Permanent Building Substitute/Substitute Coordinator ( Temporary, one year) bei Essex Westford School District

Essex Westford School District (EWSD) has an opportunity for a temporary one-year contract, Substitute Support Specialist to join the team at Founders Memorial School (FMS). This position provides student supervisory duties to ensure a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all students while serving as an administrative school-wide resource. This position is a fantastic opportunity for a paraeducator seeking more experience and/or those interested in becoming a special educator or classroom teacher. The Substitute Support Specialist is full-time, 8 hours per day, during the school year. This is a one-year, temporary position beginning in October 2025 through the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year. 

EWSD offers excellent benefits including generous paid time off, medical, and dental insurance, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and a retirement plan with up to 6% employer contribution. 

Our district vision is: "Growing hearts and minds, for a better today and tomorrow: every day, every way, every one."

EWSD is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive environment. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse community populations and are expected to strengthen such capacity if hired. Candidates with experience living or working in another country, the ability to fluently speak more than one language, and/or peace corp experience are encouraged to apply.

Primary job duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Short and semi-long term substituting for a variety of paraeducator positions
• Supervise students as requested (during lunch, study hall, before and after school, etc.)
• Short-term substitute coverage for licensed educator positions across a variety of content areas
• Provide general administrative, classroom, and school-wide support 

For additional information, CLICK HERE for a copy of the full job description.

EWSD conducts thorough screenings of all applicants being recommended for hire, which may include contacting references not listed on your application. Selected individuals are subject to criminal records background checks and child and adult abuse registry checks. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon acceptable results of these checks at the sole discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Please click HERE for additional background check information.