Early College Student Support, Salem High School, Salem Public Schools SY2024-2025

About Salem Public Schools, Where Belonging Leads To Opportunity.

Salem is a small, diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4,000 students across our 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged, globally connected, and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging, equity, and opportunity in everything we do. Over the next three years (2023-2026), we are committed to the work outlined by the four core priorities in our strategic plan: 1) Elevate Learning; 2) Empower Educators; 3) Center Belonging; and 4) Strengthen Our Foundation. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students, regardless of ability, economic status, gender/gender identity, language, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other backgrounds. Applicants who have experience working in urban schools and settings and are bilingual are strongly encouraged to apply.

Summary

The Early College Student Support position is responsible for aspects of supporting the students who are enrolled in the early college program for both Salem State and North Shore Community College. Under the support of the Early College Program Coordinator, the expectation of this position is to support students and families as they take their Early College course work as well as support the recruitment and admission of the students interested in early college. The goal for SHS is to have students take a college course and have the necessary support in place for success.

We are looking for a Candidate who is interested in working with students and families as they take on the challenge of a college course.

Responsibilities Include

• Monitoring EC students academics and attendance
• Work directly with Early College Professors and Co-teachers on how to best support students who are struggling in their course work
• Update Early College Program Coordinator and School Counselors on students who are struggling and next steps.
• Update families on students academics
• Support recruitment of students for Early College
• Maintain a comprehensive spreadsheet with all students enrolled
• Communicate with families and students regarding academics
• Document communication
  
  

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences, are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change children’s lives through education. You’ll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself, your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant, diverse in background, ethnicity, language, and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself, students, and colleagues – You see potential in all, especially our SPS students, and maintain high expectations for achievement, while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations, modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
• Build authentic, caring relationships with colleagues, students, and families – You build strong relationships across students, families, and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
• Embrace feedback – You are a reflective practitioner who learns from mistakes and challenges and uses them as opportunities for professional development. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.
  
  

Job Requirements/Qualifications

• Interested in working with a diverse student population
• Can commit to school and possible summer hours
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Bilingual candidates and candidates of color strongly encouraged to apply
• Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus
• Current authorization to work in the United States
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer

Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.