Summer Early Focus - Specialist Teacher; Summer

POSITION OVERVIEW

Summer Early Focus seeks an exceptional specialist to provide enrichment for students in our program in the areas of either dance, music or social emotional play (more than just physical education). Each specialist will support our grade K0 to grade 2 students in social emotional and physical development, while helping them develop problem solving skills, promote students health and wellness through dance, organized play, music or other physical activities.

Each day the Specialist will provide an enrichment class to each classroom at the site and adapt the program developmentally to each class in grades K0 to grade
2. Program starts on July 7th through August 7th, 2026. Specialists work from 9:00 am- 2:00 pm. On Monday July 6th, teachers will report from 9:00 - 2:00 for meetings and classroom setting. Students will start on Tuesday July 7th.

Fully In-Person

Summer Early Focus, led by the BPS Department of Early Childhood, will operate 5 sites in the neighborhoods of Mattapan, East Boston, Roxbury, Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain. with one classroom at each grade level as part of the BPS Summer Learning Academies. Each site will be led by a Site Coordinator who will support 14 teachers and 130 students in 7 classrooms.

SEF will serve incoming K1 children, and children completing K1, K2, first grade, and second grade, who are currently enrolled in Boston Public Schools. Children might include those who have special needs and/or are English Language Learners. SEF is designed to provide integrated support in literacy, math, science, arts and social emotional development to help prepare children for the following school year.

K0 - one teacher and 2 paraprofessionals will support 20 children. In grades K1 to grade 1, two teachers will support 22 children in each classroom. In grade 2, one teacher will support up to 15 students. The Specialist will be supported by at least one teacher who will remain with the classroom during the activity.

The BPS Summer Learning Academies serve as the primary academic summer offerings for BPS students, consisting of an array of high-quality academic and enrichment programs that provide services for targeted student populations in every grade level across the district.

• Stem summer learning loss and increase academic achievement
• Develop student socio-emotional skills and increase student efficacy by building skills and competencies
• Strengthen the effectiveness of school-community partnerships
• Promote student health and wellness

Position reports to the SEF Program Director and the Project Manager of the BPS Department of Early Childhood. The Specialist will check in with the Site Coordinator at each building the day they report to that building.

The Department of Early Childhood will operate a five week 6 hour day Summer Early Focus program at 5 sites in the neighborhoods of Mattapan, East Boston, Roxbury, Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain. SEF will operate on Monday, July 7th, through Friday, August 7th, 8:45 am to 2:15 pm for students.

Specialists will work Monday - Friday for up to 5 hours per day - up to 50 minute increments between 9:00-2:00. We anticipate that each day the Specialist will only be at one site but depending on students’ enrollment, specialists may have to share their time between 2 sites from our 5 sites in the neighborhoods of Mattapan, East Boston, Roxbury, Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain.

We may ask the Specialist to move sites to provide program coverage due to teacher absences and also support supervision on field trips.

Summer Early Focus Specialists are asked to also attend PD on June 29th, and classroom setting on July 6th, rotating to visit each site that day, work all required program hours, as well as complete all required wrap up duties. Specialists are expected to work every day, as we will not have substitutes. They will be expected to inform both Site Coordinator of their assigned site coordinator for that day as well as the Program Director if they expect to be absent.

• Teacher either Visual Arts, Dance, Physical Education.
• Build and maintain a safe, fair, and respectful learning environment for children, adults, and families, placing the value of relationships at the core.
• Participate in the Professional Development on June 26th via zoom, and Classroom-setting on July 6th by visiting the schools ,meeting the team, reviewing the schedule and setting up the space.
• Prepare cognitively-demanding lessons, assignments and enrichment activities (requires some planning work outside of regular program hours)
• Plan for 30 minutes each morning.
• Exhibit professional behavior that addresses job responsibilities, district policies and procedures, and the expectations of professionals working in a multilingual, multicultural, and economically diverse community.
• Attend mandatory central training sessions and online…