Integrated Preschool Teacher

Integrated Preschool Teacher

Westwood Public Schools, Downey Elementary School - Westwood, Massachusetts

Job : 5757395

Final date to receive applications: Aug 28, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Jun 01, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 30, 2026

The Westwood Public Schools seeks a dual certified teacher Preschool teacher to join a collaborative group of professionals.

The teacher plans, delivers, and implements effective instruction and assesses student learning in accordance with state curriculum frameworks and district goals. The teacher creates an educational environment in which all students are safe and achieve. The teacher collaborates with other professionals and students' families to help students succeed.

• Plan engaging lessons with clear and measurable objectives based on the MA Curriculum Frameworks and student IEPs that are relevant to the appropriate curriculum and the students in the class.
• Manage class operation by enforcing high academic and behavioral expectations, implementing routines, anticipating potential problems and taking appropriate preventative measures, and treating all students with respect.
• Create a positive class environment by building a relationship with each student, encouraging students to build relationships with one another, treating all students fairly, promoting students' self-discipline and responsibility for learning, and responding appropriately to dangerous or destructive behaviors.
• Deliver instruction effectively by establishing high expectations for all students, presenting new material explicitly and in a developmentally appropriate manner, connecting new learning to students' prior knowledge, helping students understand the relevance of what they are learning, differentiating based on students' needs, and using a variety of pedagogic approaches.
• Assess student understanding of learning objectives at the beginning, middle and end of the instructional cycle with student self-assessments, frequent formative measures, periodic summative and standardized measures.
• Collaborate with other professionals to analyze student work, draw conclusions, develop interventions and extensions, and implement new teaching strategies based on assessment data.
• Understand the Individual Education Programs and 504 Accommodation Plans of students in the class, participate in team meetings, and collaborate with special education and support staff members.
• Communicate the students' academic, social, and behavioral progress to their parents or guardians in a respectful and responsive manner.
• Fulfill professional responsibilities by collaborating with other professionals and students' parents or guardians, using good judgment, participating in professional development, reflecting on performance and making positive changes to improve student learning, being receptive to feedback, and completing assigned duties.
• Assuming other responsibilities assigned by the building principal in accordance with collective bargaining provisions.

• SEI Endorsement
• MADESE Certification in Early Childhood and Special Education
• Master's degree preferred
• Previous training in relevant curriculum and behavior support approaches

• Knowledge of the standards set forth in the MA curriculum frameworks and the Westwood learning expectations.
• Knowledge of relevant School Committee Policies, district and building goals, needs of the students in the class, and relevant state and federal laws.
• Ability to execute the performance standards set forth in the WPS teaching rubric.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues.
• Ability to forge effective working relationships with students and parents.
• Technological proficiency, both in the use of technology for communication and for instruction.
• Ability to work under time constraints and meet deadlines.
• Skill with assistive and adaptive technology, ability to work in a cloud based shared computing environment and high attention to detail and professional…