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Sunday School Lead Teacher Position

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 Apply Now for 2025-26 

First Parish Church of Westwood, MA is seeking a paid Sunday school lead teacher for kindergarten to grade 5 youth for the 2025-2026 program year.  (See below for more information about the First Parish Church, and https://www.firstparishwestwood.org/)

The position entails preparing and leading the weekly Sunday lessons during the program year. Parent volunteers will be responsible for curriculum development and sequencing, as well as serving as assistants during class (as needed for the 2-people minimum Church safety guidelines).

The position lasts throughout the program year, September to mid-June. The lead teacher will teach each Sunday with the exception of various holiday-type weekends. Sunday school takes place during the 10:00-11:30 service time, for 30-45 minutes, depending on the service. Preparing and leading is anticipated to be about 2 hours each week. The hourly rate is $37.50 an hour, around $2400 for the program year. 

Interested? Please email jobs@firstparishwestwood.org with questions. 

To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact details for three references (we will contact your references only with your permission) to this email. 

Childcare Needed (Medford)

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Three Medford families are looking for a warm, dependable nanny to care for three kindergarten boys (who are close friends!) in an after-school nanny share.

Ideally, this person has a car to pick up one child from Brooks Elementary at roughly 2:30 PM and drive him to Forest St. to meet the other two boys at the bus stop at 3:00 PM. If you don’t drive, that’s fine—you can meet all three children at the bus stop.

Care continues until 5:00/5:30 PM. (Negotiable depending on your availability). Responsibilities include preparing a snack, supervising play indoors or in the yard, and walking to a nearby playground when weather allows. The home is well-equipped with multiple play spaces and a fenced-in yard.
The schedule is Mon-Fri & follows the public school calendar, with flexibility around short-term schedule changes. Pay is $35/hour, or $37/hour if you have a car.

Please get in touch with Sarah Rowe (Sarah.humph@gmail.com) to share your interest and discuss details further!

Thank you!

Courtney

School Psychologist Position Open

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Description

This position for a general school psychologist role that covers West Elementary school and West Middle School. There is an additional psychologist also assigned to West Elementary.

Of note, we hope applicants will desire working within layered team supports. The APS psychology team works together in a peer supervision model, the admin supervisor of the psychology team is a neuropsychologist, and psychologists are part of their buildings’ mental and behavioral health teams alongside social workers, BCBAs, and nursing. Psychologists in a general role do not have a counseling caseload and are not required to respond to crises; however, this particular assignment features the opportunity to consult to the district’s Autism programming, which is on site in both buildings, as well to any cases of interest in the general milieu. 

Responsibilities

  • Testing/Assessment:
    • Complete comprehensive psycho-educational assessments that cover domains pertinent to school functioning: cognitive, academic, social/emotional, behavioral, adaptive behavior, and other factors pertinent to the child’s learning capacity. 
    • Applicants should have a solid knowledge of frequently used tests and measures and an openness to learning new measures and workshopping creative test battery solutions.
    • Applicants should have a strong ability to interpret assessment findings for all audiences: students, parents, staff, and other parties involved in children’s care (i.e. treatment teams, case managers).
    • Applicants should be comfortable reviewing and understanding outside evaluations (i.e. educational and neuropsychological evaluations from hired examiners).
  • Prevention and Consultation:
    • Participation on MTSS teams to identify students who are at risk of educational challenges.
    • Classroom observation and consultation.
    • Participate in school-wide academic and social/emotional health efforts.
    • Collaborate with other mental and behavioral health staff (i.e. social workers, BCBAs) to implement workshops for teachers.  

Essential Skills

  • Communication skills:
    • Applicants should be able to communicate clearly in both written and oral forms to present information and respond to inquiries from colleagues, parents, and other parties (i.e. outpatient providers).
  • Discipline-based professional expertise:
    • Applicants should be able to describe the tools used by psychologists to parties outside the discipline, such as explaining tests/measures, why certain tests may be chosen, and how different measures can be compared/contrasted.
  • Data collection:
    • Applicants should have comfort advocating for data-driven decision making.
    • Within the testing and assessment process, applicants should be comfortable incorporating data from a variety of sources, including test data, information from criterion-based measures used in the classroom, schoolwide standardized testing and progress-monitoring efforts, etc.
  • Technology:
    • Applicants should have a basic knowledge of Google-based programs and software solutions, video conferencing tools, and Microsoft applications for producing reports (i.e. assessment reports, data charts).
    • Applicants should have an openness and flexibility to learn new technologies and software solutions, such as learning management systems, novel methods of communication, and platforms that facilitate data collection, including psychological testing data.

Qualifications

  • School Psychology licensure by MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is mandatory.
  • Masters Degree of higher in psychology or related field is mandatory.
  • National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP) is strongly preferred.

Supplemental Information

Andover Public Schools (APS) seeks candidates who embody our ethos, which includes valuing the identities of all students, high expectations for all students, teaching excellence, collaboration, innovation, respect, and responsibility.
APS is committed to hiring and supporting a racially and ethnically diverse faculty and staff.  Racially and ethnically diverse teachers produce a myriad of positive outcomes for all students, especially the most historically marginalized students.

To apply: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/andoverma/jobs/4977455/school-psychologist

Elementary School Psychologist position open, T3 Program

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Description

The Elementary Level T3 Student Support Program (or Tier 3) is an inclusion-based model of support for students with mental and behavioral health needs that interfere with daily school functioning and access to the general curricula. The goal of this program is to provide students with multidisciplinary emotional, behavioral, social, and academic support. Student have a regular schedule for their school day with their general education teachers, wrapped with program support. 

Students receive a combination of individual therapeutic interventions; specific in-class support for academic functioning; and group instruction regarding social skills, emotional regulation, self-reflection, and coping skills for school-based stressors. 

The goal of this program is to foster skills development in the areas of emotion regulation, academic resiliency, and socialization. By doing so, the intention is to decrease “out of class time” due to symptom interference, and increase each student’s ability to receive academic instruction. 

Position Overview

This position is for the staff psychologist role in the Andover Public Schools elementary level T3/SSP program. This psychologist will oversee program operations at one elementary school. They will be partnered with a T3/SSP Sp.Ed. teacher and work with their multidisciplinary school-based team to support students (i.e. BCBA, social worker). Of note, we hope applicants will desire working within layered team supports. The APS psychology team works together in a peer supervision model, the admin supervisor of the psychology team is a neuropsychologist, and the T3/SSP psychologists in district are included on the district level broad mental health team alongside social work colleagues. In addition, each school building that has the T3/SSP program also has an additional psychologist who manages general building needs, such as the majority of 

Responsibilities

  • School-based case management of T3/SSP students
  • Individualized program design
  • Therapeutic Interventions
  • Consultation to teachers/staff
  • Progress monitoring
  • Testing/Assessment for T3/SSP students
    • Note: There is a second psychologist conducting most assessments.
  • Work with multidisciplinary supports (i.e. social workers, BCBAs, SLPs, OTs, nursing)
  • Prevention planning

Qualifications

  • School Psychology certification by MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is mandatory.
  • Masters Degree or higher in psychology or related field is mandatory.
  • National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP) is strongly preferred.

Supplemental Information

Application Materials:
 

  • 3 letters of recommendation
  • 2 or more redacted psychoeducational assessment reports
    • Preference for a sample assessing SLD and a sample assessing social/emotional challenges.
  • 1 or more FBA reports 
  • 1 or more BIPs
  • 1 or more work samples related to intervention planning, progress monitoring, etc.

To apply: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/andoverma/jobs/4947489/elementary-school-psychologist-t3-program

Science Teacher Position Medford High School (Chemistry/Biology)

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Position Type:
  High School Teaching/Science – Chemistry

Date Posted:
  6/5/2025

Location:
  Medford High School

High School Scince 
Chemistry/Biology

Responsibilities: 

Position Purpose Under the general supervision of the School Principal, the science teacher facilitates student success and growth in academic and interpersonal skills through: implementing district approved curriculum; addressing specific educational needs of individual students and by creating a flexible, safe and optimal learning environment; and providing feedback to students, parents and administration regarding student progress, activities, and expectations. 

Performance:

  • Develops and administers art curriculum consistent with school district goals and objectives.
  • Promotes a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to individualized and small group instruction, and student learning.
  • Plans lesson plans and instructional materials.
  • Conducts ongoing assessment of student learning.
  • Maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping, grading, and attendance as required by the CBA agreement between the Medford Public Schools and the Medford Teachers Association.
  • Administers standardized tests in accordance with district testing programs. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

  • Knowledge of current teaching methods and educational pedagogy, as well as differentiated instruction based upon student learning styles.
  • Knowledge of curriculum and concepts, including all subject matters taught.
  • Ability to engage in self-evaluation process with regard to performance and professional growth as required in the CBA agreement between the Medford Teachers Association and the Medford Public Schools.

Qualifications:

Bachelors required; Masters preferred.

Experience: All levels, three years teaching preferred. 

Seeking Tutor for Rising 3rd Grader – Cambridge Family

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I’m reaching out to see if you might be able to share the following opportunity with students in your program who are interested in tutoring or child development.

We are a Cambridge-based family seeking a tutor for our rising 3rd grade daughter, who attends Baldwin Elementary School. She is currently meeting grade-level expectations in both reading and math. We’re looking for someone to supplement and enrich the support she receives at school—not to remediate or bring her up to grade level.

Ideally, the tutor would also be comfortable helping with basic executive function skills (such as organizing school materials or staying on task during homework), though this is a bonus and not a requirement.

Details:

  • 1–2 hours per week
  • In our home in Cambridge
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Competitive hourly rate ($50–$100/hour)
  • Possibility to continue into the school year

Contact: carolyn.b.olshan@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and support,
Carolyn & Ryan Olshan

West Medford Family looking for afterschool care for a sweet kindergarten girl

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Job hours/timeline: the Elementary School – The Brooks School is located across the street from our house, we’d be looking for someone to pick her up at 2:30pm and hang with her until 5pm. Job would be for the school year- September through May.


Experience: Someone who loves kids! Our daughter is incredibly self sufficient but would love to have someone that will take her to the park, play and help with activities.
We will have several activities scheduled for her so we would love someone that can drive (own car preferred but could make it work without) bring her to dance, gymnastics etc. 


Salary: $25 per hour 


My contact information: Phone: 914-815-3084Email: caitlinduff@gmail.com


Best,
Caitlin Meloy

Part-time Babysitter in Medford

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We are looking for a part-time babysitter for our 16-month-old son this summer in Medford, starting as soon as possible.

We are looking for coverage Mondays and Thursdays from 9am-1pm and can be somewhat flexible with those times. Responsibilities would include feeding him breakfast and lunch, and playing with and supervising him. We live near several playgrounds and a walking path where you could take him – he loves being outside! Our son is playful, sweet, and independent. He is also timid and can struggle with separation anxiety when left with a new caregiver at first.


Our ideal candidate would be CPR/first aid certified, have experience with children around our son’s age, and be comfortable managing separation anxiety as he warms up to you. Possibility of continuing in the fall if it works with both schedules.


Pay: $25/hour

Contact: Meghan at meghan.m.singleton@gmail.com