Petaluma, California
Posted: 20-Jun-25
Location: Petaluma, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $35/hour
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Salary Details:
Required Education:
Dates: August 11, 2025- November 4, 2025
Hours: 7:45-3:30 Monday-Friday, Tuesdays until 5:00 for Faculty Meetings
Compensation: $35/hour
The Spring Hill School is an independent school that believes in developing the whole child by providing strong academics and social-emotional learning to foster a lifelong love of learning. Our guiding values are as follows: The Unique Potential of Each Child, Academic Excellence, Experiential Learning, Community & Diversity, Sustainability, and Global Engagement.
Teachers at The Spring Hill School are passionate, innovative, and dedicated members of the school community who work together to offer an engaging curriculum that promotes critical thinking and intellectual curiosity. We support our students in developing meaningful relationships with peers and faculty based on honesty, respect, and responsibility. We are a dedicated team of professionals who work closely together to create cross-curricular learning for all grade levels and maintain a positive work environment for all.
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced, passionate, and engaging long-term substitute teacher to cover maternity leave for our 7th and 8th grade humanities classes and 8th grade advisory. The ideal candidate will have experience teaching middle school students and a strong understanding of literature, history, and social studies curriculum. This position will involve lesson planning, instruction, assessment, and collaboration with fellow teachers and staff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and deliver engaging, developmentally appropriate humanities lessons aligned with school curriculum and standards.
Teach a combination of language arts (literature, writing, grammar) and social studies (history, civics, geography) to 7th and 8th-grade students. - Lead 8th-grade advisory sessions, focusing on social-emotional learning, executive function, study skills, and high school transition support.
- Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners and foster a positive, inclusive classroom environment.
- Assess student progress through varied formative and summative assessments; provide timely and constructive feedback.
- Maintain regular communication with parents/guardians regarding student progress, classroom updates, and conferences.
- Collaborate with middle school team members, learning specialists, and administrators to support student success.
- Participate in school duties such as morning, recess, and lunch supervision.
- Attend staff meetings, professional development sessions, and support school events when applicable.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Valid teaching credential for middle school or relevant subject areas (preferred).
- Minimum of 2 years of teaching experience at the middle school level preferred.
- Experience teaching social and emotional skills to middle school students.
- Experience designing interdisciplinary, inquiry-based learning experiences.
- Strong classroom management skills and the ability to engage and motivate students.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to maintain continuity in curriculum and instruction during the leave period.
- Enthusiastic, flexible, and collaborative team member committed to student-centered learning.
- Familiarity with or willingness to learn educational technology tools (e.g., Google Workspace for Education, Blackbaud, S’More, etc.).