Lowell Public Schools
Central Administration Office, Edith Nourse Rogers School
43 Highland Street
Lowell, MA  01852

Tel: (978) 674-4327, Fax:  (978) 674-2143
Monday through Friday from 8:00 - 4:00

Current Staff

Debbie Jarvis, Executive Secretary

Cheryl O'Brien, Account Clerk

District Technology Positions

• Director of Information, Communication & Technology Services (ICTS)
• District Webmaster
• Help Desk Coordinator

Apply on-line for these position(s) in the Technology Positions

Open SY12/13 Principal Positions:

• Sullivan Middle School - closed

Apply on-line for these position(s) in the Supervising Principals

Open SY12/13 Teaching Positions:

Compendium III of Teaching Vacancies will be closed on May 10, 2012.

Apply on-line for these position(s) in the SY2012/2013 Teaching Application

• Speech Language Pathologist

apply on-line for position(s) in the SY2011/2012 Teaching Application

Open SY 12/13 Support Staff Positions:

• Compendium I of Paraprofessional Vacancies will be close on May 20, 2012.

 apply on-line for position(s) in the SY2012/2013 Paraprofessional Positions 

School Administrative Positions (apply as an external candidate) - please check the deadlines:

Coaching & Advisors Positions:

• none

apply on-line for positions in the Athletic Coaching Positions

Clerical Positions

• none at this time

Summer School Positions

• Building Administrator
• Teachers
• Paraprofessional
• Parent Liaison
• Nurses
• Coaches
• Special Education Positions

Apply on-line for these positions in our Job Posting Categories

Other District Positions:

• Speech Language Assistant

apply on-line for position(s) in the Other District Positions

apply on-line for these positions at Tutor Positions

Recruitment & Hiring

    The Personnel Department provides service for the employees of the Lowell School Department in a variety of ways.  From initial hiring to retirement planning, our staff is ready to assist and provide guidance with necessary paperwork and information.  One of the main functions of the Personnel Office is recruitment and hiring of staff.

    Recruitment begins each year on December 1 with the publication of all open teaching positions in critical need areas (Special Education, English as a Second Language, Mathematics, the Sciences and Reading) on the website, in the schools and at the Personnel Office.  All other teaching positions are listed on February 1 and these listings are updated frequently through the summer.  Teacher transfers and hiring of new staff continues through August.  Administrative and other staff vacancies  are published on the Lowell Public Schools website and in local newspapers.  Copies of the posted positions can be found at the Personnel Office and at each school site.

    Each year , the Lowell Public Schools join with 28 other school systems in the Merrimack Valley to sponsor a Teacher Recruitment Fair.  The fair attracts over 800 teacher candidates in areas ranging from Elementary Education, Special Education, Mathematics, the Sciences, English Language Arts, Physical Education and the Arts.

Highly Qualified Staff

    The Personnel Department works with each teacher and administrator to ensure that they possess an appropriate Massachusetts Department of Education educator license.  All administrators possess an appropriate license in the area in which they are working.  In the school year 2007-2008, the Department of Education certified that our teaching staff was 98% highly qualified in the areas in which they were teaching.  Along with our highly qualified teaching staff, we are proud to say that our paraprofessional staff is 100% highly qualified under the federal guidelines of the "No Child Left Behind Act".

    The Office of Professional Development and the Lowell Teacher Academy work with the Personnel Department to offer high quality professional development, formal mentoring opportunities, graduate level coursework and a state approved District Licensure Program.  These opportunities are sponsored through partnership programs with the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Fitchburg State College.  The Lowell School Department offers reimbursement opportunities for staff to reduce the cost of tuition for our courses.

Hiring Statement

    The school committee subscibers to the fullest extent to the princpal of the dignity of all people and of their labors and will take actionto ensure that applicants are employed, assigned and promoted without regard to their age, reace, creed, color, sex, or national origin or sexual orientation.  Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant for a position is selected on the basis of qualifications, merit and ability.