Essex Westford School District Hiring for Humanities Teacher Grade 7-8 (Long Term Substitute) Job at Westford, VT Full Time

Do you have a passion for making learning fun and engaging for every student? Are you committed to inspiring and supporting all students to achieve growth and success?Essex Westford School District has an opportunity for a long-term substitute humanities teacher to teach grades 7 and 8 students at Westford School. This position is expected to begin in August 2022 with the 2022-2023 school year.EWSD is seeking candidates with a genuine interest, appreciation, and love of middle school students. A thorough understanding of middle level best practices, strong content knowledge, and a commitment to collaboration in a professional learning community focused on supporting all students are required.Candidates with the following additional qualifications are encouraged to apply:

• Valid Educator license, or ability to hold a VT educator license, with applicable middle-level humanities endorsements.
• Dedication to providing a safe, welcoming, and respectful learning environment for students.
• Commitment to the success of ALL students, and ability to understand and teach to the various learning styles of students.
• The ability and enthusiasm to effectively engage and inspire students to excel in science.
• Understanding of the Common Core Standards as they relate.
• Knowledge and/or experience in developing standards-based units, assessments, and reports, differentiated instruction to support learning for all students, and formative assessment to provide student feedback and to improve student learning outcomes.
• Excellent teaching, organizational, planning, written and oral communication, creative and collaborative skills. Ability to be a contributing member of an established interdisciplinary team.
• Commitment to continuous improvement in the areas of knowledge and professional practice and a willingness to take risks as a continuous active learner as part of our professional learning community.
• Ability to effectively integrate social and emotional learning in the classroom to help all students succeed

EWSD is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive environment. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse community populations and are expected to strengthen such capacity if hired. If you are committed to the success of all students but do not meet all the qualifications listed above, you are still encouraged to apply. For consideration, please apply electronically through www.schoolspring.com.