Position Dates: December 16, 2024 - March 14, 2025

Job Summary:
The Needham Public Schools seeks a passionate and dedicated long-term substitute Wellness Teacher to teach health education to students in grades 7-8. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to promoting holistic health and well-being, helping students connect their learning in health education to broader wellness outcomes, including physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and occupational/leisure dimensions. The health curriculum will include topics such as Nutrition, Sexuality, Drug Education, and a unit on Growth and Development.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute quality health lessons in a variety of areas (e.g., Nutrition, Sexuality, Drug Education) for students in grades 7-8.
• Collaborate with a team of wellness educators to develop and evaluate programs, curriculum, assessment, and teaching methods.
• Promote the value of health and wellness throughout the school and community.
• Work with other middle school teachers to integrate curriculum and develop creative programming.
• Liaise with professionals from other disciplines (e.g., counseling, health services, food services, community organizations) to enhance curriculum and create programming.
• Help create additional health programming as identified by individual school needs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrates the ability to work with diverse populations of staff and students.
• Possesses a strong understanding of wellness and the ability to integrate wellness concepts into their program, promoting wellness within the larger school culture (among students, teachers, and parents).
• Understands wellness as holistic and multidimensional.
• Is currently certified as an American Heart First Aid Instructor.
• Demonstrates some level of special training in sexuality education.
• Has experience or knowledge in the areas of fitness, yoga, nutrition, and drug education.

Required Qualifications:

• Massachusetts DESE license as a 5-12 Health Teacher.
• Bachelor's degree.

Selection Procedure: Please apply online. Applications will be considered only when a cover letter, resume, three letters of recommendation, license, and transcripts have been attached to your online application. All resumes will be screened, and selected candidates will participate in a thorough interview process.

Compensation and Benefits:
Please review the Substitute Information to learn more about employee compensation and benefits.

Needham Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, active military/veteran status, ancestry, genetic information, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, employment policies, and other administered programs and activities. In addition, students who are homeless or of limited English-speaking ability are protected from discrimination in accessing the course of study and other opportunities available through the schools.

Needham Public Schools has a strong commitment to equity. Candidates who also have a strong commitment to this work are encouraged to apply. For more information on our equity initiatives, please visit equity website.