SY26-27 Forest Park Middle School Student Support Specialist

FOREST PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

FOREST PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL in Springfield, MA seeks a Student Support Senior Specialist to join a team focused on improving student achievement and embedding the school’s values. The role requires collaboration to create a positive, structured, caring, and disciplined culture across classrooms and corridors.

The position is full-time with an immediate start date, offering compensation commensurate with experience and a commitment to equity and anti-racism in education.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree from an accredited college or university (preferred).
• 1–2 years of relevant work experience.
• Deep desire to work with underserved student populations and families.
• Commitment to academic success and student development.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and stay calm under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including public speaking.

Responsibilities

• Support student behavior in hallways and classrooms.
• Escort students throughout the building.
• Monitor hallways and supervise at breakfast, lunch, and dismissal.
• Collaborate with a team to promote a positive, structured school culture.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Public speaking

Urban education experience

Team collaboration

Calm under pressure

Education

Associate's degree (preferred)

Job description

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SY26-27 Forest Park Middle School Student Support Specialist

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Job Details

Job ID: 5953483
Application Deadline: Feb 26, 2027 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Posted: Oct 07, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

SY26-27 Forest Park Student Support Senior Specialist

Position type: Full Time

Start Date: Immediate Opening

Salary: TBD; commensurate with experience

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 5,000 students in our 16 middle and high schools.

As a “zone” of schools within the city of Springfield, SEZP’s approach draws on a deep and embedded partnership with the school district and local teachers’ union, while harnessing the flexibility and innovation found in autonomous school models. As a result, each school within SEZP is accorded significant school-based autonomies - in curriculum, talent, calendar, schedule, and budget – while being held accountable for realizing achievement gains for historically marginalized students. In all of our work, SEZP is in pursuit of equity and anti-racism acknowledging the systemic oppression our students and families encounter daily and working to disrupt these provision gaps urgently and courageously.

The SEZP calls upon skilled and passionate professionals to trailblaze a new model of early college instruction in which they are dually employed as both an adjunct faculty member of Worcester State University and our SEZP high schools.

Student SupportSpecialist Responsibilities:

The Student SupportSpecialist will work with a team to ensure that students demonstrate dramatic student achievement gains and internalize the school’s values. The Student Support Coordinator will help lead the school’s efforts to create a positive, structured, consistent, caring, and disciplined school culture.

Responsibilities of this position may include:

• Assist in supporting student behavior in hallways and classrooms
• Assist in escorting students throughout the building
• Assist in monitoring hallways.
• Assist with monitoring students at breakfast, lunch and dismissal

We are seeking team players committed to the SEZP mission, high expectations, and their own professional growth.

Qualifications:

• Associate'sdegree from an accredited college or university (preferred)
• 1-2years of relevant work experience;
• A deep desire to work with educationally underserved student populations and their families;
• An unwavering commitment to the academic success and personal development of our students;
• An eagerness to set ambitious, challenging, and tangible goals, and a relentless drive to achieve them;
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong public speaking skills;
• A sense of humility;
• Experience in an urban setting

If you meet some of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply or reach out for more information. We know that historically marginalized groups – including people of color, women, people from working class backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTQ – are less likely to apply unless and until they meet every requirement for a job. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from educators with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

We encourage you to reach out to Emily Burdick at [e-mail] you have questions about the role or your qualifications. We are happy to help you feel ready to apply!

Benefits

Selection as an analyst in the SEZP recognizes an individual for their outstanding vision, capacity, and commitment to anti-racist school communities.

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, [e-mail] , 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, [e-mail].

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 [e-mail]

Position Type: FT - Full Year
Salary: $22.38 to $29.61 Per Hour
Job Categories:

Instructional Support > Paraprofessional / IA

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Springfield Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, handicap, or military service, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Contact Information

• Sara Macon , Principal
• FOREST PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
• Email: [e-mail]