Daily Sub K-8 - TPFA

Job title: Daily Substitute Teacher

Classification: Exempt

Reports to: Principal

Organization Unit: Support

Approved by: Human Resources

Effective date: 5/7/2025

An effective substitute teacher will create, control, and maintain a safe classroom environment. The substitute teacher will provide a calm, positive atmosphere for academic and social growth. He/she should create a positive rapport with students, staff, and community; always having a child first approach. The person in this position will keep their lesson plans aligned with, and utilize PA resources and pacing guides.

He/she should be professional at all times. He/she should be proficient in administering required growth measurements and assessments. An effective substitute teacher is willing to collaborate with building staff and peers.

• Always supervise students, never leave a child unattended. Do not allow students to run errands, use the restroom, go to the office, leave for intervention, counseling or speech services, unattended or unsupervised by an adult.
• Maintain high levels of classroom management at all times, including during transitions.
• Take attendance daily.
• Deliver high quality instruction at all times.
• Turn in lesson plans on school template weekly to building Administration.
• Use assigned Performance Academies curriculum and pacing guides.
• Complete and submit grade cards and interim reports.
• Drop off and pick up students for fitness or other activities in a timely manner.
• Keep your classroom free of chaos; maintain high standards of cleanliness, organization, and safety.
• Maintain appropriate and accurate inventory at all times.
• Send home agendas daily with students. Agendas must be signed every night by parents/guardians and returned to school the next day.
• Assign daily homework to all students Monday through Thursday.
• Assist with bus, recess, and lunch duty, as required by Administration.
• Assign specific times for student bathroom breaks. Students should not be sent to the bathroom unaccompanied by an adult.
• Assign and monitor daily test prep materials for state mandated testing, including Coach, Study Island, Aleks, Problem of the Day, etc. and administer the NWEA MAP test as required.
• Encourage good hand washing behavior of students. Ensure that students wear adequate foot coverings at all times.
• Enforce and require that the floor is clutter free at all times. Student backpacks, coats, hats, lunchboxes and other belongings are stowed away on hooks, in cubbies, on shelves, etc.
• Send a child to the office immediately if he/she has obvious communicable disease, such as: ringworm, rash, fever, vomiting or diarrhea.
• Conduct home visits with each parent prior to the start of school, and turn in home visit logs to building Administration as required.
• Refrain from driving students in your personal vehicle at all times.
• Ensure that all appropriate field trip forms are signed, dated, and turned into the office with appropriate written consent from parents for every child attending a field trip.
• Any and all contacts from news media, i.e., newspaper, television, radio, etc. must be immediately referred to the building Principal and Superintendent; never conduct an interview on your own.
• As a mandatory reporter, immediately report all cases of suspected child abuse or neglect to building Administration prior to calling Children Services.
• Maintain confidentiality of student records at all times. Keep all student records locked.
• Be an active participant in all IAT or IEP meetings for any students in your classroom who are being evaluated for student services. Come fully prepared for those meetings with all required documentation; including samples of student work, curriculum based measures, behavioral documentation, etc.
• Maintain positive interactions with parents, students, and staff at all times.
• Facilitate Parent/Substitute Teacher conferences according to the school calendar. Utilize student data folders.
• Choose only educationally related field trips, movies/clips for students that align to the state standards in your specific grade.
• Do not give out personally identifying information to students or parents, i.e., phone number, address, social media contacts, etc.
• Implement all Marzano, Marva Collins, PBIS, and other instructional methods as required by the school.
• Maintain all keys, computers, equipment, etc. in a safe and efficient manner.
• Send home a detailed incident report for any student who falls, hurts themselves, is injured in any way, within 24 hours of the incident. Refrain from including other student’s names in this report.
• Maintain an interesting, inviting classroom; provide interesting, stimulating instruction that is well thought out and planned.
• Consistently implement the positive behavior management plan in your classroom.
• Proof‑read all written communications to parents, students, staff, and in the school newsletter ensuring it is grammatically correct and free of spelling or punctuation errors.
• Make your own copies,…