Part Time CTE/Career & Technical Education Teacher Grades 7-8, Collins Middle School, Salem Public Schools SY2024-2025

About Salem Public Schools,here 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 4,000 students across our

 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. Over the next three years (2023-2026), we are committed to the work outlined by the four core priorities in our strategic plan: 1) Elevate Learning; 2) Empower Educators; 3) Center Belonging; and 4) Strengthen Our Foundation. 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. Applicants who have experience working in urban schools and settings and are bilingual are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Description:

Salem Public Schools is seeking a Middle School Teacher to further develop the school's programming for career pathways, with a particular focus in culinary arts and early childhood education. The successful candidate will shape the further development of an exploratory course for 8th graders linking individual interests with career goals and professional identities. This position will be in collaboration with Salem High School Career and Technical Education Department and develop age-appropriate project-based lessons to educate students on the vocational programming and Project Lead the Way courses available at the high school and how they can be part of the student's educational experience leading to post-secondary or careers after graduation.  

This position will be responsible for adapting curricula to create a safe, responsive, and empowering learning environment to help students build basic understanding and skills within culinary arts and/or early childhood education. We seek an individual with relative work experience and/or experience working with adolescents. 

This role will be part time with options for how to create pathway options for our students. Our goal is to maximize what’s possible for our students, so we would love to have someone who is available 4 days a week from 12:45-3:15. We can also be flexible within those times. Classes meet at the following times:

• 7th Grade A: Monday/Thursday 2:03-3:15
• 7th Grade B: Tuesday/Friday 12:48-2:01
• 8th Grade A: Monday/Thursday 12:48-2:01
• 8th Grade B: Tuesday/Friday 2:03-3:15

Finally, if we can find the right candidate, we might have the opportunity to mentor students from Salem High School who might work with the middle school students. 

What You’ll Bring:

We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences, are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change children’s lives through education. You’ll 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 failure, using mistakes and challenges as opportunities for growth. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Massachusetts teaching certification/licensure in Technology Education, Science, or Computer Science required
• 3 years of Middle School teaching experience preferred
• Multilingual candidates preferred
• Experience in urban education or CTE programs preferred
• Current authorization to work in the United States

Reports to: School Principal

Work Year: This is a school-year position. 

Compensation: Salary is determined by the Salem Teachers Union (STU) collective bargaining agreement. This position is a part-time teaching position (<19 hours per week)

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.