Biology Teacher (SEI Endorsement) (SY25-26)

Position: Biology Teacher (SEI Endorsement Required)

Position Type: Full-time

Department: Secondary

Location: Watertown High School

Reports to: Science Curriculum Coordinator and Building Principal

Affiliation: WEA Unit A

Salary range: Per the WEA Unit A Salary Scale

Priority Application Deadline:Priority will be given to applications received byMay 30 2025.

General Description:

Responsible for instruction on various topics and levels in biology through dynamic and engaging lessons and lab experiments.

Responsibilities:

• Instruct students at a secondary school at the college prep honors and AP level.
• Create positive educational climate for students to learn in.
• Create instructional resources for use in the classroom.
• Plan prepare and deliver dynamic instructional activities.
• Create projects designed to enhance lessons.
• Design and implement inquiry-based lab experiments with students.
• Meet course and school-wide student performance goals and use school-wide rubrics.
• Attend and participate with colleagues in faculty meetings department meetings IEP meetings etc.
• Collaborate with science department staff to create implement and review common assessments laboratory experiments and other learning activities.
• Create lesson plans and modify accordingly throughout the year to meet individual students goals including special education students and English learners.
• Grade assignments and perform other administrative duties as needed.
• Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational cultural and linguistic backgrounds of the students served.
• Tutor students on an individual basis.
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
• Observe and evaluate students performance using formative and summative assessments.
• Manage student behavior in the classroom by invoking a variety of classroom management techniques.
• Initiate and participate in two-way communication with families about students performance throughout the school year.
• Promptly communicate student concerns to curriculum coordinator guidance department support staff and building administration.
• Participate in evening events including Back to School Night and fall and spring parent-teacher conferences.

Core Competencies: Using the Massachusetts Model System for Educators Rubric priority skills and abilities that all Watertown Public School teachers should possess:

Curriculum Planning and Assessment

(Subject Matter Knowledge Well-Structured Lessons Curriculum and Planning Indicator Child and Adolescent Development)

• Demonstrates mastery of and enthusiasm for the content area and the pedagogy it requires
• Can convey a grasp of child development and how students learn
• Designs effective and rigorous standards based units of instruction consisting of well-structured lessons with measurable outcomes.

Teaching All Students

(Meeting Diverse Needs Student Engagement Safe Learning Environment)

• Uses instructional practices that are likely to challenge motivate and engage all students and facilitate equitable active student participation
• Builds a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community
• Cultural Proficiency
• Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students diverse backgrounds identities strengths and challenges are respected

Family and Community Engagement

(Parent/Family Engagement)

• Engages with families and builds collaborative respectful relationships with them in service of student learning
• Professional Reflection & Collaboration

Professional Culture

(Reflective Practice Professional Collaboration)

• Regularly reflects on practice seeks and responds to feedback and demonstrates self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development
• Seeks to participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.

Qualifications Required:

• Education: Hold a bachelors degree.
• Hold a valid Massachusetts Teaching License in Biology at the appropriate grade level and SEI endorsement.

Preferred:

• Masters Degree in Education
• Dual certification in ESL
• Relevant teaching experience
  

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to sit stand walk talk hear operate a computer hand-held learning devices and other office equipment reach with hands and arms and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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