SY23-24 Rise Academy School Culture Coordinator

SY23-24 Rise Academy School Culture Coordinator

Grade Level : 6-8

Start Date : exact date TBD

Working in SEZP

SEZP is seeking staff who are excited and ready to make an impact in a collaborative, engaging, diverse, and high energy environment.

SEZP staff are expected to :

• Support a safe, purposeful classroom environment that prioritizes learning for all students
• Collaborate with other teachers, instructional leaders, and partners to ensure instruction is meeting the needs of all students
• Assess students regularly, analyze data, and determine appropriate next steps for instruction
• Ensure that instruction meets the needs of all students, including students with special needs, English Language Learners, and students performing below grade level
• Build relationships and communicate regularly with students and their families to solicit input and share academic progress
• Engage in learning about issues of racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education to examine your own biases; reflect on how those biases affect you, your students, and their families;

and plan and deliver instruction in a culturally responsive way

Participate in and learn from regular professional development opportunities before and during the school year

About Rise Academy at Van Sickle

Rise Academy is a boundary middle school in the Springfield Empowerment Zone serving grades 6-8 on the Van Sickle campus.

Rise Academy uses an inclusive model to meet the needs of all students including English language learners and students with disabilities.

By partnering with parents, supporting our teachers, and holding our students to high academic and behavioral expectations, we support accelerated growth for all of our students to prepare them for high school, college, and opportunities in life.

School Culture Coordinator Responsibilities :

The School Culture Coordinator will work to ensure that students demonstrate dramatic student achievement gains and internalize the school’s values.

The School Culture Coordinator will help lead the school’s efforts to create a positive, structured, consistent, caring, and disciplined school culture.

Responsibilities of this position may include :

• Maintain and further develop a joyful, structured, achievement-oriented school culture
• Provide proactive, daily support to teachers and students to maintain high behavioral expectations
• Help manage student referrals to the office
• Support intervention plans and accommodations for students with behavioral difficulties
• Manage the hallway and other coverage as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university preferred
• 2-3 years of relevant experience preferred
• Experience working with students at the middle and / or high school level preferred
• Experience as an active anti-racist or advocate for equity preferred
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

If you meet some of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply or to 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 people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

We encourage you to reach out to if you have questions about the role or your qualifications. We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!

Benefits

SEZP offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Staff in SEZP qualify for benefits (personal / sick days, retirement, health insurance, etc.

offered to other employees in the Springfield Public Schools.

In addition, there are several opportunities unique to SEZP schools to increase earnings above base salary. While not guaranteed, those opportunities currently include, but are not limited to :

• Annual stipends for Capstone Projects associated with national-level professional development opportunities, following an application and selection process
• Empowerment Academies : Intervention and instruction opportunities we implement during February, April, and summer breaks, following an application and selection process
30+ days ago