Substitute Teacher

EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION: Substitute Teacher

QUALIFICATIONS: A high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Must have a valid health examination issued by the local

county board of health or recognized medical authority.

Certificate of completion for the Effective Teacher Training course.

Salary: $145 per day for a person with a teaching license

$120 per day for a non-licensed substitute teacher

REPORTS TO: Principal

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs regular teacher's class plan while the teacher is absent, including but not limited to the following:

• Reports to the principal or school secretary upon arrival at the school

• Communicates, collaborates, and cooperates with colleagues, supervisors, and students

• Maintains, as fully as possible, the established routines and procedures of the school and classroom to which assigned

• Assumes the responsibility for instructing classes when a teacher is absent

• Assumes other responsibilities for that teacher during the time the teacher is absent

• Assumes responsibility for overseeing student behavior in class and during lunch and other activities

• Consults with the principal or department or grade level head before initiating any teaching or other procedures not specified in lesson plans

• Maintains appropriate records including checking test papers, recording grades, student assignments for homework, projects and the necessary clerical work required to maintain student records for a teacher who is absent

• Provides for individualized and small group assistance for students as indicated by lesson plans

• Follows all district and individual school policies, rules, and procedures to which regular teachers are subject and which good teaching dictates

• Performs any additional duties as assigned by the supervisor

Must be able to:

• prepare, read, and comprehend a variety of job-related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation and correspondence in all languages required by the job

• understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style

• speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence

• respond adequately to inquiries or complaints

• write using standard conventions in all languages required by the job

• apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form

• communicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)

• deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions

• perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations

• be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements: Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs, etc. Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking, physical requirements are consistent with those for Light Work.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in…