Long-Term Substitute Teacher, Special Education

Position

Long-Term Substitute Teacher, Special Education ()

Location:

Blue Heron Elementary School

Available: 08/13/2026 – 11/04/2026

Hours:

8:45 am – 4:15 pm

Pay: $24.16 per hour

Long Term Substitute Teachers are responsible for teaching, classroom management, and providing equal instructional opportunities. They execute daily lesson plans, maintain a conducive learning environment, and support the school's mission.

• Provide instructional support with daily lesson planning.
• Create a conducive learning environment and utilize classroom time effectively.
• Use a variety of teaching techniques and instructional resources to implement approved curriculum.
• Use evaluation to promote student growth in intellectual, physical, social, and emotional domains.
• Demonstrate fair, firm, and consistent behavior and promote self-discipline among students.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills with students, parents, staff, and community.
• Guide learning toward school system goals and objectives, following board policies and procedures.
• Assist administration and staff in achieving the school's mission with ethical standards.
• Strive to maintain and improve professional competencies.
• Supervise students across multiple school settings.
• Maintain appropriate records and monitor equipment, materials, and facility use.
• Ensure regular and predictable attendance.

Performs other duties as assigned by the school principal.

• Associate’s degree or 60 college credits.
• Knowledge and use of culturally responsive practices.
• Knowledge of community resources.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Capability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

• Speak in a clear voice with sufficient volume to be heard in conversation and on the phone.
• Travel to school and other local or state locations, sometimes on short notice.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Spend long hours sitting.
• Reach with hands and arms; possess sufficient manual dexterity.
• Move about the work area with sufficient mobility.
• Read, comprehend printed materials and identify objects requiring sufficient vision.
• Hear and understand conversations in person and on the phone, up to 20 feet.
• Occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally lift up to 15 pounds.

Moderate noise in classroom, office, or conference room settings with regular conversations, computers, printers, and telephones.

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Demonstrated outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Capability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Possession of a professional teacher certificate issued by MSDE with appropriate content endorsement.
• Familiarity with FCPS policies, goals, and programs.

FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

This job description has been written to provide a general outline of the nature and level of work performed by employees holding this position. It does not constitute a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities or add required qualifications at any time.