Match Associate Teacher

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Match Associate Teacher

Match Charter Public School is a free, high‑performing charter public school in Boston. We are a PreK-12 school serving up to 1,250 students. Our mission is to prepare students—particularly multilingual learners and those who would be first in their families to earn a college degree—for success in college and careers in order to achieve economic security and mobility. Students gain acceptance to our schools via an annual blind public lottery open to all Boston residents.

Our families bring amazing racial and cultural diversity to the school community—they represent over 20 different countries of origin with over 20 different languages spoken % of our students are people of color. Our students bring a diversity of needs to our school, and we are prepared to serve them: 23% of our students qualify for special education services; 19% of our student body are English Language Learners.

Match’s core values are Equity, Freedom, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. We are working to reframe our organizational processes and policies to be truly anti‑racist. At Match, we believe that an inclusive staff, professional environment, and culturally competent curriculum are vital to our goals and mission.

The Match Associate Teacher (MAT) Program is designed to quickly and effectively launch the teaching careers of aspiring educators, especially those who share key identity intersections with Match’s students. The program is structured as a one‑year cycle, with the possibility of a second‑year extension for MATs whose pathway to teaching includes extended development and who demonstrate strong potential for continued growth.

The MAT program is built on the following foundational beliefs:

• Great teachers are developed, not born: Through constant reflection, feedback, coaching, and practice, MATs become unusually effective first‑year lead teachers upon completion of the MAT program.
• Associate Teachers learn and develop best when their day‑to‑day workload is manageable: The program is designed to provide MATs with the training/ practice they need without burning anyone out.
• Teachers in training should be compensated competitively: Transparent pay trajectories allow teachers to plan their careers and lives. To that end, Match’s current MAT compensation trajectory is as follows:

• Associate Teacher Year 1:
  Base $52,500
• Associate Teacher Year 2: $55,650

$52,500 + $3,150 development stipend

• Lead Teacher Year 1:
  Base $67,403

Base $64,903 plus $2,500 retention bonus for MATs hired as lead teachers at Match

• Lead Teacher Year 2: $72,554
• Lead Teacher Year 3: $74,174
• Lead Teacher Year 4: $79,325
• Lead Teacher Year 5: $83,446
• Lead Teacher Year 6: $86,537
• Lead Teacher Year 7: $92,718
• Lead Teacher Year 8: $97,869
• Lead Teacher Year 9: $105,080
• Lead Teacher Year 10: $113,322

* Pay scale is based on current year (25‑26)

The MAT Program positions participants to obtain provisional licensure in Massachusetts by:

• Providing guidance and information on completing certification requirements in Massachusetts
• Embedding coursework related to Moderate Disabilities Licensure into MAT programming
• Requiring all Associate Teachers to obtain their SEI endorsement through participation in a Match‑organized SEI course taught by a DESE approved course provider.

Match Associate Teachers are placed on grade‑level (K‑5) or subject level (6‑12), or Special Education teams, for an intensive year‑long apprenticeship. Throughout the year, MATs are coached and mentored by expert teachers and leaders at Match and gradually assume more classroom responsibilities. MATs receive highly practical, hands‑on training in designing and implementing rigorous instruction, and in building classroom cultures consistent with achievement, purposefulness and joy.

Through self‑reflection paired with feedback, coaching and classroom experience, MATs develop and strengthen their practice as educators with the goal of becoming unusually effective rookie lead teachers at one of the Match campuses in the following school year.

The MAT programmatic…