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Match Education
Boston, MA
About this job
Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United StatesPosition Title: Match Associate Teacher (2027-28)
Match Charter Public School is a free, high-performing charter public school in Boston. We are a PreK-12 school serving up to 1,250 students. Our mission is to prepare studentsparticularly multilingual learners and those who would be the first in their families to earn a college degreefor 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 communitythey represent over 20 different countries of origin with over 20 different languages spoken at home. 98% of our students are people of color. Our students bring a diversity of needs to our school, and we are prepared to serve them: 23% of our students qualify for special education services; 19% of our student body are English Language Learners.
Matchs core values 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 organizationa 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 competentare vital to our goals and mission.
A large body of evidence shows that our students learn and grow more when they are taught and mentored by a highly skilled, diverse staff. The Match Associate Teacher (MAT) Program is designed to quickly and effectively launch the teaching careers of aspiring educators, especially those who share key identity intersections with Matchs students. The program is structured as a one-year cycle, with the possibility of a second-year extension for MATs whose pathway to teaching includes extended development and who demonstrate strong potential for continued growth.
The MAT program is built on the the foundational beliefs that:
- Great teachers are developed, not born: Through constant reflection, 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 - transparent pay trajectories allow teachers to plan their careers, and their lives. To that end, Matchs current MAT compensation trajectory is as follows:
- Associate Teacher Year 1: Base of $52,500
- Associate Teacher Year 2 : $55,650
- Lead Teacher Year 1: $67,403
- Lead Teacher Year 2: $72,554
- Lead Teacher Year 3: $74,174
- Lead Teacher Year 4: $79,325
- Lead Teacher Year 5: $83,446
- Lead Teacher Year 6: $86,537
- Lead Teacher Year 7: $92,718
- Lead Teacher Year 8: $97,869
- Lead Teacher Year 9 $105,080
- Lead Teacher Year 10: $113,322
Licensure & Certification
The MAT Program positions participants to obtain provisional licensure in Massachusetts by
- Providing guidance and information on completing certification requirements in Massachusetts
- Embedding coursework related to Moderate Disabilities Licensure into MAT programming
- 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.
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, MATs are coached and mentored by expert teachers and leaders at Match and gradually 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 extensive self reflection partnered with feedback, coaching and classroom experience, MATs develop and strengthen their practice as educators with the goal of becoming unusually effective rookie lead teachers at one of the Match campuses in the following school year.
How it works:
- The MAT programmatic year runs from August 1- July 31 at the nationally acclaimed Match Charter Public School, which serves students in grades pre-K-12 in Boston.
- Approximately twelve aspiring teachers convene to make up the MAT cohort. Members of this cohort are placed at one of Matchs three campuses, either the elementary, middle or high school.
- MATs spend full days in classrooms with host teachers where they observe, assist, and gradually assume student teaching responsibilities.
- Throughout the year, MATs attend wrap-around training and support through professional development designed specifically for their cohort as well as professional development with their campus based colleagues.
- The MATs dedicated mentor teacher and school leaders provide frequent personalized feedback to MATs as their teaching experiences and responsibilities are ramped up.
- At the end of the program, successful MATs who have gained Massachusetts provisional licensure are highly prioritized for open positions at Match in the following school year.
- To continue their training, MATs who will return to Match have the option to teach Summer Academy. This serves as an opportunity for MATs to gain more experience in preparation to become a lead teacher.
Responsibilities 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 teachers classroom with a gradual increase in teaching responsibilities as the school year progresses.
- Support the host teachers with grading, material development, family communication, etc.
- Support school-wide duties (breakfast, lunch, dismissal, etc.) as needed.
- A Bachelor's degree required
- An unwavering commitment to and belief in the mission of Match Education, including Matchs values and educational model
- Dedication to continuous learning and improvement
- Ability to be both introspective and reflective
- Strong habits of both self-sufficiency and self-advocacy
- Eagerness to receiving and applying feedback to develop and strengthen teaching practice
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
While we accept applications on a rolling basis, pre-interview screens and final interviews will take place in cycles. Please review the schedule below for information:
Priority Round One
- October 30- November 20: Application review & Phone Screen
- December 1- January 8: Interviews
- Week of January 11: Decision messaging
- January 11 - February 5: Application review & Phone Screen
- February 8 - 12 & Feb 22 - March 12: Interviews
- Week of March 15: Decision messaging
- March 22 - April 16: Application review & Phone Screen
- April 26 - May 21: Interviews
- Week of May 24: Decision messaging
ABOUT MATCH EDUCATION
Match Education ( ) is the shared brand name of 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 charter public school and a unique associate teacher program that trains teachers for high-poverty schools. 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 actual or perceived 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.
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