SY 24-25: BUILDING SUB

MISSION

Bridge Boston Charter School is an inclusive and joyful community that combines a dynamic academic and social-emotional learning program with an innovative full-service model in order to meet the needs of the whole child and ensure our Scholars can achieve their greatest potential in high school and beyond.

VISION

In collaboration with our families and community partners, we shape curious, creative, and resilient 21st-century Scholars who are equipped to make a bold difference in our world.

OVERVIEW

Bridge Boston Charter School is a tuition-free, K1-8 public school serving 335 students in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and the surrounding community– many of whom have experienced social, emotional, and developmental barriers to learning. Bridge Boston’s robust social-emotional program is designed with an eye to supporting students who have experienced trauma in their homes and communities.

CORE VALUES

Joy: We try to bring a positive energy to everything we do and create opportunities to celebrate our individual and collective success.

Achievement: We strive for excellence and hold each other and ourselves accountable to the highest of standards.

Generosity: We look for opportunities to help one another and lift up other members of our community.

Unity: We are one team and resolve our differences respectfully so we can move forward as a united front.

Acceptance: We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming community where everyone feels known and valued.

Resilience: We confront challenges and adversity head-on and never, ever give up.

Bridge Boston also has a Foundation Board that is a 501c non-profit for fundraising to support the school.

Learn more about Bridge Boston here.

THE POSITION

Reporting to the Assistant Principal, the building substitute instructs students and facilitates student learning in the absence of the regular teacher.

Specifically, they will be responsible for:

• A Bridge Boston Charter School School Building Substitute Teacher can expect to:
• Promote and support the school’s mission and values, reflecting a deep respect for all students, families, and staff;
• Provide classroom instruction to students as outlined in lesson plans;
• Create a classroom that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students;
• Maintain a safe and orderly environment;
• Maintain established routine of the school and classroom procedures in which assigned;
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities;
• Maintain reasonable rules of conduct which encourage self-discipline and responsibility communicates effectively with parents when needed;
• Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations and times designated;
• Participate in myriad forms of professional development as scheduled for all faculty; and
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Direct experience working with children serving underserved communities in a supervisory capacity preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal, with different audiences, including students, parents/guardians, and staff.
• Value of diversity and demonstration of cultural competence and sensitivity; experience in supporting diverse needs and working with diverse populations.
• Adaptive, flexible, and resourceful problem solver; customer-service orientation.
• Detail-oriented and organized;
• Strong team player and experience working collaboratively.
• Life-long learner; willingness to make and learn from mistakes; passion for learning new things.
• Sense of humor.
• Bilingual Spanish, Haitian-Creole, or Cape Verdean Creole highly desirable.

COMPENSATION

Competitive and commensurate with experience.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Human Resources at hr@bridgebostoncs.org 857-229-1601.

Bridge Boston is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.