Building-Based Substitute Teacher - Elementary Schools

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Openings as of 7/27/2026

Building-Based Substitute Teacher - Elementary Schools

• Position Type:
  Substitute/ Substitute Teacher
• Date Posted: 7/23/2026
• Location:
  
  District

Position Title
:
Building-Based Substitute Teacher

Location
:
Elementary Schools. See Summary for more information.

Department
:
Substitute

Reports To
:
Building Principal

Term
:  School Year

Schedule
:
See Summary for more information.

Salary
:
Full daily rate equates to $200.00/day. Will receive a $130 bonus after completing 10 full-time substitute days in the district – Does not need to be consecutive days. Bonus payment will follow the next payday after the 10th full-time day has been paid.

Date of last review
:
July 2026

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.

Location:

There are multiple openings across the district for the Building-Based Substitute Teacher role (one per building). The hired individual will be assigned within their building on each learner-contact day to provide substitute coverage. Each Building-Based Substitute Teacher will have an identified partner school. On the rare occasion that the Building-Based Substitute Teacher is not needed to cover a teacher absence at the assigned school, the substitute may be required to cover an unfilled teacher opening at the partner school.

Schedule:

Schedule follows the operation hours for the applicable school setting. The workday begins 15 minutes before learner contact time and ends 15 minutes after learner contact time.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

(Other duties may be assigned)

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.

The physical demands and work environment described here are…