2024-2025 Match Associate Teacher
Company: Match Education
Location: Boston
Posted on: April 26, 2024
Job Description:
is a free, high-performing charter public school in Boston. We
are a PreK-12 school serving 1,250 students. Our mission is to
prepare students for success in college and careers in order to
achieve economic security and mobility. Students gain acceptance to
our schools via an annual blind public lottery open to all Boston
residents.Our families bring amazing racial and cultural diversity
to the school community - they represent over 20 different
countries of origin with over 20 different languages spoken at
home. 94% of our students are people of color. Our students bring a
diversity of needs to our school, and we are prepared to serve
them. 21% of our students qualify for special education services;
18% of our student body are English Language Learners.Match's are
Equity, Freedom, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. We are
working to reframe our organizational processes and policies to be
truly anti-racist. At Match, we believe that three aspects of our
work and organization - a staff that is diverse by race and other
factors, a professional environment that is inclusive of all
perspectives, and a curriculum in our PreK-12 school that is
culturally competent - are vital to our goals and mission. See our
full statement on diversity .A large body of evidence shows that
our students learn and develop more when they are taught and
mentored by a diverse staff. The Match Associate Teacher ("MAT)
Program is designed to quickly and effectively launch the teaching
careers of aspiring teachers, especially those with key points of
identity intersection with Match's students.The MAT program is
built on the the foundational beliefs that:
- Great teachers are developed, not born: Through constant
feedback, coaching, and practice, MATs become unusually effective
first-year lead teachers upon completion of the MAT program.
- Associate Teachers learn and develop best when their day-to-day
workload is manageable: The MAT program is designed to provide MATs
with the training/ practice they need without burning anyone
out.
- Teachers in training should be compensated competitively, and
transparent pay trajectories allow teachers to plan their careers,
and their lives:
- Match's current MAT Compensation trajectory (with a possibility
for increase in future years), which may be supplemented by taking
on additional school opportunities such as coaching sports, joining
committees etc., is as follows:
- Year 1 (Associate Teacher): Base of $46,395
- Year 2 (1st Lead Teacher Year): Base of $61,812, plus $5,000
retention bonus for MATs hired as lead teachers at Match
- Year 3 (2nd Lead Teacher Year): $64,903, plus $2,000 longevity
bonus for MATs
- Year 7 (6th Lead Teacher Year): $83,446
- Year 11 (10th Lead Teacher Year): $105,080
- Licensure & Certification
- The MAT Program positions participants to obtain provisional
licensure in Massachusetts by:
- Requiring all Associate Teachers to obtain their SEI
endorsement through participation in a Match organized SEI course
that is taught by a DESE approved course provider.
- Providing guidance and information on completing certification
requirements in MassachusettsWhat is the MAT experience?Match
Associate Teachers ("MATs") are placed on grade-level (K-5) or
subject level (6-12), or Special Education teams, at Match Public
Charter School for an intensive year-long apprenticeship.
Throughout the year, our Associate Teachers are coached and
mentored by expert teachers and leaders at Match and slowly assume
more classroom responsibilities. MATs receive highly practical,
hands-on training in effectively designing and implementing
rigorous instruction, and in building classroom cultures consistent
with achievement, purposefulness and joy. Through relentless
feedback, coaching and classroom experience, MATs improve their
teaching and planning expertise with the goal of becoming unusually
effective rookie lead teachers at Match the following school year.
This role is based at either Match Community Day School (100
Poydras St.), Match Middle School (at 215 Forest Hills St.) or
Match High School (1001 Commonwealth Ave.) in Boston, MA.HOW IT
WORKSYear 1(MAT Year):
- The MAT year runs from August 1- July 31.
- (MATs) spend full days in the nationally acclaimed Match
Charter Public School, which serves students in grades pre-K-12 in
Boston.
- MATs spend time daily in classrooms where they observe, assist,
and ultimately assume student teaching responsibilities.
- Throughout the year, MATs attend wrap-around training and
support through professional development designed specifically for
their cohort of roughly 15 MATs from across Match, as well as
professional development with their campus based colleagues.
- The MAT's dedicated mentor teacher and school leaders provide
frequent personalized feedback to MATs as they ramp up in their
teaching responsibilities.
- At the end of the apprenticeship year at Match, successful
MATs, who have completed the required certification requirement
will get the Massachusetts "Provisional" License, and are highly
prioritized for open positions for the following school year.
- To complete their training year, MATs teach Summer Academy at
Match. This serves as the final segment of their apprenticeship as
well as a transition from the MAT year into the first year of their
lead teacher role.Year 2 (1st Lead Teaching Year):
- MATs who successfully complete the program transition into
their first year in a lead teacher role and continue to get
coaching support from their supervisorsDUTIES &
RESPONSIBILITIESResponsibilities of a Match Associate Teacher
gradually increase and include (but are not limited to):Serve as a
teaching assistant in the classroom.
- Observe and provide in-class support to a host teacher.
- Actively receive and implement coaching from Match staff.
- Teach in a host teacher's classroom with a gradual increase in
teaching responsibilities as the school year progresses.
- Support the host teachers with grading, material development,
family communication, etc.Provide coverage and support for the
school.
- Support school-wide duties (breakfast, lunch, dismissal, etc.)
as needed.
- Lead after-school activities, as needed.
- Provide coverage for classrooms, as neededQUALIFICATIONS
- A Bachelor's degree required;
- A demonstrated commitment to improving education outcomes for
the communities that Match serves;
- An unwavering commitment to and belief in the mission of Match
Education, including and educational model;
- Dedication to constantly improving;
- An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment;
- Eagerness to receiving feedback on teaching practice;
- Strong communication and writing skills;
- Relentless work ethic.APPLICATION PROCESSApplications are
accepted on a rolling basis, and positions are filled on a
first-come, first-served basis. The earlier candidates apply, the
more likely they are to secure a position at Match in their ideal
grade range and/or subject area. PM20ABOUT MATCH EDUCATIONMatch
Education () is the shared brand name of The Match Charter Public
School, and The Match School Foundation, Inc.Match Education is an
engine of discovery and applied innovation in education. We operate
a high-performing urban public charter school in Boston. Out of
this applied work, we refine, validate empirically, and eventually
disseminate new ideas and practices on core questions in education
reform.The Match Foundation, Inc., and Match Charter Public School
prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, gender
identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or
mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of
individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal
law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of
students in its programs and activities, or in employment and
application for employment.PI848905a58038-31181-33313007
Keywords: Match Education, Providence , 2024-2025 Match Associate Teacher, Education / Teaching , Boston, Rhode Island
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