Substitute Teacher

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

• Delivers classroom instruction to students in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintains the confidentiality of student and school personnel information in accordance with District policy and law.
• Maintains a professional appearance as an example to students.
• Implements lesson plans in the prescribed area(s) using various techniques and instructional strategies while ensuring the integrity of academic time and manner.
• Motivates students to learn and participate in instruction and organizes students for effective instruction.
• Maintains a positive learning environment and ensures classroom procedures that foster a safe and respectful climate for all students and staff.
• Provides adequate supervision to ensure the health, welfare, and safety of all students.
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students and secure District facilities.
• Reports to the main office upon arrival at school and secures substitute identification and credentials and requests clarification of school rules and procedures from the front office personnel, if necessary.
• Reports all student injuries, accidents, illnesses, and discipline problems to the appropriate authority immediately or as soon as is reasonably possible.
• Consults with persons in appropriate positions including peer teachers to seek information or clarification regarding attendance procedures, lesson objectives, daily schedule, materials and equipment location, usage, and daily duties.
• Attends to all non-teaching duties as assigned (i.e., lunch duty, recess duty, study hall duty, etc.).
• Provides equity in the classroom by providing equal opportunity for students regardless of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, background, and abilities.
• Manages student behavior in the classroom.
• Responds appropriately to student behavior in the total school environment by enforcing school rules in hallways, on school grounds, in other school areas away from the classroom, and on school-sponsored trips.
• Participates in professional growth (such as professional organizations, coursework, workshops, and conferences) and other professional activities (such as school and/or District committees, taskforces, in-depth studies, or councils).
• Follows the policies and procedures of the school and the District.
• Demonstrates a sense of professional responsibility, such as demonstrating ethical behavior; providing accurate data and reports when needed; meeting deadlines; maintaining confidentiality; caring for the equipment and materials; and dressing appropriately and presenting a good role model.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge, And Abilities Required

• Ability to use effective communication skills;
• Knowledge of education law and regulations;
• Able to use time effectively;
• Good organizational skills;
• Able to maintain a positive relationship with other staff by collaborating and working cooperatively with them (including supervisors);
• Knowledge of physiological, psychological, emotional, and educational behavioral development of children and/or adolescents;
• Able to lead meetings;
• Able to help groups achieve consensus.

Entry Qualifications

• Certification: Substitute Certification or Standard Teaching Certification from Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board.
• Work Experience: Experience working with students in a school environment is a plus.

Physical Abilities And Working Conditions

• Vision: (which may be corrected) to read small print; view a computer screen for prolonged periods.
• Hearing: (which may be corrected) to answer telephones and tolerate exposure to noisy conditions.
• Speech: to be understood in face-to-face communications; to speak with a level of proficiency and volume to be understood over a telephone.
• Upper Body Mobility: use hands and fingers to feel, grasp, and manipulate small objects; manipulate fingers, twist and bend at the wrist and elbow; extend arms to reach outward and upward; use hands and arms to lift objects; turn, raise, and lower the head.
• Strength: to lift, push, pull and/or carry objects which weigh as much as 45 or more pounds on a frequent basis.
• Environmental Requirements: encounter constant work interruptions; work cooperatively with others; work independently; work indoors and outdoors.
• Mental Requirements: read, write, understand, interpret, and apply information at a moderately complex level essential for successful job performance; math skills at a high school proficiency level; judgement and the ability to process information quickly; learn quickly and follow verbal procedures and standards; give verbal instruction; rank tasks in order of importance; copy, compare, compile, and coordinate information and records.
• Additional Work Conditions and Physical Abilities: May require travel to multiple sites.

Evaluation

Evaluation of this position shall be by the Chief Human Resources Officer as deemed necessary.