Certified Substitute Teacher; BPS​/BES

Permanent Certified Substitute Teacher (BPS/BES)

Bardstown Independent School, Bardstown Elementary School, Bardstown, Kentucky

Starting Date: Immediately

PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

BASIC FUNCTION:

To establish a learning situation for students that will meet the needs of each student at his/her own level. To ensure that each student will grow to his/her greatest intellectual ability, emotional development and psychological well-being.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

• Reports to the building principal or school secretary upon arrival at the school building.
• Reviews with the principal, department head, or team leader all plans and schedules to be followed during the teaching day.
• Maintains as fully as possible the established routines and procedures of the school and classroom to which he/she is assigned.
• Teaches the lesson outlined and described in a lesson plan book prepared by the absent teacher.
• Consults, as appropriate, with the building principal, department head, or team leader before initiating any teaching or other procedures not specified in the absent teacher’s lesson plan.
• Assumes responsibility for overseeing pupil behavior in class and during lunch and recess periods.
• Reports in writing with notes left for the absent teacher the assignments made and comments regarding student behavior.
• Follows all policies, rules, and procedures to which regular teachers are subject and which good teaching practice dictates.
• Maintains regular attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• To perform the responsibilities as previously outlined.

ABILITY TO:

• Perform as a leader such that student achievement is maximized.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing.
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree for a Kentucky 5-year Certificate for Substitute Teaching.
• Or a Bachelor’s Degree with valid Kentucky Teaching Certification.

LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Valid Kentucky Teaching Certification for area and grade level of assignment or a valid Kentucky 5-year Certification for Substitute Teaching.

Position Type: Full-Time

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Carrie Long, HR Assistant
• Central Office
• Phone:
• Email: carrie.longchools.us