26-27 Long Term Substittute Teacher - Physical Education (11/30/26-3/11/27)
Somerville Public Schools · Somerville, MA · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions (none). Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Given text:
"This is a temporary position, 11/30/26-3/11/27 Position Summary The teacher in the Somerville Public Schools maintains the safety, care, and wellbeing of the students that they are charged with. They have an understanding of child and youth development and provide opportunities for learning and social and emotional development following the standards, scope, and sequence of grade level and content areas. The teacher in SPS holds high expectations for every student and strives to know each student’s unique learning strengths and needs. The teacher uses differentiated instruction strategies to ensure equitable and meaningful access to the curriculum and learning for all students. Essential Functions & Responsibilities The essential functions or responsibilities listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position Plans units and lessons and delivers instruction aligned to State standards and district curriculum.Provides ongoing formative and summative assessments and analyzes assessment data in order to determine learning needs of students.Adapts curriculum and instruction to teach all students according to their varied learning strengths and needs.Establishes and maintains culturally responsive and two-way communication with parents, guardians, and caregivers.Collaborates with other educators for the delivery of specialized instruction and/or social and emotional support according to students’ needs.Follows the guidance and direction of the School Principal and other school and district administrators to maintain a safe, welcoming, culturally affirming, and equitable learning environment.Participates in professional growth opportunities, reflects on current practices, and incorporates new methodologies into instructional planning and delivery.Additional duties as assigned by the Principal/Supervisor and in accordance with the SEU Collective Bargaining Agreement. Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills Appropriate Department of Elementary and Secondary Educator's license in the field or subject for this positionDESE SEI endorsement RequiredBilingual Educator Preferred Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position’s essential functions. Mobility: Frequent walking, standing, and navigating stairs.Lifting/Strength: Ability to lift, push, pull, or carry objects ranging from 10 to 30 lbs (e.g., books, supplies, equipment).Physical Dexterity: Bending, crouching, kneeling, stooping, and reaching to assist students.Stationary Tasks: Remaining in a stationary position (sitting/standing) for long periods. Reporting Relationships Position Reports to: The School Building Principal and K-12 Supervisor of Health and Physical EducationPosition Supervises: Not applicable Terms of Employment Position Type: Full TimeFLSA Classification: ExemptUnion Status: SEU, Unit ASalary and benefits are determined in accordance with the Somerville Educators Union, Unit A collective bargaining agreement and the policies of the Somerville School Committee.Work days and salary will be prorated to according to the actual start and end dates of the assignment Pre-Employment Requirements MA Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Clearance Fingerprints The Somerville Public School does not discriminate in its programs, facilities or employment of educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, home status, marital/civil union status, sex/gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, citizenship status, place of birth, national origin, ancestry, cultural identity, genetics or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals' group or interferes with their ability to learn or work."
We need to extract sections:
- About the role: maybe the Position Summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: Essential Functions & Responsibilities list.
- Requirements: maybe Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills? Or separate Qualifications and Skills sections.
We have Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills: includes license, SEI endorsement required, bilingual preferred.
Also Physical Requirements: mobility, lifting, dexterity, stationary tasks.
Reporting Relationships: reports to principal, supervisor.
Terms of Employment: position type full time, FLSA exempt, union status, salary/benefits per CBA, work days prorated.
Pre-Employment Requirements: CORI clearance, fingerprints.
EEO boilerplate to remove.
We need to decide which headings to include: About the role (Position Summary). Responsibilities (Essential Functions). Requirements (maybe combine Qualifications and Physical Requirements? Could have Qualifications and Skills separate). Benefits: posting mentions salary and benefits determined per CBA, but no specific benefits listed. It says "Salary and benefits are determined in accordance with the Somerville Educators Union, Unit A collective bargaining agreement". That's not specific benefit details, but it's a statement about benefits. The rule: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that salary and benefits are determined per CBA, but not specifics. Is that enough to include a Benefits section? It says "Salary and benefits are determined in accordance with ...". That is a statement about benefits, albeit generic. I'd consider that as stating benefits exist but not details. The rule says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that benefits are determined per CBA, so we could include a Benefits section with that sentence. However, we also have Pay: "Salary and benefits are determined..." includes salary. So we could have Pay section with that sentence. Schedule: maybe work days prorated to actual start and end dates. That's schedule info. So we could include Schedule section.
But we must avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", etc. The posting does give some specifics: temporary position dates 11/30/26-3/11/27. Position type full time. FLSA exempt. Union status. Salary and benefits per CBA. Work days prorated to actual start and end dates. That's specific enough.
Thus we can include Pay, Benefits, Schedule sections.
But we need to avoid duplication: Pay and Benefits could be combined? The rule says use headings for each if content exists. We could have Pay section with salary statement, Benefits section with benefits statement, Schedule section with work days and dates.
But the posting says "Salary and benefits are determined in accordance with ...". That's a combined statement. We could split: Pay: Salary determined per CBA. Benefits: Benefits determined per CBA. Or we could just have one Pay section and note benefits there. However, we need to follow headings list: Benefits, Pay, Schedule. If we put both salary and benefits in Pay, Benefits section would be empty -> not allowed. So we need to either split or omit Benefits if we can't give specific benefit details. The posting does not list specific benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. It only says benefits determined per CBA. That is still a statement about benefits. So we can put that in Benefits section.
Similarly Pay: we could say Salary determined per CBA (maybe same). But that duplicates. Could we put Pay: Salary determined per CBA (per CBA). Benefits: Benefits determined per CBA (per CBA). That's repetitive but still specific. Might be okay.
Alternatively, we could omit Benefits section and just have Pay and Schedule. The rule: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." If Benefits would be thin (just a generic statement), maybe better to omit Benefits and include that info in Pay or Schedule. But the rule says never create Benefits unless posting actually states them. It does state them (benefits determined per CBA). So we could include but it's thin. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But we have headings fixed; we cannot create custom headings. We could put Pay section with salary and benefits statement, and omit Benefits section entirely. That would be fewer sections. That seems preferable.
Similarly Schedule: we have work days prorated to actual start and end dates, plus the temporary position dates. That's substantive.
Thus sections: About the role (Position Summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills + Physical Requirements?), maybe we split Qualifications and Skills? The heading list includes Qualifications, Skills. We could put license etc under Qualifications, and maybe physical requirements under Skills? But physical requirements are not skills. Could put under Requirements. But we have Requirements heading. So we can put all qualification-like info under Requirements. Skills heading maybe we can omit if no specific skills beyond those already covered. The posting mentions "Bilingual Educator Preferred" which is a skill/qualification. Could go under Skills. But we can also include under Requirements.
We need to decide to keep sections minimal but substantive. Let's propose:
- About the role (Position Summary)
- Responsibilities (Essential Functions & Responsibilities)
- Requirements (Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills; Physical Requirements; Reporting Relationships; Pre-Employment Requirements)
- Pay (Salary determined per CBA)
- Schedule (Temporary position dates 11/30/26-3/11/27; Full-time; Work days prorated to actual start and end dates)
We omit Benefits.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc.
We need to format:
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions (none). Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Given text:
"This is a temporary position, 11/30/26-3/11/27 Position Summary The teacher in the Somerville Public Schools maintains the safety, care, and wellbeing of the students that they are charged with. They have an understanding of child and youth development and provide opportunities for learning and social and emotional development following the standards, scope, and sequence of grade level and content areas. The teacher in SPS holds high expectations for every student and strives to know each student’s unique learning strengths and needs. The teacher uses differentiated instruction strategies to ensure equitable and meaningful access to the curriculum and learning for all students. Essential Functions & Responsibilities The essential functions or responsibilities listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position Plans units and lessons and delivers instruction aligned to State standards and district curriculum.Provides ongoing formative and summative assessments and analyzes assessment data in order to determine learning needs of students.Adapts curriculum and instruction to teach all students according to their varied learning strengths and needs.Establishes and maintains culturally responsive and two-way communication with parents, guardians, and caregivers.Collaborates with other educators for the delivery of specialized instruction and/or social and emotional support according to students’ needs.Follows the guidance and direction of the School Principal and other school and district administrators to maintain a safe, welcoming, culturally affirming, and equitable learning environment.Participates in professional growth opportunities, reflects on current practices, and incorporates new methodologies into instructional planning and delivery.Additional duties as assigned by the Principal/Supervisor and in accordance with the SEU Collective Bargaining Agreement. Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills Appropriate Department of Elementary and Secondary Educator's license in the field or subject for this positionDESE SEI endorsement RequiredBilingual Educator Preferred Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position’s essential functions. Mobility: Frequent walking, standing, and navigating stairs.Lifting/Strength: Ability to lift, push, pull, or carry objects ranging from 10 to 30 lbs (e.g., books, supplies, equipment).Physical Dexterity: Bending, crouching, kneeling, stooping, and reaching to assist students.Stationary Tasks: Remaining in a stationary position (sitting/standing) for long periods. Reporting Relationships Position Reports to: The School Building Principal and K-12 Supervisor of Health and Physical EducationPosition Supervises: Not applicable Terms of Employment Position Type: Full TimeFLSA Classification: ExemptUnion Status: SEU, Unit ASalary and benefits are determined in accordance with the Somerville Educators Union, Unit A collective bargaining agreement and the policies of the Somerville School Committee.Work days and salary will be prorated to according to the actual start and end dates of the assignment Pre-Employment Requirements MA Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Clearance Fingerprints The Somerville Public School does not discriminate in its programs, facilities or employment of educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, home status, marital/civil union status, sex/gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, citizenship status, place of birth, national origin, ancestry, cultural identity, genetics or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals' group or interferes with their ability to learn or work."
We need to extract sections:
- About the role: maybe the Position Summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: Essential Functions & Responsibilities list.
- Requirements: maybe Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills? Or separate Qualifications and Skills sections.
We have Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills: includes license, SEI endorsement required, bilingual preferred.
Also Physical Requirements: mobility, lifting, dexterity, stationary tasks.
Reporting Relationships: reports to principal, supervisor.
Terms of Employment: position type full time, FLSA exempt, union status, salary/benefits per CBA, work days prorated.
Pre-Employment Requirements: CORI clearance, fingerprints.
EEO boilerplate to remove.
We need to decide which headings to include: About the role (Position Summary). Responsibilities (Essential Functions). Requirements (maybe combine Qualifications and Physical Requirements? Could have Qualifications and Skills separate). Benefits: posting mentions salary and benefits determined per CBA, but no specific benefits listed. It says "Salary and benefits are determined in accordance with the Somerville Educators Union, Unit A collective bargaining agreement". That's not specific benefit details, but it's a statement about benefits. The rule: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that salary and benefits are determined per CBA, but not specifics. Is that enough to include a Benefits section? It says "Salary and benefits are determined in accordance with ...". That is a statement about benefits, albeit generic. I'd consider that as stating benefits exist but not details. The rule says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that benefits are determined per CBA, so we could include a Benefits section with that sentence. However, we also have Pay: "Salary and benefits are determined..." includes salary. So we could have Pay section with that sentence. Schedule: maybe work days prorated to actual start and end dates. That's schedule info. So we could include Schedule section.
But we must avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", etc. The posting does give some specifics: temporary position dates 11/30/26-3/11/27. Position type full time. FLSA exempt. Union status. Salary and benefits per CBA. Work days prorated to actual start and end dates. That's specific enough.
Thus we can include Pay, Benefits, Schedule sections.
But we need to avoid duplication: Pay and Benefits could be combined? The rule says use headings for each if content exists. We could have Pay section with salary statement, Benefits section with benefits statement, Schedule section with work days and dates.
But the posting says "Salary and benefits are determined in accordance with ...". That's a combined statement. We could split: Pay: Salary determined per CBA. Benefits: Benefits determined per CBA. Or we could just have one Pay section and note benefits there. However, we need to follow headings list: Benefits, Pay, Schedule. If we put both salary and benefits in Pay, Benefits section would be empty -> not allowed. So we need to either split or omit Benefits if we can't give specific benefit details. The posting does not list specific benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. It only says benefits determined per CBA. That is still a statement about benefits. So we can put that in Benefits section.
Similarly Pay: we could say Salary determined per CBA (maybe same). But that duplicates. Could we put Pay: Salary determined per CBA (per CBA). Benefits: Benefits determined per CBA (per CBA). That's repetitive but still specific. Might be okay.
Alternatively, we could omit Benefits section and just have Pay and Schedule. The rule: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." If Benefits would be thin (just a generic statement), maybe better to omit Benefits and include that info in Pay or Schedule. But the rule says never create Benefits unless posting actually states them. It does state them (benefits determined per CBA). So we could include but it's thin. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But we have headings fixed; we cannot create custom headings. We could put Pay section with salary and benefits statement, and omit Benefits section entirely. That would be fewer sections. That seems preferable.
Similarly Schedule: we have work days prorated to actual start and end dates, plus the temporary position dates. That's substantive.
Thus sections: About the role (Position Summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills + Physical Requirements?), maybe we split Qualifications and Skills? The heading list includes Qualifications, Skills. We could put license etc under Qualifications, and maybe physical requirements under Skills? But physical requirements are not skills. Could put under Requirements. But we have Requirements heading. So we can put all qualification-like info under Requirements. Skills heading maybe we can omit if no specific skills beyond those already covered. The posting mentions "Bilingual Educator Preferred" which is a skill/qualification. Could go under Skills. But we can also include under Requirements.
We need to decide to keep sections minimal but substantive. Let's propose:
- About the role (Position Summary)
- Responsibilities (Essential Functions & Responsibilities)
- Requirements (Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills; Physical Requirements; Reporting Relationships; Pre-Employment Requirements)
- Pay (Salary determined per CBA)
- Schedule (Temporary position dates 11/30/26-3/11/27; Full-time; Work days prorated to actual start and end dates)
We omit Benefits.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc.
We need to format: About the role
then
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For Responsibilities: we have a list of duties after "Essential Functions & Responsibilities". The text: "Plans units and lessons and delivers instruction aligned to State standards and district curriculum.Provides ongoing formative and summative assessments and analyzes assessment data in order to determine learning needs of students.Adapts curriculum and instruction to teach all students according to their varied learning strengths and needs.Establishes and maintains culturally responsive and two-way communication with parents, guardians, and caregivers.Collaborates with other educators for the delivery of specialized instruction and/or social and emotional support according to students’ needs.Follows the guidance and direction of the School Principal and other school and district administrators to maintain a safe, welcoming, culturally affirming, and equitable learning environment.Participates in professional growth opportunities, reflects on current practices, and incorporates new methodologies into instructional planning and delivery.Additional duties as assigned by the Principal/Supervisor and in accordance with the SEU Collective Bargaining Agreement."
We need to split into list items. Each sentence separated by period. We'll create
- for each. For Requirements: we have several pieces: - Qualifications, Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills: "Appropriate Department of Elementary and Secondary Educator's license in the field or subject for this positionDESE SEI endorsement RequiredBilingual Educator Preferred" We need to parse: "Appropriate Department of Elementary and Secondary Educator's license in the field or subject for this position" (maybe missing space before DESE). Then "DESE SEI endorsement Required". Then "Bilingual Educator Preferred". We can list as bullet points. - Physical Requirements: list of mobility, lifting/strength, physical dexterity, stationary tasks. - Reporting Relationships: "Position Reports to: The School Building Principal and K-12 Supervisor of Health and Physical Education" and "Position Supervises: Not applicable". Could include as bullet. - Pre-Employment Requirements: "MA Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Clearance Fingerprints". Could be bullet. We could combine all under Requirements section as a list. But we also have "Terms of Employment Position Type: Full TimeFLSA Classification: ExemptUnion Status: SEU, Unit A". That's more