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Diversity Recruitment Fair (Somerville, MA)

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Somerville Public Schools

Diversity Recruitment Fair

April 1, 2023

9:00 am – 11:00 am

*This is a virtual event*

We are a district committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion for our students, staff and families. We are a district that is full of promise and possibilities, and we would love to meet YOU!

We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented communities, candidates of color, and linguistically diverse candidates to register.   

Come meet representatives from the Somerville Public Schools and explore open job opportunities, YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID!

 Register for the Fair Here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4lN6lNrjUHFA-v4T8DYpaLNXOo6VO_Z1lL1RYgHJvBvXCGQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0  or use the QR code below:

Please visit our virtual recruitment fair website at: www.somerville.k12.ma.us/sps-career-fair

To view all current vacancies, please visit us online at:  https://somerville.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

K-12 Teaching Jobs at private schools around the South.

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 K-12 Teaching Jobs at private schools around the South. We are actively seeking candidates both for mid-year openings (to commence in January 2023) and for the 2023-24 school year.

Southern Teachers is the premier placement service for private school teacher jobs in the South. Since 1902, teachers, coaches and administrators have found more jobs through Southern Teachers than from any other source. With 750 member K-12 schools, we have numerous open jobs. Our services are always FREE for candidates! 

Private schools can hire teachers who are not certified, but have academic strength in specific subject fields, who are enthusiastic about athletics and co-curricular activities, and who have the personality and maturity to manage and engage young students.
Qualifications:·    
– Bachelor’s degree
– For many Middle and High School positions, a teacher-education program is prized, but not required for all positions
– For some jobs certification is essential, e.g., elementary, music, arts, P.E., librarian, and counselor

 Why Private Schools?
– Small class size
– College-bound students
– At a private school, quality isn’t just test scores and college acceptances; it’s also the unique way the teachers maximize the potential of their students 

How does it work?·    

Apply: fill out an online application with Southern Teachers

Interview: If accepted as a candidate, your assigned Placement Counselor will schedule an interview to learn about you·    

Connect: we will identify the best job opportunities for you. Our services are always FREE to job seekers!!

For more information:

Outreach Learning Fellow – Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Fellows will spend sixty minutes once a week in a classroom supporting the students to do hands-on engineering. Fellows will work with the same classroom throughout the semester. The focus of the work will revolve around engineering, social-emotional learning, and DEIJ topics. Fellows will also participate in weekly seminars that will address progressing teaching in engineering education, community relationship building, and anti-oppressive outreach methods. 

Application: https://forms.gle/hWCx8SRbFqGPEKWi7 

We encourage engineering and non-engineering majors to apply. 

Please email Elissa Milto at emilto@tuftsceeo.org with any questions

Art Teaching Position

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The East Boston EEC is looking for a certified art teacher for our BPS early learning center and our sister school the Dante Aligueiri . The candidate must be certified K0-6- we might be able to provide a waiver if they don’t have the K0.

Please contact me if you have any candidates!

Anne Slater

Literacy Coach

East Boston EEC

Boston Public Schools

617-959-9597

Experienced Outdoor, Early Childhood Educator

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Cooperative Forest School

Cooperative forest school is a new forest school morning program in Stoneham, MA for children ages 2-6, in the process of state-licensing with the Department of Early Education and Care.  

We are committed to the principles of community care, collaborative play, exploration, nurturing and environmental stewardship. United by a commitment to play-based outdoor education, we came together amidst the COVID-19 pandemic to create a much needed community and a deliberate and safer learning environment for our children.  Coop Forest School has a modified cooperative structure involving the caregivers and parents involved.

We are looking for an Experienced, Early Childhood Outdoor Educator to join our adventure in care and community and to lead our program, 3-5 days a week. 

Duties

  • Lead the Cooperative Forest School program 3-5 mornings per week during the school year, alongside a co-teacher. 
  • Make sure children are safe and supported
  • Observe children’s behavior and learning, and foster problem solving, collaboration, confidence building and imagination by providing scaffolding experiential learning based on those observations
  • Maintain visual and auditory supervision of children at all times to ensure their safety in the forest and on any field trips
  • Help children resolve and negotiate conflicts when they arise; support development of self-regulation, impulse control and coping mechanisms through supporting conflict resolution; use consistent techniques in guiding children’s behavior
  • Develop strong positive partnerships with families, students, and possible co-teachers
  • Use positive, appropriate and supportive language with children
  • Embrace a wide variety of weather conditions as pedagogical inspiration 
  • Coordinate with parent-organizers on planning, preparation and organization.

Qualifications

  • Experience in early childhood education and/or outdoor/nature education programs  
  • Strong emotional intelligence, including empathy and listening skill set
  • Loves working with young children and is energetic and passionate about working one-on-one with children, as well as with groups of children
  • Demonstrates working knowledge of hazards and risk assessment as related to the environments of young children
  • Able to work cooperatively and collaboratively in an all outdoor, forest setting, and open and flexible to new ideas
  • Dedication to place-based education and a passion for exploring the natural environment. Working knowledge of local flora, fauna, and seasonal changes is a plus!
  • Physically able to walk up to 2 miles a day, in all weather, and lift objects of up to 50lbs.
  • Current Emergency First Aid and Child CPR certificate; (or willing to obtain quickly)
  • Comfortable with meeting children where they are on a given day.
  • Reliable transportation. 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Formal studies in the core subjects of Early Childhood Education 
  • At least one to two years preschool teaching experience
  • Knowledge of forestry, environmentalism, conservation, herbology, any and all Earth based / nature based wisdom or knowledge 

Salary: Competitive, and Based upon Experience, starting at $22 /hour

Cooperative Forest School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a diverse, inclusive staff reflective of our community. We especially encourage applications from Black, Indigenous and People of Color, people with disabilities, and members of the LGTBQIA+ community.

How to apply: Send a 1) resume and 2) cover letter describing your teaching philosophy and 3) three references to Mary Jirmanus Saba cooperativeforestschool@riseup.net or mjirmanus@riseup.net 
Note: We are working to keep our children and extended families and communities as safe as possible. To this end, we are following a layered protections system. We will ask all children and educators to wear high quality masks at all times. We will also keep a community care agreement where we update one another of COVID exposures and symptoms, and plan to implement surveillance testing. We are committed to fair labor practices. This includes COVID pay in case of exposure, quarantine or illness.