2026 Middle School Summer Support

Employment Opportunity 2026 Middle School Summer Support Position 1 Teacher Humanities at McDevitt 1 Teacher STEM at McDevitt 1 Teacher Humanities at Kennedy 1 Teacher STEM at Kennedy Responsibilities Must hold a MA DESE teaching license. Preference will be given to those certified in the content being taught. Facilitate a structured learning environment for daily instruction on MESH power standards. Description of Program This program is an academic focused program to support the summer slide (similar to past Step Up for incoming 7th & 8th). Students will engage with STEM based learning that is similar to Project Lead the Way along with having an opportunity to be part of a Summer Reading Book Club. This program is for current 6th and 7th grade students. This program must have a minimum of 20 students to run. Site Location: Kennedy Middle School or McDevitt Middle School Compensation Contractual rate of $40 per hour for up to a total of 110 hours for the summer (may be less if job sharing) for a total of up to $4400. Terms of Employment The summer program will be held from July 6th to August 6th. Program times for students will be Monday - Thursday. Work consists of 4 hours of daily teaching, 30 minutes of supervision of students, and 1 hour of prep daily for 19 days (no prep on the last day of summer school). There will be a 1 hour prep meeting with the site coordinator prior to summer school. Preparation during summer school may take place on site or from home. Job sharing is allowable to be determined by hiring managers. If you are interested in job sharing and have a partner educator you would like to do this with, please indicate that in your application. Position is contingent on students enrolling in the programming offered. If you have any questions, please contact Chad Mazza at chadmazza@walthampublicschools.org or Shannon Conley at shannonconley@walthampublicschools.org Please apply internally using TalentEd via Waltham Public Schools For technical questions, email hr@walthampublicschools.org