Summer 2025: Extended School Year - (ESY) Teacher

Summer 2025: Extended School Year - (ESY) Teacher

**THIS IS A SUMMER POSITION. EMPLOYMENT IS SEASONAL AND TEMPORARY & PENDING ON STUDENTS’ ENROLLMENT**

• Position: ESY Teacher
• When: July 7th- August 1 (must work all 16 days 5 hours per day, 4 days per week, for 4 weeks)
• Time:8:00am -1:00 pm
• Hourly Rate: $45 per hour worked
• Format: In person 4 days a week
• Reports to: Director of Student Services (or Designee)

This position is contingent on enrollment

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Extended School Year (ESY) is a Special Education program for students with disabilities whose IEP team has determined that in order to minimize substantial regression and reduce substantial recoupment time, a student is required to attend ESY. These services will be based on the individual needs of the students per their IEP goals/objectives.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

The instructional hours for students are 4 hours per day, 4 days per week, for 4 weeks from July 7 to August 1, 2025.  The work hours for teachers are 5 hours per day, 4 days per week, for 4 weeks from July 7 to August 1, 2025.

The Teacher is expected to:

• Work all 16 days (5 hours per day, 4 days per week, for 4 weeks from July 7 to August 1, 2025) of the program as well as Professional Development days. PD dates are subject to change but may include the dates below. Please save the dates:
• Monday, Jun 23, 2025
• Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
• Weds Jun 25, 2025
• Work a 5-hour day, 4 days per week, for 4 weeks (this includes student arrival and student dismissal).
• Independently plan lessons to prepare for rigorous instruction.
• Set up classroom and attend Professional Development dates in late June or early July
• Complete and upload Progress Reports in the last week of the program.
• Pack up classroom and materials.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teachers in this program provide students with rigorous instruction that demonstrates the FRCS core competencies for effective teaching listed below. Due to the short duration of ESY and the critical need to boost student learning during this time, it is particularly important that teachers in ESY:

• Provide direct individual, small group, and/or large group instruction to address students’ IEP goals/objectives. Instruction will focus on reading math, and social skills.
• Prepare cognitively-demanding lessons, assignments, and enrichment activities (requires some planning work outside of regular program hours).
• Differentiate instruction.
• Establish a productive learning environment and classroom culture in which all students are respected.
• Supervise safe arrival and dismissal of all students assigned to the program.
• Maintain timely student attendance and progress records.
• Consult with related service providers to address students' needs.
• Provide students, families, and program staff with relevant and timely data, including monitoring and reporting students progress to prevent regression as outlined in the program.
• Participate in all scheduled professional development.
• Care for program materials and resources.
• Engage as a partner in planning and problem-solving.
• Performs other related duties as requested by the Director of Student Services or designee.

CORE COMPETENCIES: Using the Rubric of Effective Teaching, Human Resources has identified priority skills and abilities that all FRCS teachers should possess:

• Accountability for Student Achievement
• Set ambitious learning goals for all students, create cognitively demanding tasks, and model the belief that that all students can master challenging material through effective effort.
• Assess student understanding regularly with ambitious learning goals in mind and take ownership of making necessary adjustments to instruction to reach goals despite setbacks.
• Display passion and optimism about students, content, and the teaching profession.

• Communicating Content Knowledge
• Demonstrate mastery of and enthusiasm for content area and the pedagogy it requires.
• Demonstrate understanding for how subject matter applies in real-world settings and connects to other content areas and relevant standards.
• Convey content in creative and engaging ways that align to standards.
• Equitable & Effective Instruction

1. Scaffold and differentiate instruction so that all students do complex thinking and rigorous academic work.

1. Use instructional practices that are likely to challenge, motivate, and engage all students and facilitate equitable, active student participation.

1. Build a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community.

• Cultural Proficiency
• Actively create and maintain an environment in which students’ diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges are respected.

• Parent/Family Engagement
• Engage with families and build collaborative, respectful relationships in service of student learning.

• Professional Reflection & Collaboration
• Regularly reflect on practice, seek and respond to feedback, and demonstrate self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development.
• Participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Massachusetts Educator Licensure in Moderate Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Early Childhood Special Education, and/or Special Education Administrator.
• Current Safety Care certification.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  Autism, Intellectual Impairment, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Specific Learning Disability, Emotional Impairment, Early Childhood.
• Demonstrated ability to meet the Core Competencies of Effective Teaching established by Foxborough Regional Charter School as outlined above.
• Current authorization to work in the United States. Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

• Current teacher with Foxborough Regional Charter School.
• FRCS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity. FRCS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of FRCS' official languages: Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Portuguese, & Arabic.

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