Stipend Opportunity: BPS Teaching Fellowship Early Literacy Instructor (SY25-26)
Job title: Stipend Opportunity: BPS Teaching Fellowship Early Literacy Instructor (SY25-26) in Boston, MA at Boston Public Schools
Company: Boston Public Schools
Job description: Job Details:Boston Public Schools are currently hiring for SY24-25. Please apply to positions for which you are qualified and prepare for virtual interviews, demo lessons, and other remote hiring practices!Please note that after July 1, the Office of Human Resources will not approve lateral moves between schools. This is to minimize vacancies arising close to the start of the school year.If you are searching for a teaching position in BPS, we strongly encourage you to visit and RSVP for where you can learn more about the hiring process, access hiring supports, and find opportunities to connect with school leaders.To begin a new application, choose a job from the listings below. After your application is complete, you will receive a confirmation number and your information will be saved, allowing you to return at any time to submit additional applications. Please remember your username and password for use on future applications.Need help or have a question about your application? Please check the first.IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL ISSUES WHILE TRYING TO APPLY, please try clearing your browser cache and cookies, or check the for more information. You can also for chat or email support from our vendor's technical support team (use District Name: Boston), or call them at (877) 974-7437.Job Description:Stipend OpportunitySCHOOL YEAR: 2025-2026, Summer 2025POSITION TITLE: BPS Teaching Fellowship Early Literacy InstructorThe BPS Teaching Fellowship is seeking exceptional educators who are licensed reading specialists and/or trained to instruct Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) or other evidence-based literacy programs such as IMSE Orton Gillingham Comprehensive. This instructor will teach a total of 7 sessions on Early Literacy instruction, including topics such as: phonemic awareness, decoding, encoding, fluency, language comprehension, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing.REPORTS TO: Director of Teacher Pipeline ProgramsBACKGROUND:Boston Public School’s Teacher Pipeline Programs (BPS TPP) are part of the larger strategy of the Office of Retention, Cultivation, and Diversity (RCD) Programs to address the demand for highly qualified, equity-minded and racially literate teachers for Boston’s classrooms. Our core belief is that the next generation of Boston’s teachers are in the schools, homes, and communities of Boston right now. This permeates all the work we do. BPS TPP are multigenerational, community-based teacher preparation programs for preservice and in-service teachers. We represent the third generation of teacher preparation programs in the US— (Kretchmar & Zeichner, 2016)—where our candidates are prepared to work in solidarity with their families and students by interrupting racism at personal and systemic levels using the (Sealey-Ruiz 2020). Our teacher preparation programs are unique: we are among the few nationally and certainly the state’s only locally-embedded, state-approved, multigenerational, “grow your own'' educator preparation program. The flagship program of BPS TPP is the Bilingual Education/Accelerated Community to Teacher Program.BPS Teaching Fellowship (BPSTF) is the only district-based, DESE-approved educator preparation program that provides Moderate Disabilities and/or ESL endorsement for Initial Licensure. This is an in-district initial licensure program geared toward increasing the number of licensed ESL and Moderate Disabilities teachers who remain in the district. BPSTF specialists guide Fellows, who are beginning BPS teachers of record, through DESE’s Candidate Assessment Portfolio (CAP) process, alongside teaching them required coursework. Once participants become SEI endorsed classroom teachers in BPS through BE/ACTT, they are eligible to apply to the BPSTF.Beginning in SY24-25, DESE is requiring all educator preparation programs in the state to include Early Literacy curriculum.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Instruct 7 three-hour evening sessions (3 virtual, 4 in-person) in the following manner for the 38 BPS Teaching Fellows. The schedule is as follows:
- Design course syllabus and teacher preparation curriculum that adheres to
- Prepare an assessment for each session, to be submitted on Google classroom
- Submit a syllabus prior to the first class taught (on or around July 9,2025)
- Collaborate with the Director of Teacher Pipelines as well as BPSTF specialists to ensure instruction is robust and meaningful for the Fellows
- Attend 7 30-minute planning meetings with the Director and a specialist the week prior to each class taught. The purpose of this meeting is to review the upcoming lesson in its entirety in order to get feedback from Fellowship staff for final revisions prior to teaching the session.
- Establish and maintain a confidential, trusting, and professional relationship with cohort members.
- Provide ongoing quality feedback on all assignments
- Accountability for Student Achievement
- Sets ambitious learning goals for all students, creates cognitively demanding tasks, and models the belief that all students can master challenging material through effective effort
- Assesses students’ understanding regularly with ambitious learning goals in mind and takes ownership of making necessary adjustments to instruction to reach goals despite setbacks
- Passionate and optimistic about their students, their content, and the teaching profession
- Communicating Content Knowledge
- Demonstrates mastery of and enthusiasm for the content area and the pedagogy it requires
- Demonstrates understanding of how the subject matter applies in real-world settings and connects to other content areas and relevant standards
- Can convey content in creative and engaging ways that align to standards
- Equitable & Effective Instruction
- Scaffolds and differentiates instruction in order for all students to do complex thinking and rigorous academic work
- Uses instructional practices that are likely to challenge, motivate, and engage all students and facilitate equitable, active student participation
- Builds a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community
- Cultural Proficiency
- Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students’ diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges are respected
- Parent/Family Engagement
- Engages with families and builds collaborative, respectful relationships with them in service of student learning
- Professional Reflection & Collaboration
- Regularly reflects on practice, seeks and responds to feedback, and demonstrates self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development
- Seeks to participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.
- Hold a Massachusetts reading specialist license
- Hold a Masters degree in Education
- Hold either a Massachusetts ESL License at any level or SEI Endorsement
- Experience leading Professional Development and adult learning at the school or district level
- Meet all state and federal guidelines in order to be fully licensed and Highly Qualified
- Meet the Standards of Effective Teaching established by the Boston Public Schools as outlined above
- Experience designing curriculum for teacher to engage in early literacy instruction
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills
- Communicate digitally using the BPS e-mail system, Google Drive, and other digital resources
- Demonstrate commitment to diversity and equity, closing the opportunity gap, and ensuring all students have access to the highest quality instruction
- Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with a team, fostering collaboration and growth
- Expertise in designing and implementing standards-based instruction
- Flexibility and adaptability in instruction; ability to work with the cohort to accomplish goals
- Commitment to professional growth and learning
- Experience facilitating and building relationships with adult learners
- Current authorization to work in the United States; candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment
- Hold a Massachusetts license in Moderate Disabilities at any level
- Experience teaching in Boston Public Schools
- Possess mastery of pedagogical and subject matter skills
- Designing, planning, and implementing Early Literacy curriculum for 7 sessions (3 virtual, 4 in-person), grading and providing feedback asynchronously (approximately 35 hours)
- Individual conferencing hours for Fellows as needed (approximately 10 hours)
- Attend seven 30-minute planning meetings with the Director and a BPSTF specialist to review upcoming lesson plans, agreeing to revise any curriculum necessary (3.5 hours)
Expected salary: $4000 per month
Location: Boston, MA
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