At the Florida Ruffin Ridley School, we are constantly striving to deliver the highest quality instruction for our students and maintain a community that values and honors each individual that makes up the vibrant tapestry of our school. That means teaching and leading from a place of collaboration, celebration, love, and an unrelenting drive for developing and fostering strong relationships with each student and family.

Our priorities of increasing literacy achievement for all students, developing clear behavioral expectations and responses aligned to social/emotional curriculum, creating and maintaining a positive collaborative and supportive environment, and fostering citizenship that promotes equity and social justice through increasing levels of cultural proficiency help guide us in our day to day and long term decision making as a school community.  These priorities ground our professional development work and how we organize systems, routines, and procedures that support the vibrant buzzing community of families, students, and staff.

Educators at Florida Ruffin Ridley School are engaged in constant school-wide conversations around engaging with research based instructional practices that support our vision of educational equity for each student, the importance of social emotional learning that supports a life-long love of learning, and how to nurture classroom and school cultures in which each student and family feels connected, respected, and valued. We are looking for a team member who can contribute to our school in these ways.

In Brookline, our mission is to ensure that every student develops the skills and knowledge to pursue a productive and fulfilling life, to participate thoughtfully in a democracy, and succeed in a diverse and evolving global society.  

We set the bar high for students, so it is right that we set the bar higher for ourselves as educators.

We seek teachers who can help us achieve our mission and teachers who exemplify our core values:

• High Achievement for All
• Excellence in Teaching
• Collaboration
• Respect for Human Difference
• Educational Equity

Job Summary:

• Lead teacher; Responsible for instruction across core content areas.

Primary responsibilities:

• Create instructional resources for use in the classroom
• Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities
• Meet required goals for students with IEPs or 504 plans
• Create positive educational climate for students to learn in
• Meet course and school-wide student performance goals
• Participate in ongoing training sessions
• Create lesson plans and modify accordingly throughout the year
• Maintain grade books
• Grade papers and perform other administrative duties as needed
• Create projects, visuals, supports designed to enhance direct instruction
• Build positive relationships with all families
• Read and stay abreast of current topics in education
• Create lesson plans
• Utilize various curriculum resources
• Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans
• Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served
• Develop professional relationships with colleagues
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
• Prepare and distribute required reports
• Observe and evaluate student's performance
• Manage student behavior in the classroom by invoking approved disciplinary procedures

Required Qualifications:

• Mass. DESE certification, 1-6 licensure
• SEI Certification
• Belief in our mission and core values

Preferred Qualifications:

• Teaching experience at the grade level
• Experience/training with Responsive Classroom, Balanced Literacy, Writer’s Workshop, Differentiated Math/Math Workshop
• Master’s Degree

TERMS: BEU Unit A

***All employees must be vaccinated and maintain full vaccination as a condition of employment or work as an on-site vendor/contractor, unless they receive approval for a documented medical or religious exemption in accordance with relevant state and/or federal law. For a full copy of the Covid-19 vaccination policy please click here.

The Public Schools of Brookline is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute through their teaching or practice to the diversity and excellence of the PSB community. 

The Public Schools of Brookline is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Members of underrepresented groups and all persons committed to diversity and inclusive excellence are strongly encouraged to apply.