Salem Visiting Teachers J1 Visa Cultural Exchange Program (J1 Eligible, Licensed Teachers from the Dominican Republic (DR) ONLY), Salem Public Schools, Salem MA [SY 2026-2027]

Inspired by our mission, you are highly motivated to change children's lives through education. You'll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself, your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant, diverse in background, ethnicity, language, and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself, students, and colleagues - You see potential in all SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement, while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations, modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
• Build authentic, caring relationships with colleagues, students, and families - You build strong relationships across students, families, and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
• Embrace feedback - You are a reflective practitioner who learns from mistakes and challenges and uses them as opportunities for professional development. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

• Elementary education (specifically, Dual Language Elementary Education)
• English Language Development
• Math (Middle and High School)
• Science (Middle and High School)
• Special education

Eligibility for the Salem Visiting Teachers J1 Visa Cultural Exchange Program

To be eligible for this program, teachers must be:

• Licensed to teach in the Dominican Republic

• Currently employed as a teacher in the DR and have a minimum of two years of teaching experience - OR -

• Note: If not currently employed, have had at least two years of full-time teaching in the past eight years AND within twelve months of application have or will have completed an advanced degree beyond the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree (i.e. Masters or Ph.D.) in education or the academic subject field you intend to teach.

• Possess a degree equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree in either education or the academic subject field you intend to teach

• Bilingual (Spanish and sufficient proficiency in English)

• Note: While some teaching roles may be taught in Spanish within our Dual Language (Spanish) school, most opportunities will require teaching in English.

Ability and intent to satisfy the teaching eligibility standards, including certification, of the U.S. state or particular school where you intend to teach

Intend to utilize the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program to teach in full-time the U.S. on a temporary basis only and return to your home country after your program ends to share what you have learned with your local community

Clear a background check

Proven track record of raising student achievement scores in an urban/turnaround environment highly desired.

Proficiency with technology (digital literacy, teacher/family communication suites (ParentSquare preferred), Google Workspace) desirable.

Ability to meet the expectations of the Massachusetts Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Practice

Salary: Teacher salaries in the Salem Public Schools are determined by the Salem Teachers Union collective bargaining agreement, 2024-2027.