Paid Internship Opportunities at the Edison K8

Thomas Edison K8 School Mission and Vision: The Edison K8 School is committed to providing its students with a rigorous, inclusive academic experience in a safe, nurturing, inclusive atmosphere that creates a sense of belonging for students, families and staff. The Edison K8 is committed to harnessing the power of the arts as a way to drive student achievement. Roles and Responsibility of Interns:

● Work collaboratively with classroom teachers, grade level team, learning specialists and other service providers to support student learning and family collaboration ● Support inclusion practices and/or emotional impairment practices ● Provide targeted interventions in reading and or math for students struggling to meet benchmarks using an RTI model ● Collect and monitor data to track student academic and behavioral progress ● Work with other staff member to implement our PBIS model and hold all students accountable to our 5R core values of Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Righteousness and Rigor. ● Participate in grade level team meetings to build understanding of curriculum and pedagogy, participate in planning and develop Common Core Standards-based activities for students ● Engage in reflective practice; identify both personal and program goals and work collaboratively with staff and administration to achieve them; Assist with and actively participate in self-evaluation process ● Carry out additional responsibilities as assigned by the Principal, Assistant Principal or grade level team ● Establish and maintain regular communication with parents, staff (including classroom teachers) and program volunteers/partners; report any work-related issues or concerns to the Program Director.

The Edison is seeking interns to specialize in the following areas: ● Emotional Impairment Support K-5 ● Inclusion support in grades K-8

Support and supervision is provided by a team of experienced teachers and administrators including a Nationally Board Certified Educator with licenses in Special Education, Reading and ESL.

Schedule: The work schedule for interns is from 8:00am to 3:00 pm daily with opportunities for flex-time to support before or afterschool programming. Interns will follow the same schedule as Boston Public School employees. Interns are paid for their year of service.

For more information on the Thomas Edison K8 please visit: www.edisonk8school.org

To apply for any of these positions, please send your resume and letter of interest to: Samantha Varano, Principal [email protected] 617-635-8436 (w); 617-869-5844 (c)