Stipend : Bps Be​/Actt Secondary Humanities Mtel & Licensure Coach; Sy

BE/ACTT Secondary Humanities MTEL & Licensure Coach

The BPS Bilingual Education/Accelerated Community to Teacher (BE/ACTT) Program is seeking exceptional educators to teach and coach aspiring teachers accepted into the SY  BE/ACTT Cohort. The BE/ACTT Secondary Humanities MTEL & Licensure Coach is responsible for supporting a small cohort of aspiring secondary humanities teachers in developing individualized plans for achieving licensure. Unlike other BE/ACTT content instructors, this role does not involve teaching a formal MTEL preparation course.

Instead, the coach works one-on-one with candidates to identify appropriate preparation resources, develop personalized study plans, monitor progress, and provide ongoing accountability and support.

Candidates in this cohort may be pursuing a variety of licensure areas, including Middle School History, High School History, Middle School English, and High School English. The coach will help each candidate navigate the specific MTEL requirements associated with their intended licensure pathway.

Boston Public School's Teacher Pipeline Programs (BPS TPP) are part of the larger strategy of the Office of Human Resources (OHR) 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
- Teacher 3.0 (Kretchmar & Zeichner, 2016)- where our candidates are prepared to work in solidarity with their families and students by interrupting racism and interrogating anti-Blackness at personal and systemic levels using the critical literacy of race (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.

The Boston Public Schools BE/ACTT program is part of an overarching strategy to increase and improve the diversity of exemplary multilingual teachers in the district's teacher pipeline. The BE/ACTT program identifies and develops Boston residents, paraprofessionals, and career-changers who are passionate about teaching in BPS. This intensive, no-cost 10-month program is designed to prepare interested residents of the Boston community who hold a Bachelor's degree and have experience working with children in a classroom setting to become teachers with a provisional license.

Program participants develop their teaching skills in a cohort and learn from highly-skilled BPS teachers and university partners through a rigorous, interactive experience. Participants are required to prepare a competency-based hiring portfolio and participate in a pre-practicum experience in classrooms that include ELs. Program faculty use each participant's learning portfolio, classroom participation, and mentor teacher feedback from their teaching experiences to determine a candidate's readiness for a full-time teaching role.

Job Responsibilities:

• Meet regularly with approximately five candidates throughout the school year to provide individualized licensure and MTEL coaching.
• Develop personalized study plans and testing timelines based on each candidate's licensure goals and prior experience.
• Curate and recommend MTEL preparation materials and learning resources aligned to individual candidate needs.
• Monitor candidate progress toward licensure benchmarks and provide ongoing accountability and encouragement.
• Support candidates with MTEL registration, scheduling, and post-assessment planning.
• Maintain accurate and complete records for each participant through an individualized Google Doc case file, including coaching notes, study plans, MTEL progress, and next steps; provide timely feedback and support throughout the coaching process and prepare a comprehensive end-of-year licensure progress report for each participant.
• Participate in monthly planning meetings with BE/ACTT staff and instructors.
• Communicate regularly with candidates regarding licensure requirements, preparation strategies, and next steps.
• Collaborate with the broader BE/ACTT team to ensure candidates receive coordinated support across all aspects of the program.

Core Competencies:

Qualifications

Required:

• Education:
  
  Hold a Master's degree.
• Hold a Massachusetts Teaching License relevant to the specific content course taught.
• Meet all state and federal guidelines to be fully licensed and Highly Qualified.
• Meet the…