Long Term Substitute PreK Teacher, Horace Mann Laboratory School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY2025-2026]

Long Term Substitute PreK Teacher Horace Mann Laboratory School Salem Public Schools Salem MA SY2025-2026 January - March 2026

About Salem Public Schools where belonging leads to opportunity.

Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at Youll Do:

To create a flexible elementary grade program and a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with students; to motivate students to develop skill attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for elementary grade education in accordance with each students ability; to establish positive relationships with parents and other staff members.

Responsibilities:

Duties of this job include but are not limited to:

1. Actively engages with children to foster a positive and healthy learning environment where students feel safe to take risks that will build on their self-esteem.
2. Teaches reading language arts social studies mathematics science according to Massachusetts Curriculum Standards.
3. Develops engaging hands-on lessons using district curricular materials.
4. Guides the learning process toward the achievement of established district curriculum goals establishes and communicates clear objectives to the students for all lessons units and projects.
5. Provides individualized and small group instruction in order to meet the needs of each student.
6. Adapts teaching and materials to meet the needs of diverse learners.
7. Uses a variety of instructional strategies such as play inquiry group discussion discovery student pair share etc.
8. Builds a positive classroom which is consistent with routines and supports the academic social-emotional and behavioral needs of students.
9. Creates a welcoming environment for learning through functional accessible and attractive displays bulletin boards and interest centers that celebrate diversity.
10. Evaluates students academic and social growth using common assessments and anecdotal notes.
11. Maintains accurate and complete student records.
12. Communicates regularly with parents through conferences and other means to discuss students progress.
13. Works collaboratively with other professional staff members to ensure students have access to wrap-around services.
14. Maintains professional competence through in-service Professional Development activities and coaching.
15. Participates cooperatively with the appropriate administrator in fulfilling the teacher evaluation process.
16. Attends established traditional school sponsored activities (e.g. Open House) agreed upon by the building administrator and the faculty consistent with the teachers contract.

What Youll Bring:

We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change childrens lives through education. Youll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant diverse in background ethnicity language and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself students and colleagues You see potential in all especially our SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
• Build authentic caring relationships with colleagues students and families You build strong relationships across students families and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
• Embrace feedback You are a reflective practitioner who learns from mistakes and challenges and uses them as opportunities for professional development. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Job Qualifications - Required:

• Bachelors Degree (Required); Masters Degree (Preferred)
• RequiredMassachusetts teaching certification/licensurein either Early Childhood PreK-2 or Elementery 1-6
• Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement(Required within 1-year of start date)
• Ability to meet the expectations of theMassachusetts Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Practice

Job Qualifications - Preferred:

• Experience in urban schools
• Experience working with diverse learners
• Additional certification in Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities and/or English Language Learners (ESL)
• Demonstrated experience in English Language Development (ELD) and Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) strategies strongly preferred
• Bilingual language proficiency (Spanish/English) strongly preferred
• Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus
• Dual certification is a plus
• Proficiency with technology (blended learning teacher/family communication suites (Remind preferred) Google G-Suite Apps etc.) desirable.
• Current authorization to work in the United States

Equal Opportunity Employer

Salem Public School District 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.

Required Experience:

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