History Long Term Substitute Job South Hadley area,Massachusetts USA,Education / Teaching

Position: History Long Term Substitute Dec 2026- Feb 2027

History Long Term Substitute Dec 2026
- Feb 2027

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Job Details

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Starting Date: Dec 3, 2026

Job Description

SOUTH HADLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
South Hadley High School
7:21am to 2:01pm

December 2026 to February 2027

History Teacher

exp with AP course

Job Goals:

To provide each student with the individually tailored help, counsel, and learning experience he or she needs to make progress toward established educational goals

To create and/or implement a program favorable to learning and student growth

Supervision: Reports to the Building Principal or designee

Experience and Training:

Certification /eligibility for certification in appropriate grade level and field

Certification and/or licenses as required for individual positions

Such alternative to the above qualifications as the Superintendent of Schools may find appropriate and acceptable

Performance Responsibilities:
Curriculum, Planning & Assessment

Knowing the subject matter well, has a good grasp of child development and how students learn, and designs effective and rigorous standards-based units of instruction consisting of well-structured lessons with measurable outcomes

Uses a variety of informal and formal methods of assessments to measure student learning, growth, and understanding to develop differentiated and enhanced learning experiences and improve future instruction

Analyzes data from assessments, draws conclusions, and shares them appropriately

Teaching All Students

Uses instructional practices that reflect high expectations regarding content and quality of effort and work, engage all students, and are personalized to accommodate diverse learning styles, needs, interests, and levels of readiness

Creates and maintains a safe and collaborative learning environment that motivates students to take academic risks, challenge themselves, and claim ownership of their learning

Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students’ diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges are respected

Plans and implements lessons that set clear and high expectations and also make knowledge accessible for all students

Family and Community Engagement

Welcomes and encourages every family to become active participants in the classroom and school community

Collaborates with families to create and implement strategies for supporting student learning and development both at home and at school

Engages in regular, two-way, and culturally proficient communication with families about student learning and performance

Professional Culture

Demonstrates the capacity to reflect on and improve the educator’s own practice, using informal means as well as meetings with teams and work groups to gather information, analyze data, examine issues, set meaningful goals, and develop new approaches in order to improve teaching and learning

Actively pursues professional development and learning opportunities to improve quality of practice or build the expertise and experience to assume different instructional and leadership roles

Collaborates effectively with colleagues on a wide range of tasks

Becomes involved in school-wide decision making, and takes an active role in school improvement planning

Shares responsibility for the performance of all students within the school

Is ethical and reliable, and meets routine responsibilities consistently

Terms of Employment: As agreed upon through the negotiated union contract

Evaluation: Performance of the job will be evaluated on a yearly basis by the Building Principal or designee consistent with the requirements and expectations of Massachusetts Educator Evaluation regulations, 603 CMR 35.00,…