Building Substitute

Job Summary

Job Summary
Under the direction of the CEO/Principal and the Director of Operations and Expanded Learning, the Building Substitute teaches and supports students in the event that their regular Teacher or instructional aide is unable to lead or support the class. Their duties include managing classroom behavior, quickly interpreting lesson plans and creating reports to inform the students' permanent Teacher of their success.

Building Substitute duties and responsibilities:

In order to create an encouraging learning environment for students while their regular Teacher or instructional aide will need to effectively manage, instruct, or support the class from roll call through to tidying up the classroom after the students have left. Some of the Building Substitute's duties and responsibilities include:

Follow lesson plans provided by the regular Teacher to create a cohesive and consistent learning experience for students

Manage the classroom effectively to encourage student participation, minimize distractions and maintain a positive learning environment

Adapt teaching methods to fit the needs of each individual student

Supervise students in and out of the classroom, including in the halls, on the playground and in the cafeteria

Provide in-class and at-home assignments based on the available lesson plan

Performs related duties as required

Assists instructional personnel with the presentation of learning materials and in the conduct of instructional exercises.

Tutors individual students and small groups of students with special learning needs to reinforce and follow-up learning and training activities.

Monitors and assists students with special learning needs in a variety of instructional activities as a follow-up to the presentation of instructional lessons by instructional personnel.

Monitors and assists in the remediation of specific learning problems and conditions.

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