Electrical Teacher, Salem High School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA SY

Electrical Teacher, Salem High School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY]

Starting Date: Aug 24, 2026

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 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.

Role Responsibilities:

• Teaches Exploratory and Electricity courses to grades 9-12.
• Aligns all teaching and learning to the MA VTE frameworks and the competencies for Electricity.
• Oversees the Advisory Board for Electricity.
• Ensures that OSHA standards are enforced, and that all safety protocol is followed.
• Plans and uses appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned.
• Demonstrates knowledge of students’ IEPs, and the accommodations and modifications necessary for student success.
• Responds to any correspondence, both oral and written, from parents or guardians.
• Provides structure in the classroom by promoting a positive classroom environment that is conducive to learning for students of all backgrounds and language proficiency levels.
• Works under the general supervision of the CTE Director, building principal and other building administrators, manages student behavior, assesses and evaluates student achievement; utilizes Standards Based Grading as it is adopted and integrated into the CTE curriculum.
• Participates in all professional responsibilities including but not limited to Coordinated Program Reviews, Advisory board meetings, Open Houses, departmental meetings, IEP meetings, etc.
• Accepts additional responsibilities as may be required under the direction of the Director of Career & Technical Education.

What You’ll Bring:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Current MA Master Electrician license and/or MA Journeyman license.
• Five years of full-time employment experience directly related to electricity.
• Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus.
• Multilingual candidates and candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Current authorization to work in the United States.

• High school diploma or the equivalent.
• Massachusetts teaching certification/licensure as a Voc Tech Teacher:
  Construction Cluster‑Electricity (or certifiable).
• Current MA Master Electrician license and/or MA Journeyman license.
• Five years of full-time employment experience directly related to electricity.
• Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement (Required within 1-year of start date).
• Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus.
• Multilingual candidates and candidates of color are strongly…