Emergency Substitute Teacher

Tacoma Public Schools

Expected

Start Date:

As soon as possible

Salary Level: Salary Available at Salary Schedules - Substitute Hourly Rates

NONE

This position plans, organizes and provides learning experiences for students, including developing knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to lead self‑sufficient, well‑adjusted, healthy, productive, socially responsible lives to the best of their individual potential.

• Develops lesson plans and manages learning experiences, curricular and extra‑curricular to ensure the needs of the group and individual students are met.
• Evaluates student performance and provides guidance which will promote the student’s welfare, educational development and citizenship.
• Participates in the planning and evaluation of the school program(s) and the district’s curriculum and program development.
• Provides the maximum learning opportunities for each student.
• Conducts parent conferences and a variety of other meetings with district staff, parents and students.
• Effectively utilizes resources and services of the community and the district to enhance students’ learning and teacher’s effectiveness.
• Maintains the necessary current records and reports and utilizes data to modify and improve program effectiveness.
• Ensures that the students and district get maximum returns on all equipment, materials, supplies and utilities used under his/her direction.
• Provides for and promotes the care and protection of students and school property.

• Attends staff meetings as called by the administrators.
• Maintains files on latest curriculum guides.
• Performs related duties as assigned, on a temporary basis.
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance or physical presence is an essential job requirement and critical to the performance of the work.

Confined to work area; must secure substitute or leave only at assigned breaks; may occasionally be required to travel outside of the community; may be required to lift and carry up to 20 pounds, bend, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, twist, climb, and/or be mobile.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Current enrollment in or recent completion of an accredited teacher preparation program required.

Valid Washington State teaching certificate. Successful candidates will obtain a valid emergency substitute certificate as part of the onboarding process. Fingerprints and successful WSP and FBI background clearance/sexual misconduct clearance.

• Knowledge and skill in instructional principles, methods and techniques.
• Skill in obtaining, clarifying and exchanging information.
• Skill in classroom management.
• Skill in handling student discipline.
• Ability to organize and coordinate activities.
• Ability to serve as a role model and treat students as individuals in a professional manner.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable, reliable, and regular attendance.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of people in a multicultural, diverse socio‑economic setting.

Tacoma Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Employees may contact the following coordinators for questions or complaints of alleged discrimination:

Civil Rights Coordinator:
Tiffany Davis‑Brantley, 253‑571‑1057, civil rights.wa.us
Title IX Coordinator:
Wayne Greer, 253‑571‑1191, wgreer.wa.us
504 Coordinator:
Elise Friedrich‑Nielsen, 253‑571‑1065, efriedr.wa.us

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1357, Tacoma, WA 98401‑1357.