LTS - Grade 4 Teacher - Polk

Position Type

Substitute/Long Term Substitute

Date Posted

3/11/2025

Location

Polk Elementary School

Date Available

5/09/2025

Closing Date

04/01/2025

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Long Term Substitute Grade 3 Teacher

Position Title: LTS- Grade 4 Teacher - Polk

Location: Polk Elementary School

Position Reports To: Principal of Polk Elementary School

Job ID: #2245

Internal Close Date: March 18, 2025

External Close Date: April 1, 2025

Anticipated Start Date: May 9, 2025 through End of the School Year (anticipated)

Required Certifications & Qualifications

Current State of Connecticut Teaching Certificate: #001; #002; #005; #013; #305

Essential Skills, Knowledge Performance Abilities

• Experience teaching students in elementary grades
• Ability to develop literacy and numeracy skills
• Capacity to utilize multiple resources and instructional practices to appropriately differentiate instruction and enable all children to access the curriculum
  
  

Essential Performance Responsibilities

Watertown Public Schools is seeking a motivated and dynamic individual able to effectively teach all fundamental subjects to elementary aged students by creating a well-rounded instructional program that promotes curiosity, perseverance, critical thinking and academic risk-taking. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to:

• Complete daily assignments and all job related responsibilities with care, accuracy and in a timely fashion
• Create a student-centered classroom which ensures that every child is achieving and moving towards realizing his/her potential
• Cultivate trusting and collaborative relationships with students, parents and colleagues
• Establish high behavioral and academic expectations for students and address needs with fairness and consistency
• Foster an environment where students proactively demonstrate positive social interactions, academic risk-taking and conflict-resolution skills
• Use knowledge of student development, the adopted curriculum/program, the learning progressions of the Common Core State Standards and multiple student data sets to drive instructional decisions to address whole group, small group and individual strengths and areas of need
• Develop engaging and dynamic lesson plans with multiple student entry points to ensure high levels of engagement and learning for all students
• Maintain and actively utilize records of student progress to differentiate instruction and provide actionable feedback to students
• Use ongoing self-evaluation and reflection to identify areas for improvement, and take action to improve professional practice
• Effectively collaborate with colleagues to design and implement effective instructional practices
  
  

Terms of Employment

• $115 Substitute Rate per day for the first 10 consecutive days
• $269.31 per day starting on the 11 day
• Potential for salary lane change in the 41st consecutive day upon proof of MA or MA-6th Year Degree
  
  

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:25am - 3:35pm

All application materials must be submitted online, through Applitrack; should you have any difficulty in submitting your online application please contact (860)945-4813.

• District reserves the right to close the posting if a suitable candidate is found prior to the external closing date.
  
  

Attachment(s)

• #2245 LTS - Grade 4 Teacher - Polk .pdf