SY26-27 Impact Prep Middle School Dean of Instruction

About the role

The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership is seeking a Middle School Dean of Students to join the Building Leadership Team. This role involves collaborating with instructional staff, administrators, and leadership teams to promote student achievement through various strategies and professional development activities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with instructional staff, administrators, and leadership teams to promote student achievement by identifying current, research-based instructional and assessment strategies, modeling lessons to classroom teachers, providing constructive feedback, and assisting teachers in collecting student achievement data and using the data to modify instruction.
• Identify professional development needs based on student achievement data and plan, present, and evaluate on-site staff development activities.
• Utilize the coaching model within the classroom setting to provide constructive feedback on the delivery of high-quality teaching and learning.
• Aid classroom teachers in collecting, analyzing, and using student achievement data to guide instruction, ensuring all students are college and career-ready.
• Conduct job-embedded professional development focused on organizing the classroom to create a positive learning environment.
• Schedule teachers for classroom peer/best practices observations and plan, schedule, and conduct school-based professional development aligned with the school goals outlined in the School Strategic Plan and connected to solid, rigorous core instruction.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor and administration.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience teaching in middle school or high school preferred.
• Appropriate content/program area (English or Math) and grade level (5-8 or 5-12) educator license from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education required (educators who are not yet licensed may be eligible for a licensure waiver).
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with curriculum and program development preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in providing professional development for teachers preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting students with disabilities preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge, experience, and engagement in providing leadership around improvement preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with current pedagogy as it relates to the school's evidence-based best practices in support of the school focus preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team setting with other adults preferred.

Benefits

Selection as an educator in SEZP recognizes an individual for their outstanding vision, capacity, and commitment to students. Educators in SEZP are eligible for the same competitive benefits available to Educators in the Springfield Public Schools.

About the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership

The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) - established in 2015 as a collaboration between Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and the Springfield Education Association (SEA) – seeks to improve the longitudinal life outcomes of the more than 2,500 students in our 8 middle schools. SEZP combines district-based public education with the flexibility of autonomous school models, granting schools meaningful control over curriculum, staffing, scheduling, and budgeting—while maintaining clear accountability for student learning and growth. Across all of its work—including school improvement and educator preparation—SEZP is guided by three core values: Access, Belonging, and Opportunity.