Chelsea Public Schools
Stipend - Elementary Civics & Inquiry Instructional Leadership Team (SY25-26)
Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea, Massachusetts, us, 02150
Title - Stipend - Elementary Civics & Inquiry Instructional Leadership Team (SY25-26) (12)
LOCATION:
MCB Complex
REPORTS TO:
Laura Hubert, Elementary HSS Lead & Katie Schubmehl, Literacy and Humanities Director PK-8
Hiring manager:
Katie Schubmehl
GENERAL DUTIES:
In the 2025-2026 school year, our Elementary Civics & Inquiry Instructional Leadership Team will continue to meet monthly to engage in collaborative professional learning activities around best practices for developing civics knowledge, skills, dispositions and identities in the elementary classroom, as well as integrating an inquiry model of instruction for social studies. Civics ILT members will represent their grade-level teams in PD and debriefing sessions with Discovering Justice, as we continue to implement the Children Discovering Justice civics curriculum in K-4 and provide feedback to support
ongoing revisions. In addition to the work with Discovering Justice, K-4 teachers on the Civics ILT will
collaborate to learn more about curriculum resources and to create opportunities for civics alignment with SEL and other content areas.*Grade 3 and 4 teachers on the team will also have the opportunity to collaborate to unpack and teach two units from the new Investigating History curriculum.
It is important that all team members attend all meetings. The proposed dates for the meetings are as follows: First Thursday of Every Month from 3:00-4:30 at the MCB Complex Library.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will be an educator at the ELC or Complex who teaches or supports social studies instruction. We hope to have representation from all grade levels across schools.
COMPENSATION:
Teachers will be paid at the contractual rate for work outside of the school day. This work will be done throughout the school year. (About 12 hours per person). (this work is funded through the Civics Teaching & Learning Grant).
LOCATION:
MCB Complex
REPORTS TO:
Laura Hubert, Elementary HSS Lead & Katie Schubmehl, Literacy and Humanities Director PK-8
Hiring manager:
Katie Schubmehl
GENERAL DUTIES:
In the 2025-2026 school year, our Elementary Civics & Inquiry Instructional Leadership Team will continue to meet monthly to engage in collaborative professional learning activities around best practices for developing civics knowledge, skills, dispositions and identities in the elementary classroom, as well as integrating an inquiry model of instruction for social studies. Civics ILT members will represent their grade-level teams in PD and debriefing sessions with Discovering Justice, as we continue to implement the Children Discovering Justice civics curriculum in K-4 and provide feedback to support
ongoing revisions. In addition to the work with Discovering Justice, K-4 teachers on the Civics ILT will
collaborate to learn more about curriculum resources and to create opportunities for civics alignment with SEL and other content areas.*Grade 3 and 4 teachers on the team will also have the opportunity to collaborate to unpack and teach two units from the new Investigating History curriculum.
It is important that all team members attend all meetings. The proposed dates for the meetings are as follows: First Thursday of Every Month from 3:00-4:30 at the MCB Complex Library.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will be an educator at the ELC or Complex who teaches or supports social studies instruction. We hope to have representation from all grade levels across schools.
COMPENSATION:
Teachers will be paid at the contractual rate for work outside of the school day. This work will be done throughout the school year. (About 12 hours per person). (this work is funded through the Civics Teaching & Learning Grant).