team of two to three additional educators in the classroom 
• Engaging with families as partners in the learning around successes, challenges, and problem-solving on behalf of our scholars
• Other duties as determined by the Principal

Position Qualifications

• Experience teaching in middle school or high school preferred
• Appropriate content/program area and grade level educator license from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education required (Educators who are not yet licensed by MA DESE in the appropriate content/program area and 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 preferred
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required

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 Kelley Gangi at roser@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 Legacy recognizes an individual for their outstanding vision, capacity, and commitment to anti-racist school communities. Educators joining the Legacy community may be eligible for the following recruitment incentives, subject to personalized negotiation for individual candidates:

• $55,467 starting salary
• $2,500-$10,000 relocation award for candidates from regions beyond western Massachusetts
• $2,000-$5,000 signing bonus
• $1,000 expanded learning stipend, dependent on yearly schedule
• $2,000-$12,000 extended year stipends for educators selected to teach Empowerment Academies (February, April, Summer vacations)

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 Springfield Legacy 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.

Application Process Instructional positions will be filled by June 2023 and applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. Please contact us at info@sezp.org with any questions.

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.

Title IX Notice of NondiscriminationSpringfield 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.