Teacher - Theater, Gr. K-8 (Reposted Position) (Anticipated Vacancy)(SY26-27)

This position is an anticipated vacancy expected to be vacant by the start of the school year. The current incumbent may rescind their retirement, leave, or resignation up until the expected vacancy date. Your hire will not be confirmed until the position is vacated, and you may start the year as a Long-Term Substitute if the position does not become vacant by the start of the school year.

About the School

Orchard Gardens is a K-8 Pilot School nestled in the heart of Roxbury, with a strong academic and arts focus and a continued commitment to growth as a Transformation School. We seek educators who bring expertise, innovation, and a collaborative spirit to improve outcomes for all students in the OGPS community. We are working to strengthen purposeful learning, student leadership, and inclusive classrooms grounded in meaningful relationships among students, staff, and families. Our PRIDE values—Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Daring, and Excellence—guide our shared efforts to ensure every student is challenged, supported, and inspired to achieve.

Boston Public Schools (BPS) seeks an exceptional Theater Teacher who is highly qualified and knowledgeable to join our community of teachers, learners, and leaders. In BPS, teachers and leaders are committed to high expectations for achievement, equal access to high levels of instruction, academic proficiency for all students, and closing the achievement gap among subgroups.

Responsibilities

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

• Accountability for Student Achievement: Sets ambitious learning goals for all students, creates cognitively demanding tasks, and models the belief that all students can master challenging material through effective effort. Assesses students’ understanding regularly with ambitious learning goals in mind and takes ownership of making necessary adjustments to instruction to reach goals despite setbacks. Passionate and optimistic about their students, their content, and the teaching profession.
• Communicating Content Knowledge: Demonstrates mastery of and enthusiasm for the content area and the pedagogy it requires. Demonstrates understanding of how the subject matter applies in real-world settings and connects to other content areas and relevant standards. Can convey content in creative and engaging ways that align to standards.
• Equitable & Effective Instruction: Scaffolds and differentiates instruction in order for all students to engage in complex thinking and rigorous academic work. Uses instructional practices that challenge, motivate, and engage all students and facilitate equitable, active student participation. Builds a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community.
• Cultural Proficiency: Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students’ diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges are respected.
• Parent/Family Engagement: Engages with families and builds collaborative, respectful relationships with them in service of student learning.
• Professional Reflection & Collaboration: Regularly reflects on practice, seeks and responds to feedback, and demonstrates self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development. Seeks to participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree.
• Hold a valid Massachusetts Teaching License for Theater, all levels.
• Meet all state and federal guidelines to be fully licensed and Highly Qualified according to NCLB.
• Ability to meet the Standards of Effective Teaching established by BPS.
• Current authorization to work in the United States by the first day of employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching in urban schools.
• Fluency in one of BPS' official languages: Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, or Somali.
• Certification in Moderate Disabilities and/or English as a Second Language (at the appropriate grade level(s)).

Reports to: Principal/Head of School. Terms: BTU, Group I.