SYForest Park Middle School Social Studies Teacher

Job Overview

Full Time Social Studies Teacher for grades 6‑8 in the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP).

Start Date:

8/18/2025. Base Salary:
Up to $90,424, commensurate with experience.

• Enacting anti‑racist instructional practices that ensure students own the learning.
• Providing grade‑level rigor in the course content using highly‑rated, research‑based curriculum.
• Providing embedded interventions for students needing additional support, time, or scaffolds.
• Working closely with a co‑taught team of two to three additional educators in the classroom.
• Engaging with families as partners in the learning around successes, challenges, and problem‑solving on behalf of our scholars.
• Other duties as determined by the school Principal.

• Experience teaching in middle school or high school preferred.
• Appropriate content/program area and grade level educator license (Social Science) from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education required (educators who are not yet licensed by MA DESE in the appropriate content/program area and grade level may be eligible for a licensure waiver and are still encouraged to apply).
• Experience as an active anti‑racist, LGBTQ+ advocate, or organizer for equity preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

If you meet some of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply or reach out for more information. We know that historically marginalized groups – including people of color, women, people from working‑class backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTQ – are less likely to apply unless and until they meet every requirement for a job. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from educators with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

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• Up to $90,424 base salary.
• Substantial signing bonus in addition to base salary.
• Relocation award for candidates from regions beyond western Massachusetts.

While Massachusetts is consistently ranked as one of the top states for education results in the country, we have one of the highest and most persistent opportunity gaps. The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) – established in 2015 as a collaboration between Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and the Springfield Education Association (SEA) – seeks to improve the longitudinal life outcomes of the more than 5,000 students in our 16 middle and high schools.

As a “zone” of schools within the city of Springfield, SEZP’s approach draws on a deep and embedded partnership with the school district and local teachers’ union, while harnessing the flexibility and innovation found in autonomous school models. Each school within SEZP is accorded significant school‑based autonomies – in curriculum, talent, calendar, schedule, and budget – while being held accountable for realizing achievement gains for historically marginalized students.

SEZP is in pursuit of equity and anti‑racism, acknowledging the systemic oppression our students and families encounter daily and working to disrupt these provision gaps urgently and courageously.

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability, military service, marital status, or homelessness. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access, or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes, sexual orientation, disability, or homelessness.

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