Substitute Teacher

About the role

To assist certified professional staff in classrooms to meet instructional goals and objectives, freeing up time for teachers to focus on curriculum development.

Responsibilities

• Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills.
• Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
• Affixes to professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests, and assessments.
• Affixes to classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
• Affixes with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
• Affixes with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
• Affixes with students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
• Affixes with students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
• Constructs, copies, and distributes educational materials as needed.
• Affixes with parents as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
• Affixes with students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
• Participates in IEP process and serves as a resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
• Affixes with students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.
• Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures, and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.