Annual Substitute Teacher - Elementary

General Description

Responsible for instructing students in an elementary school setting serving grades PreK-5, special education and resource classes to include Art, Music, Physical Education, Library, Foreign Language and/or Technology. Assumes responsibility for all aspects of classroom instruction, assessments and behavior management on a short term or long term basis. Implements teacher created lesson plans or works collaboratively with a team of educators to generate lesson plans, providing differentiated strategies to instruct students at all levels in all content areas.

Essential Job Functions

• Improvises lessons in emergency situations where the teacher is unable to provide detailed lesson plans
• Plans, prepares and delivers appropriate curriculum content to students
• Establishes and communicates clear objectives for all learning activities
• Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities
• Delivers intervention services to all students based on specific goals and objectives established by Chesterfield County Public Schools and the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Remains current in best practices for instructional delivery, assessment and behavior management
• Affirms student learning using multiple tools on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs
• Creates positive educational climate for students
• Maintains order within the classroom setting in accordance with division guidelines regarding student behavior management
• Supervises students in non-classroom time (before school, after school, student activities, and fire drills)
• Collaborates with other faculty in planning and delivering instruction to students
• Communicates regularly with parents, administration, and other staff as needed
• Incorporates and models appropriate use of technology to support instruction and student learning
• Ensures compliance with existing applicable federal and state statutes and local policies, regulations and guidelines related to public schools
• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Must be flexible and willing to adapt to change on short notice
• Considerable knowledge of Virginia Standards of Learning and available state and local resources
• Working skill in the use of media and technology to support job functions
• Demonstrated ability: to assess, monitor and use data to differentiate instruction; to organize, schedule and monitor program effectiveness; to communicate with others effectively, both orally and in writing; in decision-making, problem analysis and interpersonal relationships; to use and access a wide variety of materials to support instruction; and to effectively manage and supervise students in Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade
• Bachelor's Degree required
• Eligibility for a Virginia teaching license with an endorsement in Elementary Education preferred
• Valid driver's license

Budgetary Responsibility

N/A

Report Preparation

Prepares reports as requested by the administrator.

Equipment Operation

• Operates personal computer, basic office equipment and equipment related to program instruction.

Contact

• Contacts teachers, regular classroom and instructional assistant, building administrators, central office staff and parents.

Physical Demands

• Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer terminal
• To see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Hear, understand speech and speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly at normal levels indoors and on the telephone
• Physical agility to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk, drive, lift materials up to 25 lbs. and reach overhead

Compensation

$42,027.09 - $42,027.09

Hours Per Day

8

Days Per Year

200

Benefits

Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status. Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

Reasonable Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.