School Year 26​/Middle School General Science Teacher

Middle School General Science Teacher

Lynn is a vibrant, seaside urban community located just north of Boston. The city is known for its contemporary public art, historic architecture, thriving downtown cultural district, and abundant public parks, including the scenic Lynn Shore Reservation and the expansive Lynn Woods Reservation. Reflecting the city's international character, Lynn Public Schools is a linguistically and culturally rich community, with 60% of our students speaking two or more languages.

Lynn Public Schools proudly serves approximately 17,000 students across 29 school sites within a diverse and dynamic educational landscape. Our district includes:

• 1 Early Childhood Center
• 17 Elementary Schools
• 1 Public Separate Day School
• 3 Middle Schools
• 2 Comprehensive High Schools
• 1 Vocational High School
• 1 Early College High School
• 1 STEAM Academy (Grades 6-12)
• 1 Alternative Education Academy (Grades 9-12)
• 1 TOGETHER Educating and Advancing Multi-Disabled Students Academy (PreK-12)

Drawing upon the strength of our community, our families, our students, and our partners, we commit to fulfilling the intellectual, physical, and social-emotional potential of all our students. We work together so our students learn to thrive, advance, and impact the greater community and the world.

LPS is committed to our Core Values:
Inclusiveness, Shared Responsibility, Collaborative Relationships, High Expectations, Inspiring and Life-Long Learning. Lynn Public Schools is dedicated to the goal of strengthening an environment and school culture that honors and celebrates diversity and responds effectively to the social-emotional experiences of every student and family.

Pickering Middle School is looking for a Science teacher to be a part of its community. The candidate for this position will have experience with lesson planning, assessing, using data to direct instruction, and providing students with regular feedback about their progress towards learning goals. The Lynn Public Schools curriculum is based on the MA Curriculum Frameworks, and the teacher will have knowledge about the standards and their progression in order to plan effective standards-based lessons.

The teacher will be responsible for following the district's curriculum map. Specific job details, including grade level and class organization, will be shared by the principal.

Bachelor's Degree required;
Master's Degree preferred

Valid license from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in General Science 5-8 or in Middle School Mathematics/Science 5-8

SEI Endorsement

Additional content area licensure is encouraged

An understanding of the concepts of institutional and structural racism, and bias, and their impact on underserved and underrepresented communities

Urban experience preferred

Planning and implementing units of instruction that include standards-based lessons and learning tasks that promote the development of the skills associated with the Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE) Practices as described in the 2016 MA STE Framework.

Establishing and maintaining classroom and laboratory behavioral and safety expectations and protocols

Providing appropriate and effective learning experiences for students from a wide range of socio-economic levels and cultural backgrounds

Designing and demonstrating differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all students. (Modify, scaffold, etc. for Special Education and English Learner Education)

Using a variety of formal and informal assessments to accurately measure student progress toward mastery of grade-level standards and to modify further instruction.

Providing a motivating and stimulating, safe and supportive learning environment

Adapting the Science lessons for individual, small group, and remedial instruction to meet the needs of identified students or subgroups of students

Developing and maintaining pupil-teacher relationships conducive to effective teaching and learning

Maintaining a growth mindset

Establishing and maintaining standards of student behavior

Participating in school-wide and department-wide professional development activities

Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with students, parents, staff and the community, including collaborating with colleagues on curriculum, lesson and assessment design

Using computers and other technology to support student learning in and out of the classroom

As negotiated with Lynn School Committee and Lynn Teachers Union.

180 days per year

Teacher Salary Estimator

The City of Lynn offers comprehensive and competitive health and dental benefits;
Harvard Pilgrim PPO/HMO, Altus Dental High/Low, and Vision Insurance. Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Plan (FSA) as well as Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability are available on a voluntary basis. Please see the website:
City of Lynn for more details.

An offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment physical, including a drug test, National fingerprint-based…