Medium Term Substitute - 4th Grade Teacher

Medium Term Substitute – 4th Grade Teacher

Join to apply for the Medium Term Substitute – 4th Grade Teacher role at Prior Lake‑Savage Area Schools.

Organization: Prior Lake‑Savage Area Schools

Location: Five Hawks Elementary

Start date: March 16, 2026 – June 5, 2026 (4‑week term)

Position type: Elementary School Teacher/Teacher (1.0 FTE)

Pay: $259.42 per day

Closing date: November 9, 2025

• Minnesota licensure.
• Commitment to teaching as a profession.
• Positive, collaborative, innovative attitude, with passion for education.

• Understands learning theory, subject matter, curriculum development, and student development and how to use this knowledge in planning instruction to meet curriculum goals and make connections with other disciplines.
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of students' backgrounds, skills, special needs, talents, and interests, and uses this knowledge to plan for student learning.
• Establishes goals that reflect high-level learning relating to curriculum frameworks, adapts goals to meet the needs of individual students, and uses a variety of assessments to measure goal achievement.
• Utilizes resources available for teaching and knows how to gain access to school and district resources for students who need them.
• Uses elements of instructional design to support stated instructional goals and engage students in meaningful learning and creates lessons or units that have a clearly defined structure.
• Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
• Aligns student assessment with instructional goals, communicates assessment criteria and standards to students, and uses formal and informal assessments to plan for groups of students or individuals.

• Creates a classroom environment that encourages positive social interactions among students and between the teacher and students.
• Creates a classroom that is conducive to learning, sets high expectations for student achievement, makes learning relevant, and fosters student pride in work.
• Establishes routines and procedures and effectively utilizes classroom space to enhance learning.
• Establishes clear standards for student behavior and responds appropriately and respectfully when expectations are not met.

• Uses knowledge of effective written, verbal, nonverbal and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, high level questioning, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
• Uses multiple teaching and learning strategies to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance capabilities.
• Monitors and adjusts strategies to provide timely, consistent, and high quality feedback to students related to their learning.
• Demonstrates responsiveness to students' interests, questions, and makes adjustments to instruction as needed.
• Uses educational technology to broaden student knowledge about technology, to deliver instruction to students at different levels and paces, and to stimulate advanced levels of learning.

• Engages continuously in reflective practice of classroom instruction, focused on alternative strategies for improvement.
• Maintains accurate and complete records as required by law, school board policy, district procedures, and administrative directives.
• Utilizes personal communication, technology, and other means to share student progress and engage families in the instructional process.
• Actively participates in district and school meetings, projects, and committees with the intent of providing constructive input.
• Seeks professional growth by participating in professional development activities, collaborating with colleagues, and contributing to the teaching profession.
• Dresses and presents self in a professional manner to students, parents and the community.
• Makes genuine and persistent efforts towards helping all students achieve success.
• Performs other responsibilities as assigned by the principal or designee consistent with the terms of the teachers' collective bargaining agreement.

As per teachers' collective bargaining agreement.