Extended Term Substitute, Grade 3 Teacher (Sept-Nov 2025)
Extended Term Substitute, Grade 3 Teacher (Sept-Nov 2025)
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Job Description
Position:
Extended Term Substitute Grade 3 Teacher
Available September 202 through no later than November 2025
Graham and Parks School
Graham and Parks School Community:
Graham and Parks serves a diverse population of students and families that come from 36 different countries speak 26 different languages and bring a rich cultural diversity to our school.
The mission of the Graham and Parks Alternative Public School is to educate the whole child: to help every child in our school fully develop their unique intellectual social and emotional capabilities. Believing that all children can meet high standards and become lifelong learners we foster a child-centered learning environment in which children build upon their individual strengths while they are challenged to expand their skills and strive for new goals. Because curiosity and focused inquiry drive genuine learning we strive for a classroom experience that engages children as active learners who take full ownership of their educations. We pursue our mission as a democratic school community that values and relies upon the ideas experiences and talents of all our members working togetherteachers students parents administrators and staff.
The Opportunity:
The Graham and Parks School is seeking a talented Extended Term Substitute (ETS) Grade 3 Teacher to join our caring and innovative learning community. The successful candidate will have experience planning implementing and adapting curriculum based on the Massachusetts State Frameworks and the Common Core. They will set high expectations for all students and utilize scaffolding and differentiation to support students. The teacher will have an appreciation and awareness for the unique developmental needs of young people in this age band. As a professional the teacher will display a collegial spirit that supports and enhances continual professional growth consistent with the educational goals and philosophies of the Graham and Parks School and be fully committed to continuously learning improving reflecting and working together as a community to ensure that all students achieve at high levels.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with all team members including but not limited to special educators instructional coaches paraprofessionals interventionists and other support personnel
- Develop integrated project-based units with other members of the teaching team
- Incorporate a variety of assessment strategies including district wide exams and formative assessment in order to inform instruction and target intervention and enrichment needs
- Integrate social learning into the classroom and will work to foster a safe caring and active learning community
- Partner with families and include them in the students learning and development as well as encourage families to further the mission of the school
- Build on established partnerships with surrounding community institutions and organizations
Your Skill Set:
As the incoming ETS Grade 3 Teacheryou will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:
- Bachelors degree required Masters degree preferred
- At least two years of full time classroom instruction
- Massachusetts State Certification in Elementary preferred
- Experience working in an urban educational setting including the ability to work successfully with students colleagues and families from diverse ethnic cultural and socio-economic backgrounds preferred
- A strong work ethic alongside a commitment to doing whatever it takes for students to excel
How to Join Our Team:
Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills experience and commitment to equity in education meet the qualifications of the position as well as stating how you heard about this opportunity.
At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.
Employment Type
Full-Time
