Long Term Substitute Special Education Teacher until 432026 Salem High School Salem Public Schools Salem MA SY 2025-2026
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 http://www.salemk12.org.
Learning Skills
Work collaboratively in environments including co-teaching and intensive skills development
Modify adapt materials and instructional lessons to meet the specific needs of students
Collaborate with school personnel parents and community agencies to improve the quality of student outcomes develop solutions plan curriculum collect data and create Individual Education Programs IEP for students
Analyze data to inform instruction and improve student performance
Experience implementing reading comprehension programs
Use innovative approaches and instructional strategies including the effective use of technology to increase student learning and confidence
Prepare students for success
Provide classroom staff with resources tools and modeling of techniques
Present evidence of student progress toward goals and objectives through regular progress reports & team meetings
Offer activities and instruction that will allow students of all levels to successfully engage in instruction using the Common Core standards as a framework
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 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 Requirements
Bachelors Degree Required Masters Degree preferred
Required Massachusetts teaching certification licensure in Special Education preferred
Sheltered English Immersion SEI Endorsement Required within 1-year of start date
Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the District and/or in self-selected professional growth activities.
Experience Teaching experience and working in an urban public school or charter school setting preferred.
Second language Spanish and/or Portuguese proficiency a plus
Bilingual candidates and candidates of color strongly encouraged to apply
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.