Long-Term Substitute Teacher, Grade 1

Tentative work period: August 13, 2026 – November 4, 2026.

Schedule

• Daily hours: 8:45 AM – 4:15 PM

Pay

• Salary: $24.64 per hour

About the role

Long-Term Substitute Teachers ensure all students have equal instructional opportunities and create a classroom environment in which teaching and learning are challenging, dynamic, and comprehensive. The role is grounded in the understanding that the aim of education is personal growth, the development of individual talents, abilities, and values; the acquisition of knowledge; and the pursuit of understanding.

Responsibilities

• Provide for instructional needs and interests of students with the aid of appropriate and effective daily lesson planning.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and where classroom time is utilized effectively.
• Demonstrate the use of a variety of teaching techniques and instructional resources to implement approved curriculum.
• Use evaluation effectively to promote student growth and development intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Demonstrate fair, firm, and consistent behavior towards students and promote self-discipline.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills and positive interpersonal relations with students, parents, staff, and community.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of school system goals and objectives by following school board policies and administrative procedures.
• Assist administration and other staff members in reaching the mission for the school by applying ethical standards in professional relationships.
• Strive to maintain and improve professional competencies.
• Supervise students in a variety of school settings.
• Maintain appropriate records.
• Monitor appropriate use and care of equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the school principal.
• Regular and predictable attendance.

Requirements

• An Associate’s degree or 60 college credits.
• Knowledge and use of culturally responsive practices.
• Capability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation, on the telephone, and in addressing groups.
• Ability to travel to school and other local locations, as well as state meetings, sometimes with little notice.
• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
• Ability to spend long hours sitting.
• Ability to reach with hands and arms.
• Sufficient manual dexterity to grasp, handle, manipulate, and/or feel objects and use office technology.
• Sufficient mobility to move about the work area.
• Sufficient vision to read and comprehend printed materials, see distant objects with clarity, and identify and distinguish objects.
• Sufficient hearing to hear and comprehend conversations in person and on the telephone, as well as distinguish sounds up to twenty (20) feet.
• Occasionally climb or balance.
• Occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally lift fifteen (15) pounds.

Work Environment

• Moderate noise (examples: classroom/office environment with computers, printers, and telephones; regular conversations within classrooms/offices, cubicles, hallways, and conference rooms; meetings one-on-one, in small groups, and large settings).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited institution.
• MSDE-issued professional teacher certificate with the appropriate content endorsement.
• Demonstrated outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Bilingual (Spanish).
• Familiarity with FCPS policies, goals, and programs.