Substitute Teacher

POSITION: SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

REPORTS TO:

Building Principal and/or Designee

SUMMARY:

Job involves instruction, supervision and training of individuals or groups of students with a wide variety of needs in a regular and/or special education setting. Job activities include instruction of students in a variety of education environments including classrooms, learning centers, vocational programs, the community and/or other institutional facilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.

Reports to the principal or school secretary upon arrival at the school.

Follow lesson plans and instructional material and provide individualized and small group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each pupil.

Translate lesson plans into developmentally appropriate learning experiences.

Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior to achieve an effective learning atmosphere.

Makes appropriate referrals, and develops strategies for individual education plans.

Maintains appropriate records including taking attendance, checking test papers, recording grades, student assignments for homework, projects and the necessary clerical work required to maintain student records for a teacher who is absent.

Plans and coordinates the work of paraprofessionals, parents, and volunteers in the classroom and on field trips per the direction of RCS.

Follow lesson plans as provided and directed. Long-term subs will be required to develop lesson plans.

Carries out a program of study prescribed in the lesson plans left by the classroom teacher.

Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and objectives as indicated in the lesson plans for the lessons, units, or projects assigned.

May perform duties usually required of absent teacher such as lunchroom duty, hall monitoring, etc.

Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervise classroom, students, paraprofessionals and volunteers. Supervise students while on playground duty (elementary) if required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

All substitute Teachers are required to have a valid teaching credential or an Indiana Substitute Teaching Permit. To qualify for an Emergency 30-Day Sub Permit, an applicant must have earned a minimum of 60 semester hours of college credit or have successfully passed the Praxis test required for HQ Paraprofessionals. It is the responsibility of the substitute to insure that all credentials are current.

EDUCATION

Have a valid teaching credential or an Indiana Substitute Teaching Permit or have successfully passed the Praxis test for HQ Paraprofessionals.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Hold a valid Indiana Teaching credential or Indiana Substitute Teaching Permit.

LANGUAGE

SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general publications, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Have ability to communicate in written form regarding student behavior.

MATHEMATICAL

SKILLS:

Possess basic mathematical concepts. Have ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY:

Have ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

OTHER

SKILLS and ABILITIES:

Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.

Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.

Write using standard convention in all languages required by the job.

Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations.

Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form.

Operate/use a variety of audiovisual/electronic machines and devices.

Operate/use a variety of communication machines/equipment/devices.

Operate/use a variety of job specific machines/equipment

Have reliable transportation.

Be able to communicate with answering service or school employees by phone.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.…