Clerk - Front Office; SY

Starting Date: Immediately

Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK‑12 public school district serving nearly 4,800 students, of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina, in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1,300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining top‑quality educators who believe all children can learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery, support, and belonging.

Holyoke Public Schools’ strategic plan, “Moving Forward Together,” builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach, how we work together, and how we support student well‑being.

Many successes contributed to Holyoke’s return to local governance after 10 years in state receivership. These include:

• The highest graduation rate on record of 77.1 percent, an increase of more than 15 points over 10 years.
• Meaningful, applied learning opportunities for high school students, including theme‑based academies, career vocational technical education programming, work‑based learning, and advanced coursework.
• A comprehensive approach to early literacy that includes strong core instruction and one‑on‑one tutoring, contributing to more students reading at grade level.
• A thriving dual language English/Spanish program, where nearly 900 students are on their path to becoming bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural.
• More than one‑third of Holyoke teachers identify as people of color, a 19‑point increase over 10 years. Many partnership programs support staff to earn licensure or additional certification.

• High School Diploma or GED Certificate.
• Excellent general office skills.
• Type a minimum of 40 words per minute.
• Documented, successful experience of at least 3 years secretarial.
• Good communication skills.
• Knowledge of computers and word processing.
• Bilingual encouraged to apply.

According to Contract.

Holyoke Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of a person's race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Christie Elman, Director of Recruitment
• 57 Suffolk Street
• Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040
• Phone:
• Email: celmanyoke.ma.us