Learn and Earn Summer School Literacy Intervention Teacher/LIT – Van Sickle Prep (2026)

Learn and Earn Summer School Literacy Intervention Teacher/LIT

2 Positions Available at Van Sickle Campus- Van Sickle Prep

Description:

Education students from American International College, Bay Path University, Elms College, Springfield College, or Westfield State University, will provide literacy intervention instruction to students attending summer school. Applicants must have received approval to apply for this position in Springfield Public School’s Empowerment Zone (SEZP) from the institution they attend. If hired, the LIT will instruct students in reading/literacy intervention practices under the guidance of the Principals and Lead Literacy Coach.

Job Goal: To teach students reading skills in a culturally responsive manner that will contribute to their reading/literacy development.

LITs report to the Principal and work closely with their assigned Lead Literacy Coach to do the following:

• Meet and instruct assigned literacy intervention classes/groups in specified locations and at times designated. The primary focus of the LITs is to provide targeted literacy intervention instruction to students and to provide deliberate practice opportunities for students.
• Create a classroom intervention environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
• Implement program materials and approaches for effective literacy intervention instruction and assessment beginning on day 1 of summer school and throughout the 16 days.
• Assess the accomplishments of summer school students on a regular basis; and with supervision, provide progress reports, as may be required, and communicate with parents, as deemed necessary.
• Prepare for classes assigned and show written evidence of preparation upon request of the Principal and Lead Literacy Coach and by college faculty from the Western Mass Literacy Collaborative who are overseeing Learn and Earn.
• Maintain accurate and complete records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations, including weekly student attendance and weekly progress in the intervention lessons.
• Interact with and support other summer school classes led by school-based educators as deemed necessary. This is secondary to providing the interventions.
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Follow the SPS code of conduct for the classroom which is consistent with established administrative policies and develops rules of classroom behavior which are enforced in a fair and just manner.

Qualifications:

• The candidate must be an education student at American International College, Bay Path University, Elms College, Springfield College, or Westfield State University, and must have received approval to apply for this position in Springfield Public Schools from the institution they attend. Only students whose names were provided by the colleges/universities will be considered.
• Must be available to work all days and hours of summer school without exception Monday-Thursday, July 6-July 30, 8:00-1:00 PM.
• As part of course work with the colleges and universities, must attend the professional development week (June 26 - July 2nd from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM) and all sessions of the companion 3-credit course. These hours are not paid for by Springfield Public Schools/Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership as they are a part of the 3-credit course provided by the colleges/universities of the Western Mass Literacy Collaborative (Summer Learn and Earn).
• Must provide a statement on the following and attach to this application: What is your understanding of what it means to be a culturally responsive educator who maximizes learning during in and out of school time with culturally and linguistically diverse students and families? (maximum word count of 250). Applications will not be considered without this documentation.
• Please attach your current, up-to-date resume to this application. Applications will be not be considered without this documentation.
• Approved applicants must complete all onboarding tasks with the Springfield Public Schools Human Resources Department on time and as indicated to be hired.

About the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership:

While Massachusetts is consistently ranked as one of the top states for education results in the country, we have one of the highest and most persistent opportunity gaps. The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) - established in 2015 as a collaboration between Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and the Springfield Education Association (SEA) – seeks to improve the longitudinal life outcomes of the more than 2,500 students in our 8 middle schools.

SEZP combines district-based public education with the flexibility of autonomous school models, granting schools meaningful control over curriculum, staffing, scheduling, and budgeting—while maintaining clear accountability for student learning and growth.

Across all of its work—including school improvement and educator preparation—SEZP is guided by three core values:

• Access: Expanding access to strong learning environments, skilled mentors, and clear pathways for students and educators
  
• Belonging: Building communities where people are known, supported, and accountable to one another
  
• Opportunity: Preparing students and educators to learn, lead, and thrive over time

NONDISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or pregnancy related conditions, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status.

NOTICE OF SEX NONDISCRIMINATION

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Springfield Public Schools’ Title IX Coordinator, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights at https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr, or both.

The Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator is Jeremy Saint Laurent, Chief Legal Counsel of Legal Services, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103, 413-787-7100 ext. 55325, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com.

Springfield Public School’s sex nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located on the Springfield Public Schools website, www.springfieldpublicschools.com/non-discrimination

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please refer to titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com