<p>Position Type:</p> <p>Middle School Teaching/Science</p> <p>Date Posted:</p> <p>6/10/2025</p> <p>Location:</p> <p>Swift Middle School</p> <p>Date Available:</p> <p>08/25/2025</p> <p>Closing Date:</p> <p>07/01/2025</p> <p>&nbsp&nbspAdditional Information: Show/Hide</p> <p>Science Teacher</p> <p>Position Title: Science Teacher - Swift Middle School</p> <p>Location: Swift Middle School</p> <p>Position Reports To: Principal of Swift Middle School</p> <p>Job ID: #2313</p> <p>Internal Close Date: June 17, 2025</p> <p>External Close Date: July 1, 2025</p> <p>Anticipated Start Date: Upon Completion of Onboarding; Contractual year begins July 1; First day</p> <p>of school year is August 25, 2025</p> <p>Required Certifications & Qualifications</p> <p>Current State of Connecticut Teaching Certificate: #033 or #034</p> <p>General Scope of Function</p> <p>Watertown Public Schools is seeking a motivated and dynamic individual able to effectively teach all fundamental aspects of General Science to middle-school aged students by creating a well-rounded instructional program that promotes curiosity, perseverance, critical thinking and risk-taking.</p> <p>Key Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li> <p>Ability to establish positive relationships with students, parents and staff</p> </li><li> <p>Completes daily assignments and all job related responsibilities with care, accuracy and in a timely fashion.</p> </li><li> <p>Creates a student-centered classroom which ensures that every child is achieving and moving towards realizing his/her potential through shared decision-making.</p> </li><li> <p>Cultivates trusting and collaborative relationships with students, parents and colleagues.</p> </li><li> <p>Establishes high behavioral and academic expectations for students to ensure safety and high levels of engagement in the science classroom.</p> </li><li> <p>Addresses behavioral and academic needs with fairness and consistency.</p> </li><li> <p>Fosters an environment where students proactively demonstrate positive social interactions, academic risk-taking and conflict-resolution skills.</p> </li><li> <p>Strong content knowledge in the area of science.</p> </li><li> <p>Uses knowledge of student development, the adopted curriculum/program, the learning progressions of the NGSS and multiple student data sets to drive instructional decisions to address whole group, small group and individual strengths and areas of need.</p> </li><li> <p>Develops engaging and dynamic lesson plans, which includes hands-on learning, experiments and opportunities for inquiry style learning, with multiple student entry points to ensure high levels of engagement and learning for all students.</p> </li><li> <p>Maintains and actively utilizes records of student progress to differentiate instruction and provide actionable feedback to students.</p> </li><li> <p>Uses ongoing self-evaluation and reflection to identify areas for improvement, and takes action to improve professional practice.</p> </li></ul> <p>Additional Duties</p> <ul> <li> <p>Attends staff development programs, curriculum development meetings, and other professional activities.</p> </li><li> <p>Performs all other duties that may be assigned by the Building Administrator(s).</p> </li></ul> <p>Terms of Employment</p> <ul> <li> <p>186 days</p> </li><li> <p>Based on the working agreement between the Watertown Board of Education and the Watertown Education Association</p> </li></ul> <p>All application materials must be submitted online, through Applitrack; should you have any difficulty in submitting your online application please contact (860)945-4813.</p> <ul> <li>District reserves the right to close the posting if a suitable candidate is found prior to the external closing date. </li></ul> <p>Attachment(s):</p> <ul> <li>#2313 Science Teacher - SMS .pdf </li></ul>