Long Term Substitute - Middle School Humanities

At The Mount Vernon School students are empowered to discover explore learn design create and effect change. With a commitment to Identity Diversity Equity and Action (IDEA) we welcome the opportunity to engage in honest vulnerable and courageous conversations that challenge our biases and assumptions. Our goal is to design a better world so we choose to equip students with the knowledge skills attributes and relationships they need to be impact-ready.

The Team

The Middle School Faculty are a collaborative and forward-thinking community of education professionals who are consistently looking for ways to create real-world project-based experiences that help their students connect content in a relevant and impactful way. While they customize and personalize the learning for each course this team is united in using an inquiry-based model and a mastery approach to teaching. The humanities team at Mount Vernon uses an interdisciplinary approach to teach literature history and grammar concepts using projects design thinking expeditionary and inquiry-based approaches.

The Role

The Grade 7 Humanities Long Term Substitute role facilitates the delivery of humanities curriculum including history literature and english language arts. This role meets with students daily and coordinates project-based learning using the assignments and unit outlines provided by the classroom instructor. Working collaboratively with the Grade 7 team this role plays an important role in helping students develop foundational literacy skills in reading and writing while the classroom teacher is out on leave.This position will run from August 1 to October 15 2025

Responsibilities

• Facilitating daily learning experiences with several groups of 15 to 22 students.
• Maintaining comprehensive records of performance progress and goals using MV tools
• Communicating with families learning coaches and outside providers
• Participating in weekly school/division/team meetings
• Meeting the needs of the division by helping with weekly coverage and duties

Core Competencies

• Ability to cultivate respectful and affirming environments
• Culturally proficient & equity literate
• A track record of giving high-quality responsive feedback
• Knowledge of inquiry-based learning pedagogies
• Proficiency in Google Suite & Mac/Apple OS

• Bachelors degree in Humanities Literature History K-8 Education or related field
• Classroom teaching experience and proficiency with technological tools and platforms

Start Date August 1 2025

End Date October 15 2025

This job description is intended to describe the basic elements of the job and should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with the job. This job description does not constitute a contract. It may be modified or amended at any time as determined in the Schools discretion.

The faculty and staff of The Mount Vernon School believe the fair and equitable treatment of employees is critical to fulfilling its mission and purpose. It is the policy of The Mount Vernon School to conduct business and provide equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race color age religion gender sexual orientation national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.