Long-Term Substitute Teacher - English (ELA) Gr. 9-12 (SY25-26) (Anticipated 8/26/2025-11/20/2025) - REPOST
Long-Term Substitute Teacher - English (ELA) Gr. 9-12 (SY25-26) (Anticipated 8/26/2025-11/20/2025) - REPOST
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Position: LTS Teacher - English (ELA) Gr. 9-12 (SY25-26)
Position Type: Temporary Long Term Substitute
Department:English
Location: Watertown High School
Reports to: Principal
Affiliation: WEA Unit A
Salary range:As determined by WEA Salary Schedule Unit A
THIS IS A LONG-TERM SUB POSITION that is expected to startin Fall 2025 and end on November 20 2025.
General Description:
Watertown High School seeks an exceptional Long-term Substitute Teacher who is highly qualified and knowledgeable to join our community of teachers learners and leaders. This is an exciting opportunity for teachers who desire to serve where their efforts matter. Watertown High School is a great place for those who seek to work in an environment that supports their creativity and innovation and respects their skills and abilities as a teacher.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates mastery of related subject matter instructional skills and resource materials for the course(s) taught.
- Creates lesson plans aligned with current state and district standards which drives instruction through formative assessment and differentiation.
- Maintains a safe organized classroom that supports students independent learning collaboration and choice.
- Utilizes a variety of effective instructional and management techniques.
- Provides a variety of assessments and uses assessments for planning and instruction
- Provide consistent immediate feedback to student learning and ask analytical questions that elicit students responses that incorporate prior knowledge life experience and interests that are directly related to the content objective.
- Monitor and maintain a positive classroom environment that supports the school-wide behavior expectation in which most students are engaged incorporates mutual respect and provides cooperative learning opportunities.
- Demonstrate preparation and skill in working with students from diverse cultural economic and ability backgrounds.
- Encourage parent and community involvement obtain parental information when requested promptly return phone calls and answer emails.
- Participate in appropriate professional activities.
- Participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities sporting activities clubs and student organizations as directed.
- Other duties as assigned.
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:
- B.A/B.S degree in teaching from an accredited institution or related field
- Massachusetts State certification in teaching in the appropriate subject area.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Must have the ability and proven ability to report to work on a regular and punctual basis. Perform all other related work delegated or required to accomplish the objectives of the total school program.
- Knowledge and implementation of relevant technology.
- Meet professional teacher education requirements of the school district and state.
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
Watertown Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Employment Type
Temp
