<p>INTERNAL ONLY - Teachers</p> <p>TITLE: Common Writing Assessments (Literacy) Grades 3-8</p> <p>LOCATION: MCB Complex Library</p> <p>REPORTS TO: Dr. Tamara Blake-Canty, Assistant Superintendent</p> <p>GENERAL DUTIES: Participate in a combination of in person meetings and asynchronous work throughout the school year.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION: Educators will collaborate on creating common writing assessments across disciplines to be administered three times during the school year. This team will design writing prompts that are clear, purposeful, and allow for students to demonstrate their knowledge of the topic, content and show command of their writing skills as well as mechanics. Additionally, the prompts will reflect higher order thinking. Moreover, the team will design prompts that are grade level appropriate, address student experience and background knowledge and reflect the reading and writing goals and standards of the grade level as well as reflect the writing genres/topics that students are currently learning. This team will create an action plan (scope and sequence) for implementation and implement the DESE rubric when engaging in "looking at student work" (LASW).</p> <p>DATE(S): August 1, 2024-June 30, 2025.</p> <p>QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal candidates are literacy teachers in grade 3.</p> <p>COMPENSATION: Educators will be paid at the contractual rate for work outside of the school day.</p> <p>APPLICATION: Upload a statement of interest for the position and complete the application steps via TalentEd.</p> <p>The Chelsea Public Schools District is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting, appointing, assigning, training, evaluation and promoting personnel on the basis of merit and qualifications, without regard for race, color, national origin, sex, religious affiliation, age, ancestry, marital status, handicapping conditions, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other applicable unlawful discriminatory standards. (Title VI & Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII & Title VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as well as other relevant federal and state laws).</p>