Long Term Substitute - Middle School Humanities

At The Mount Vernon School , students are empowered to discover, explore, learn, design, create, and effect change. With a commitment to Identity, Diversity, Equity, and Action (IDEA), we welcome the opportunity to engage in honest, vulnerable, and courageous conversations that challenge our biases and assumptions. Our goal is to design a better world, so we choose to equip students with the knowledge, skills, attributes, and relationships they need to be impact-ready.

The Team 

The Middle School Faculty are a collaborative and forward-thinking community of education professionals who are consistently looking for ways to create real-world, project-based experiences that help their students connect content in a relevant and impactful way. While they customize and personalize the learning for each course, this team is united in using an inquiry-based model and a mastery approach to teaching. The humanities team at Mount Vernon, uses an interdisciplinary approach to teach literature, history, and grammar concepts using projects, design thinking, expeditionary, and inquiry-based approaches.

The Role 

The Grade 7 Humanities Long Term Substitute role facilitates the delivery of humanities curriculum including history, literature, and english language arts. This role meets with students daily and coordinates project-based learning using the assignments and unit outlines provided by the classroom instructor. Working collaboratively with the Grade 7 team, this role plays an important role in helping students develop foundational literacy skills in reading and writing while the classroom teacher is out on leave. This position will run from August 1 to October 15, 2025

Responsibilities 

• Facilitating daily learning experiences with several groups of 15 to 22 students. 
• Maintaining comprehensive records of performance, progress, and goals using MV tools
• Communicating with families, learning coaches, and outside providers
• Participating in weekly school/division/team meetings
• Meeting the needs of the division by helping with weekly coverage and duties 

Core Competencies

• Ability to cultivate respectful and affirming environments 
• Culturally proficient & equity literate
• A track record of giving high-quality, responsive feedback 
• Knowledge of inquiry-based learning pedagogies 
• Proficiency in Google Suite & Mac/Apple OS

• Bachelor's degree in Humanities, Literature, History, K-8 Education, or related field
• Classroom teaching experience and proficiency with technological tools and platforms

Start Date | August 1, 2025

End Date | October 15, 2025

This job description is intended to describe the basic elements of the job and should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. This job description does not constitute a contract. It may be modified or amended at any time as determined in the School’s discretion.

The faculty and staff of The Mount Vernon School believe the fair and equitable treatment of employees is critical to fulfilling its mission and purpose. It is the policy of The Mount Vernon School to conduct business and provide equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.