Substitute Teacher

School Year

$30.00 per hour

Bertschi School educates children to become compassionate, confident, and creative learners in a global community.

Our community values integrity, inclusiveness, respect, and a commitment to sustainable practices.

• Safe and known in an inclusive community that values diverse perspectives
• Supported in developing social-emotional skills
• Provided academic choice and challenge at their "just right level"
• Engaged in meaningful work
• Encouraged to problem solve through inquiry, trial, and error
• Empowered to take risks and make change
• Given opportunities to collaborate and dialogue with a diverse group of learners

Bertschi School values diversity and believes engaging our differences makes us better and stronger. We welcome and honor the unique contributions of people from all racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, gender identities, learning styles, physical abilities, and sexual orientations. Our commitment to equity drives us to be inclusive and diverse in all areas of our school.

Bertschi School, founded in 1975, is a Washington State-approved elementary school serving students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. We are an accredited member of the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS) and the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

Bertschi substitute teachers are pre-arranged or called when a teacher is ill to cover teaching responsibilities. Substitutes share their availability and teaching preferences with our office manager. Substitute opportunities range from one to several days in a given classroom throughout the school year. Substitutes may cover classroom teachers, teaching associates, and specialist classes including library, PE, Spanish, science, edtech & robotics, and drama.

• Able to facilitate substitute lesson plans for teachers in pre-K – 5th grade.
• Communicate and collaborate well with all faculty and staff
• Work and communicate well with students and their parents/guardians
• Comfortable operating classroom audio/visual equipment

• A teaching certification and master’s in education or related subject/field preferred
• Teaching experience is highly preferred.
• Perform other duties as assigned

No phone calls will be accepted.

Please submit materials in .PDF format.

Bertschi School is an equal opportunity employer seeking a more culturally diverse workplace. Bertschi School welcomes faculty and staff from various backgrounds, regardless of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.