Building- Substitute Teacher - Elementary Schools

Building-Based Substitute Teacher

Location:

Elementary Schools

The Building-Based Substitute Teacher covers the absence of the educator while providing instruction and assistance to learners and managing classroom activities and behaviors. The Building-Based Substitute Teacher creates an engaging, nurturing, and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing; providing instruction in academics, choice ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong-learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaboration:
  
  Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
• Communication:
  Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.
• Compassion:
  Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners' experiences. Empowers learners to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic learners, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information. Partners with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion. Proactively seeks to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.
• Creativity:
  Connects with team members and shares ideas in an effort to improve the overall learner and employee experience. Utilizes creative, critical thinking skills when faced with challenges.
• Critical Thinking:
  Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge and understanding.
• Reflection:
  Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities. Demonstrates understanding of the diverse social, emotional and developmental learning needs of learners.
• Resilience:
  Maintains composure while dealing with stressful situations. Proactively seeks out resolutions and takes initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.
• Responsibility:
  Covers the absence of the educator through maintaining established educational plans. May be assigned to cover a paraprofessional opening, if no teacher openings available. May be assigned as learner supervision or bus-loop responsibilities. Utilizes district behavioral plans as a backbone to promote positive learner behavior. Fosters a safe and equitable learning environment. Utilizes knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and learners.
  
  Creates an environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the learners. Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, in harmony with the goals, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to learners.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear. The specific vision abilities required for this role include close and peripheral vision. The employee may be required to lift up to ~30 pounds.

The employee must work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands. The employee will work in an environment that has a quiet to loud noise level.

Education and/or

Experience:

North Dakota Substitute Teaching License is required. North Dakota Teaching License is preferred. Experience working in a school setting is preferred. Experience working as a substitute teacher is preferred. Language

Skills:

Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondences in the English language. Ability to communicate effectively verbally, expressively, and reactively. Other

Skills and Abilities:

Exercise confidentiality, discretion, and good judgement. Adhere to the assigned work schedule by maintaining regular and punctual attendance.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None.

The West Fargo Public School District is committed to maintaining a learning and working environment free from discrimination and harassment in all employment and educational programs, activities, and facilities. The District prohibits discrimination and harassment based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or other protected status by law. External applicants are eligible for ND Veteran's Preference:
North Dakota veterans claiming preference must submit all proof of eligibility by the closing date. Proof of eligibility includes a form DD214, and if claiming disabled veteran's status, a current letter of disability. West Fargo Public Schools is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusivity in all hiring and employment practices. Applicants who incorporate a holistic perspective and a…