Match Associate Teacher

Position Title: Match Associate Teacher

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 students particularly 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 % 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

$52,500 + $3,150 development stipend

• Lead Teacher Year 1: $67,403

Base of $64,903, plus $2,500 retention bonus for MATs hired as lead teachers at Match

• Lead Teacher Year 2: $72,554

Base of $70,054, plus $2,500 retention bonus for MATs who continue as lead teachers at Match

• 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

Pay scale is based on current year (25-26)

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.

What is the MAT experience?

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…