Stipend :bps Be​/Actt Early Literacy Instructor & Coach; Sy

BPS Bilingual Education/Accelerated Community to Teacher (BE/ACTT) Program

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 Early Literacy Instructor & Coach is responsible for supporting aspiring Early Childhood and Elementary educators in developing the literacy content knowledge and instructional practices necessary to become successful teachers and pass the Foundations of Reading MTEL.

This educator will design and facilitate a Foundations of Reading preparation course during the fall semester and provide individualized coaching and support to candidates following their first MTEL attempt. Instruction should focus on both mastery of reading content and evidence-based literacy pedagogy aligned to effective classroom practice.

REPORTS TO:

BE/ACTT Aspiring Teacher Coach

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.

Bilingual Education/Accelerated Community to Teacher Program (BE/ACTT):

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:

• Design and facilitate 15 Foundations of Reading preparation sessions between September and December.
• Develop and maintain a course syllabus, instructional materials, assessments, and study resources.
• Administer diagnostic and progress-monitoring assessments to identify candidate strengths and areas for growth.
• Prepare candidates to take the Foundations of Reading MTEL in December.
• Provide individualized coaching and support from January through May based on MTEL results and candidate needs.
• Assist candidates in developing personalized study plans and testing timelines.
• Maintain attendance records, assignment completion data, coaching notes, and candidate progress reports.
• Manage all aspects of the course through Google Classroom, including posting materials and assignments, maintaining an up-to-date gradebook, providing timely and actionable…