LONG TERM SUB - Science

Upper School Science (Chemistry) Teacher

Position Begins: January 5, 2025

Status: Part-time Long Term Sub, Exempt
Department: Instructional Faculty, Upper School (grades 9-12)

Mounds Park Academy is a PreK-12 independent school in Saint Paul, MN that serves approximately 575 students from throughout the Twin Cities area. Since 1982, Mounds Park Academy has engaged students in a rigorous college preparatory experience that is demanding, but not draining, and goes far beyond memorization. Students are challenged to apply their understanding to stir the human spirit, stand for justice, and shake the world. This is what we call rigor with purpose, and it grounds our students in the radical idea that their identity in the world is not measured by a test score, but rather by the depth and decency of their impact on the world.

MPA is committed to embracing diversity, seeking equity, and continually striving to be truly inclusive. As a community, MPA is focused on fostering a safe and inclusive space for all, aspiring to be cognizant of gender-identity and equality, religious understanding, socio-economic diversity, and racial justice.

Mounds Park Academy seeks a part-time, Long Term Substitute Upper School Science teacher, with experience in Chemistry. This position includes implementing existing curriculum to teach a single section of laboratory based Upper School Chemistry from January 5 - April 3, 2026. We seek individuals with experience in teaching high school age students with one or more degrees in a Science related subject or with equivalent educational or professional experience. Science teachers at MPA are responsible for providing a classroom instructional program that supports the individual needs of all students in accordance with the school’s mission and values.

Responsibilities Include:

• Teach one section of Upper School Chemistry daily from 8 - 9:15 AM.
• Incorporate hands-on, lab based approach to teaching and learning science
• Emphasize critical thinking through content, research, and analysis
• Make science relevant and meaningful by inspiring students
• Implement diverse lesson plans and chemistry curriculum provided by the Department
• Supervise, encourage, counsel, and evaluate students

• Foster and sustain an effective classroom environment that fosters open discussion with the freedom to express varied points of view
• Utilize and incorporate available academic technology for instruction 

• Communicate and meet with students and parents when requested
• There is a possibility that this position could be expanded to include two (2) sections of Anatomy & Physiology, January 5 – January 16, 2026, for a candidate with appropriate experience.

Qualifications and Experiences Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in one or more Science related subjects
• Master’s Degree or equivalent, preferable (keep - ?)
• Experience teaching Chemistry, preferable

In addition, a candidate should possess the following personal qualities:

• Enjoy working with high school-aged students
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills
• Admirable leadership skills 
• Strong collaboration skills
• Substantial organization skills
• An interest in and openness to professional growth and development
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion
• A sense of humor, warmth of personality, and energy
• Flexibility

Mounds Park Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.