Associate Teacher (SY25-26, Middle School)

Veritas Prep

Springfield, MA, USA

Published: 6/14/2022

Education

Full Time

Job Description

What You’ll Do
As an Associate Teacher (AT) at Veritas Prep, you will join a supportive, team-oriented environment designed to foster your growth as an educator. In this role, you’ll play a key part in advancing the academic and social-emotional success of our middle school scholars through the following responsibilities:

Build Your Teaching Skills: Work closely with experienced educators through mentorship, observation, and hands-on classroom experience to prepare for a future lead teaching role in ELA, Math, Science, History, Special Education, or ESL/MLL.

Support Instruction: Serve as a substitute teacher when needed to ensure consistency in high-quality instruction.
Deliver Small Group Instruction: Teach daily academic support lessons (1–10 students) tailored to students who need extra support or enrichment.
Foster Positive Relationships: Build meaningful connections with students and families to contribute to strong, high-expectation classroom cultures.
Engage in Coaching: Participate in regular coaching and feedback sessions to refine your practice.
Support School Operations: Help lead daily duties such as hallway transitions, lunch, and advisory.

This role is ideal for aspiring educators—including recent graduates, career changers, and education students—looking to gain meaningful classroom experience before stepping into a lead teaching role. At Veritas Prep, we are deeply invested in your development and are excited to support your path to becoming a lead teacher.

Requirements

What You’ll Need (Qualifications)

A Bachelor’s degree is required
A deep belief in the potential of every student to learn, grow, and achieve excellence
A commitment to ongoing personal and professional development as an educator
Flexibility and a proactive mindset—ready to step in and support wherever needed
A strong dedication to educational equity, including a willingness to confront and address racism and an understanding of its historical and systemic impact on students and schools
Prior experience working with youth is preferred
Authorization to work in the United States by your first day of employment is required

Interested in applying? If you have a passion for creating equitable educational opportunities and want to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification. We seek a diverse array of educators to reflect the backgrounds of our students and to contribute to a more inclusive school community.

Veritas Prep is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in all aspects of employment based on race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy encompasses recruiting, hiring, promotion, training, and termination.

Benefits

About Veritas Prep

Veritas Prep is a public, tuition-free school in Springfield that prepares students in grades 5 through 12 to compete, achieve, and succeed in college and beyond. Veritas Prep accelerates every student’s path to college and career by helping them set a strong academic foundation in middle school and guaranteeing access to college classes and college prep support in our wall-to-wall Early College high school.

At Veritas Prep, we are not only breaking down barriers to college access but also providing the tools students need to persist through college and prepare for a successful career. Our middle school program has been serving students in Springfield since 2012 and our scholars are supported by skilled, dedicated, and diverse teachers. Scholars learn important academic habits and are challenged to achieve at high levels academically, socially, and emotionally, setting them up for success as they enter our high school.

Our Early College high school program, in partnership with STCC and Worcester State University, prepares students to earn high-impact college degrees, saving students up to two years’ time in college and thousands of dollars. Students can earn up to an associate degree for free, and the general studies associate degree from STCC means students enter as JUNIORS at any Massachusetts public college or university after high school graduation.

Students at Veritas Prep benefit from high academic standards and robust support, an exceptional learning environment, a diverse staff of high-quality educators, a strong commitment to social/emotional and practical skill development, and an inclusive, anti-racist community that values the identities and backgrounds of all students.

Veritas Prep offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit packages that include the following:

Salary Range for this position is $45,000 exclusive of fringe benefits.

If hired, your final base salary will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, and/or experience.
In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
Keep in mind, the above range is the full base salary range for this position. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth.

We also offer a generous benefits package for full-time staff that includes, but not limited to the following:

Health, Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
Paid Family/Medical Leave Insurance (private and meets state requirements)
Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance (100% employer paid)
Enrollment in Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (teacher pension program)
Employee Assistance Program (100% employer paid)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), and more...

About Veritas Prep