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Nashoba Regional School District
50 Mechanic Street, Bolton, MA 01740
DISTRICT PROFILE
Student Enrollment
3051
Approx. Number of Staff
540
Approx. Number of Teachers Hired Each Year
20-30
Approx. Number of Paraprofessionals/Aides Hired Each Year
10-15
Public Transportation
No, but the district is
located just off Route 495and close to Route 190.
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What is it like to teach at Nashoba Regional School District?
The Nashoba Regional
School District is known for its dedication to providing a well-rounded education and fostering a strong sense of community. Nashoba values collaboration and innovation among its educators, creating a supportive environment for professional growth. Residents within our community appreciate the close-knit and inclusive community that encourages active involvement in various school activities and programs.
What kind of support does Nashoba Regional School District offer new teachers?
The Nashoba Regional School District Mentoring program provides a comprehensive and differentiated approach, especially as beginning teachers come from a wide variety of prior college and work experience.
Our program pairs one mentor teacher with a beginning teacher (mentee) for a year. This collaborative partnership allows for the mentee to be supported in all aspects of the new position, all the way from school logistics to assessments to best instructional practices, and so on. We also provide twelve academic year workshops. The workshops are also crafted to be differentiated and creative in content, as the beginning teacher group has quite the vast span of grade levels and content areas/job descriptions.
Nashoba is an incredible school district, and we greatly value the talented and dedicated educators in the towns of Bolton, Stow, and Lancaster. We want beginning teachers to feel empowered, well-supported, and, most importantly, fulfilled with their new position.
As Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world.” Thus, our goal is to inspire our beginning teachers to continue doing what they do best: provide the best education possible for our innovative and extraordinary Nashoba students.
How does Nashoba Regional School District demonstrate that it is commited to teacher diversity?
As a District, we are committed to delivering a workplace experience and an educational experience for our Faculty/Staff and Students of Color that understands their perspectives and incorporates their experience in their academic lives and their day-to-day Nashoba world, yet our teaching and administrative team are markedly underrepresented of people of color.
Our Strategic Plan was developed to address the needs of Diversification, Equitable Opportunities and Outcomes, and Belonging. One of the four strategic objectives in our Strategic Plan focuses squarely on Culture and Belonging, with a second strategic initiative reinforcing
efforts in diversity of teaching staff outlined in Strategic Objective #4: Culture and Belonging: Strategic Objective #2: “Ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for all through increased awareness, representation, practices, and communication around diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Workforce Diversity Strategic Initiative, Strategic Objective #4: “Recruit, hire and retain a highly qualified, diverse staff that mirrors the educational vision.” Initiatives in both
Strategic Objectives outline specific action steps for our district, highlighting our “Why” in print. The “why” of our district equity work is rooted in our unwavering commitment to creating a learning environment where all means all. Through our Strategic Plan development, processes, and burgeoning needs assessment, we have recognized the urgent need to embrace equity work now to ensure that every student, regardless of their background or identity, receives equitable opportunities and outcomes, fostering a sense of belonging for ALL. Our work cannot wait. For Nashoba, our work calls for a two-part imperative: 1.) Strengthen our current school climates and cultures to become ones that not only recognize the needs of our Students of Color, but demonstrate cultural responsiveness to embrace equity, eliminate the opportunity gap, and ensure that all students feel a sense of belonging. 2.) Attract and retain a diverse teacher workforce that not only helps to lift and illustrate diverse voices but also enables all of our students to see themselves reflected in their day-to-day world.