The Office of English Language Learners of the Boston Public Schools seeks an intern to assist legal and policy staff in negotiating a complex Successor Settlement Agreement with the federal government. The new settlement, replacing the current interim Agreement, will govern the current overhaul of service provision for more than 17,000 students who are not English proficient and set permanent educational standards for this group. The intern will also support a multi-disciplinary team of so-called Academic Design and Support Specialists who are charged with assessing the level of compliance with the existing accord and assisting schools in making necessary changes in practice. Some law school education and work study eligibility are preferable but not necessarily required. Tasks will involve legal, factual, and policy research; organizing and indexing factual information for reports to the federal government and internal use; assisting at negotiating sessions, and participating generally in the reform work with a highly diverse, talented, dedicated, and congenial staff. Persons interested should contact Phillip Kassel at pkassel@boston.k12.ma.us or Kim Tsai at ktsai@boston.k12.ma.us.
