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Tuesday, November 10, 2026 · Updated as listings and source records change
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Elementary Music Teacher (Long Term Substitute)

Houghton Elementary School

Sterling, MA, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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The Wachusett Regional School District encourages all candidates who are committed to enriching the lives of our student population to apply.

Our Core Values are: Collaboration, Empathy, Inclusivity, Integrity, Perseverance, and Responsibility.

Our Mission: To ensure a vibrant, inclusive, and respectful educational community in which we: Foster a safe, nurturing, and welcoming environment. Provide all students with equitable opportunities for deep and meaningful learning through multiple pathways. Empower all students to develop and apply their unique strengths, passions, and curiosities. Partner with our community to meet our goals while optimizing the effective and efficient use of our resources.

Position:   Elementary Music Teacher (Long Term Substitute)

Approximate dates: immediate start - anticipated end December 23, 2026

Location:   Houghton Elementary School

Pay:           $150 Per Diem

Covering a leave of absence, the Long Term Sub Teacher shall:

1. Implement a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of students;

2. Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students;

3. Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and establish, in harmony with the goals, clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and the like to communicate these objectives to students;

4. Employ instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting stated objectives;

5. Assess the accomplishment of students on a regular basis and provide progress reports as provided;

6. Counsel with colleagues, students, and parents on a regular basis;

7. Assist the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct, and, for the classroom, develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner;

8. Assist the administration in implementing District goals and policies related to the educational and operational needs of the District;

9. Perform any other related task or duty at the direction of the building principal or designee.

The Wachusett Regional School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other class protected by law.

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Sterling, MA, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-11-10

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Opportunity and Market

Sterling, MA, USA is evaluated with current MA labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The Census API city profile could not be acquired in this run; the report uses current state labor-market observations and labels their scope explicitly. [2] [3]

Career Outlook

The statewide unemployment rate supplies current labor-market context, but it does not prove demand for this occupation or employer. Occupation-specific scores are omitted. [1]

Compensation

No salary-equivalency or take-home-pay figure is asserted without listing pay and defensible local cost inputs. Federal tax brackets must be applied to the candidate’s actual filing circumstances. [4]

Housing and Cost of Living

HUD Fair Market Rent resources are provided for a housing comparison using the verified worksite or its county. No city rent is asserted when it was not acquired. [5]

Commute

A validated city commute value was unavailable. Confirm the exact worksite, schedule, transit coverage, parking and fuel costs before accepting relocation expenses.

Community Snapshot

State labor-force scale is not evidence of neighborhood safety, culture or community fit; no such inference is made. [3]

Local Economy

Current statewide employment, labor-force and unemployment observations describe the broader labor environment, not a guaranteed city or occupation outcome. [2] [3] [1]

Relocation Considerations

Verify worksite-level housing, commute, taxes, utilities, benefits, contract length and any remote-work restrictions before relocating. [5] [4]

What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

A healthy statewide labor market does not guarantee that a specialized music education role is easy to replace. Confirm contract stability, nearby housing and the real commute before paying relocation costs. [2] [1]

Methodology

This report uses the latest retrievable BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the listing’s state. It explicitly withholds city, occupation and affordability scores when those inputs were not acquired.

Sources and freshness

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective September 2026; retrieved 2026-11-10.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective September 2026; retrieved 2026-11-10.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective September 2026; retrieved 2026-11-10.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-11-10; retrieved 2026-11-10.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-11-10; retrieved 2026-11-10.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-11-10; retrieved 2026-11-10.