SY23-24 High School of Commerce Early College High School Dance Teacher

Job Details

Commerce Early College High School is a reimagination of high school committed to building an anti-racist learning community by ensuring the work of equity is fully inclusive of our emerging bilinguals and exceptional learners and their families across all grade levels.

The Commerce community works to ensure linguistic and racial equity through a one-of-a-kind wall-to-wall early college model positioned to ensure financial liberation for our graduates in high-paying industries.

Students at Commerce can earn a free Associate’s degree, or up to 60 college credits, in a career pathway that leads to lucrative job opportunities in the region.

An educator at Commerce will actively advance the commitment to equity through college and career access for our community through biculturalism, anti-racist curriculum and instructional practices, and student empowerment.

The leadership team at Commerce seeks skilled and passionate educators called to disrupt institutionalized racism in our classrooms and our community of Springfield scholars.

Job Responsibilities

Educator responsibilities at Commerce include :

• 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 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 Principal

Position Qualifications

• Experience teaching in middle school or high school preferred
• Appropriate content / program area and grade level educator license (Dance) 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 or advocate 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.

We encourage you to reach out to Kelley Gangi at [email protected] if you have questions about the role or your qualifications.

We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!

Benefits

Selection as an educator at Commerce recognizes an individual for their outstanding vision, capacity, and commitment to anti-racist school communities.

Educators joining the Commerce community may be eligible for the following recruitment incentives, subject to personalized negotiation for individual candidates :

• Up to $88,006 base salary
• Substantial signing bonus in addition to base salary
• Relocation award for candidates from regions beyond western Massachusetts
30+ days ago