Building Substitute Teacher

Building Substitute Teacher

Holyoke Public Schools KELLY - Holyoke, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Job : 5839458
Final date to receive applications: Aug 07, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Posted: Jul 17, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $145 to $145 PD/TEMP

DISTRICT OVERVIEW

Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK-12 public school district serving nearly 5,100 students, of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina, in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1,300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining top-quality educators who believe all children can and will learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery, support, and belonging.

Holyoke Public Schools’ strategic plan, “Moving Forward Together,” builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach, how we work together, and how we support students’ well‑being.

Our Equity Commitments are pledges we are making to address systemic equity challenges.

• We intentionally build a community that is anti‑racist, inclusive, and culturally responsive.
• We ensure that students, families, and staff get the support they need to be successful.
• We seek out and incorporate the voices of those impacted, with a commitment to include those who have been excluded in the past.
• We promote access and inclusion for all students, staff, and families.
• We respect, embrace, and honor the diversity of our students, families, staff, and community.
• We reflect on our own behavior to minimize harm to others.
• We create a culture of acceptance and empathy so that everyone feels valued and is able to contribute to our community’s success.

Spanish:
Las Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke son un distrito escolar público de prekínder a 12.º grado que acoge a casi 5100 estudiantes, de los cuales el 80 por ciento son latinos/latinas. Empleamos a casi 1300 personas que, juntas, educan y apoyan a una comunidad de estudiantes muy diversa. Estamos comprometidos a contratar y retener educadores de alta calidad que tengan la certeza de que todos los niños pueden y podrán aprender, y que también se esfuercen diariamente por hacer de la escuela un lugar alegre de descubrimiento, apoyo y pertenencia.

El plan estratégico de las Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke, “Avanzando Juntos”, toma en cuenta nuestras fortalezas anteriores y al mismo tiempo sirve como un llamado a la acción para acelerar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes a través de una perspectiva diferente sobre cómo enseñamos, cómo trabajamos juntos y cómo apoyamos el bienestar de los estudiantes. Nuestros compromisos de equidad son promesas que hacemos para abordar los desafíos de equidad sistémica.

Por favor, visite el sitio web de las Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke en (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). para obtener más información sobre nosotros y algunos de nuestros logros recientes.

Job Description:

• Be flexible in order to meet the school administration’s needs and readily adapt to the needs of the classroom.
• Arrive 20 minutes early to review all materials and make sure you’re prepared before the students arrive in the classroom.
• Reports to the main office upon arrival at school.
• Create and enforce structured discipline and classroom control.
• Establish a safe and positive environment for all students and staff members.
• Assume responsibility overseeing student behavior in the classroom and surrounding areas in order to assure health, welfare, and safety of all students.
• Protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Honor the teacher and school policies, procedures, and schedules.
• Report all incidents of students, including injuries, accidents, illnesses, and behavioral problems to the appropriate authority immediately or as soon as is reasonably possible.
• Implement lesson plans and instructions left by the absent teacher.
• Utilize all academic class time to continue the students’ learning progress.
• Engage all students in lesson through interactive, effective teaching methods to maintain progress in the teaching curricula.
• Organiz…