Final placement is determined by the district. Final selection will be made based on 5 separate criteria, including, but not limited to, academic achievement and test scores. You will need to provide your own health insurance e.g. Cobra during the summer. Your health insurance and other benefits will begin once the new school year begins in the fall. Because you will be an employee of a local school district, you will receive benefits directly from the district.
Benefits vary district by district.
Some districts will honor years of teaching in the private sector, depending on the school, while others don't consider it at all. So the real answer is that it is not uniform. The bonuses will be awarded over the first four years in the classroom. In order to receive your bonus, you must be a full-time teacher in good standing with a public school in Massachusetts. There is no cost to apply.