2026 Middle School Academic Support

Employment Opportunity

2026 Middle School Academic Support

Position

1 Teacher Humanities at McDevitt

1 Teacher STEM at McDevitt

1 Teacher Humanities at Kennedy

1 Teacher STEM at Kennedy

Responsibilities

Must hold a MA DESE teaching license. Preference will be given to those certified in a middle school content area being taught. Facilitate a structured learning environment for daily instruction on MESH power standards.

Description of Program

Designed to support middle school students in achieving academic success over the summer to help demonstrate competency in MESH subject areas. This summer school is specifically offered for students in grades 7 and 8 to provide targeted academic support and ensure readiness for the increased expectations of the following school year. These students are identified through the course failure process and the promotional guidelines. A minimum of 20 students must be signed up for this program for it to run. 6th grade students may be allowed if there are available seats.

Site Location:

Kennedy Middle School or McDevitt Middle School

Compensation

Contractual rate of $40 per hour for up to a total of 110 hours for the summer (may be less if job sharing) for a total of up to $4400.

Terms of Employment

The summer program will be held from July 6th to August 6th. Program times for students will be Monday - Thursday. Work consists of 4 hours of daily teaching 30 minutes of supervision of students and 1 hour of prep daily for 19 days (no prep on the last day of summer school). There will be a 1 hour prep meeting with the site coordinator prior to summer school. Preparation during summer school may take place on site or from home. Job sharing is allowable to be determined by hiring managers. If you are interested in job sharing and have a partner educator you would like to do this with please indicate that in your application.

Position is contingent on students enrolling in the programming offered.

If you have any questions please contact Chad Mazza at or Shannon Conley at

Please apply internally using TalentEd via Waltham Public Schools

For technical questions email