What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teacher, K1 (SY25-26) position at Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School?
The school is currently accepting applications for Kindergarten Teachers. We look forward to hearing from you!
Our teachers
Our teachers possess deep academic content knowledge, hold high expectations for all students, create an inclusive learning environment, and have strong communication/interpersonal skills. As a Teaching Academy, all teachers will be expected to contribute to a vibrant professional learning community, to reflect on and improve their own practice and to mentor, train, and develop resident teachers.
About Dudley St. School
Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School operates within the Boston Public Schools as a Horace Mann “in-district” charter school. We opened our doors in 2012, and now serve over 300 students in grades PreK-5. Founded by the Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE) and the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), we work with local partners to ensure all children in the Dudley neighborhood have access to a high-quality education.
Dudley Street School is a BPE Teaching Academy, part of a PreK-12 neighborhood school pathway that includes Dearborn STEM Academy (G6-12). Modeled after teaching hospitals, teaching academies serve as training sites for aspiring teachers participating in the Boston Teacher Residency program. All staff at Dudley Street School work collaboratively to enact ambitious teaching and learning in service of student achievement goals.
Dudley Street School Instructional Practices. Our teachers:
- Build a culture where every student matters, participates, and engages in academic discourse.
- Maintain a consistent focus on student reasoning.
- Assess students’ understanding every day to inform instructional decisions.
- Ensure students read and write in all content areas in meaningful ways, on a regular basis.
- Integrate and connect language, instructional strategies, classroom routines, structures, and academic expectations to our essential habits of mind: perseverance, problem-solving, independence, creativity, collaboration, and self-determination.
- Deep belief in the Dudley St School mission and vision.
- A valid MA teaching license in the relevant content area required; additional licensure in special education and/or ESL strongly preferred.
- Experience using technology to promote learning, creativity, and collaboration.
- Ability to teach a wide range of student skill, ability, and developmental levels.
- Strong instructional and classroom management skills.
- Unyielding commitment to continuous learning and development.