Grade 4 Teacher - Long-Term Substitute

About the role

This position is for a long-term substitute teacher starting on September 8, 2026, and ending on October 2, 2026.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and collaborate with professional staff to determine and coordinate standardized curriculum and testing/assessment designs.
• Create, formulate, develop, and implement instructional objectives.
• Create, formulate, develop, and implement instructional activities.
• Conduct classroom instruction/individual tutoring/counseling based on teacher-created lesson plans, instructional units, and/or individual needs.
• Audit student performance to determine need for re-instruction and alternate methods and grades.
• Create a supportive learning environment by using appropriate verbal and non-verbal reinforcing techniques.
• Prioritize tasks to enable efficient use of time.
• Determine potentially harmful situations and take steps to avoid exposure of the student to this.
• Provide time for students to relearn.
• On-going evaluation of student abilities/health status to determine needs and to adapt appropriate responses and assist with educational/career/personal planning.
• Diagnose, summarize, and interpret student strengths/weaknesses/problems for reports to parents and other school personnel.
• Respond to student needs, including providing information and guidance on educational/career options, addressing personal/health concerns, serving as a student advocate, and serving as a liaison between the district and community agencies serving youth.
• Build credibility with staff, students, parents, and the community by relating to people from all social, economic, racial, religious, or educational backgrounds and demonstrating professional competency through content taught and teaching methods used.
• Assess, plan, and initiate public relations activities that improve communications and perceptions by the community.
• Assess, plan, and participate in in-service training and/or develop/implement in-service for other staff.

Requirements

• Current MN teaching license in art for grades K-12.
• Skilled in culturally responsive teaching.
• Skilled in effective communication.
• Skilled at learning strategies—using multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things.
• Skilled at active listening—listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
• Skilled in social perceptiveness—being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react the way they do.
• Knowledge of instructional methods and training techniques including curriculum design principles, learning theory, group and individual teaching techniques, design of individual plans, and test design principles.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.