Before and After-School Grade 1 Literacy Tutors for the 2025-2026 School Year, INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026] bei Salem Public Schools

Before and After-School Grade 1 Literacy Tutors for the 2025-2026 School Year, INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026]

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 in 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. 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. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at https://salemk12.org/.

INTERNAL Candidates Only (multiple openings) 

Salem is a small, diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public School leaders are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement. They respect and value the racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity of our students and their families, and have a strong commitment to the Salem community. Salem Public Schools seeks individuals who are able to serve all of our students, regardless of ability or language. Applicants who have experience working in urban settings and have bilingual skills are strongly encouraged to apply.

Salem Public Schools: Before and After School Grade 1 Literacy Tutors

Salem Public Schools is seeking dedicated and enthusiastic SPS Staff to partner with Catapult Learning to tutor grade 1 students in literacy for the 2025-2026 school year. This is an opportunity for school-day teachers, support staff and paraprofessionals to continue making a positive impact on our young learners beyond regular school hours.

About the Program

Catapult Learning will be providing high dosage literacy tutoring to grade 1 students. Staff will be trained on and use Catapult’s Science of Reading Curriculum. Tutoring typically follows a 3x a week for 40 minutes model. For SPS staff these hours would take place before or after school.

The program runs in two, 12 week sessions. We aim to start the first session by mid-October.

Staff will be expected to attend online Zoom trainings of Catapult Learning’s systems and curriculum before the anticipated start date.

Programs will operate at various times depending upon the schools agreed upon schedule with Catapult Learning.

What You'll Do

As a first grade literacy tutor, you'll be responsible for teaching Catapult Learning’s Science of Reading intervention curriculum to small groups of 4 students, 3x a week for 40 minutes. Your role is vital in ensuring a structured, supportive, and enriching experience. Key responsibilities include:

• Student Supervision & Engagement:
• Cultivate a welcoming and joyful environment for students before or after school. 
• Plan and implement 40 minute lessons while maintaining fidelity to the curriculum.
• Engage and build positive relationships with students during tutoring sessions.
• Positively manage student behavior, collaborating to provide an exceptional tutoring experience.
• Program Operations:
• Maintain daily attendance along with tracking student success in Catapult Learning’s SIS.
• Plan engaging and targeted literacy lessons using the Science of Reading Teacher Lesson Manual.
• Administer phonics screeners and required assessments to students when necessary.
• Support program dismissal and parent pick-up protocols, ensuring children are released only to approved caregivers when applicable. 
• Communication & Collaboration:
• Work collaboratively with Catapult Learning staff and SPS staff.
• Attend Catapult Learning curriculum and systems trainings via Zoom. (Dates TBD)

Compensation: 

• Staff will be paid their contractual hourly rate on a bi-weekly basis.

For any additional questions about this opportunity, please email Nina DiCenso at [email protected]

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 a growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Job Requirements:

• Salem Public School paraprofessional, support staff or teacher. 
• Ability to meet the expectations of the Massachusetts Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Practice
• Passion for afterschool and before school programming and willingness to adapt to and contribute to a positive school culture
• Ability to partner with multiple stakeholders to meet student needs
• Plan and prepare literacy lessons for the program
• Classroom management & supervision
• Oversee safe and organized arrival and dismissal procedures when necessary

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.