K-5 Substitute Teachers

Great Hearts Academies; Texas; On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Great Hearts Academies in Live Oak, TX seeks a Teacher Substitute to support grades 6-12 across subjects. The role is non-exempt, hourly, reporting to the Headmaster at Great Hearts Live Oak Lower School.

Responsibilities include delivering lesson plans, maintaining a safe classroom, engaging students with Socratic methods, and collaborating with staff to uphold the school’s community and educational standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred; required for long-term substitutes.
• TxDPS background clearance required.
• All majors welcome to apply.
• Certification not required for general education.
• US work authorization required.

Responsibilities

• Create a classroom environment that will feel safe for all students to learn and reach their fullest potential.
• Follow lesson plans.
• Maintain orderly classroom.
• Provide timely and meaningful evaluation/correction of student work.
• Engage students utilizing the Socratic method.
• Lead students through intelligence, charisma, humor, moral integrity, and example.
• Embrace the school’s vision of community, learning, and leadership.
• Perform additional assigned campus duties.
• Read, know, and support the school’s policies in the handbooks.
• Follow school policies and safety procedures.
• Provides reasonable assistance to students in need of individual help and makes-up work after approved absences.
• Communicate as needed with parents.
• Support and enforce dress and behavior codes.
• Keeps accurate records and makes reports as required by the Headmaster.
• Evaluate and document day-to-day work.
• Participate in faculty development on half-days as needed.
• Active member of the community of learners, pursuing professional growth.
• Pursues excellence in teaching and knowledge of Western Civilization.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

Position Title: Teacher Substitute
Location: Great Hearts Live Oak Lower School (7653 N Loop 1604 E, Live Oak, TX 78233)

Reports To: Headmaster

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Hourly

Great Hearts teaching substitutes guide students in a variety of subjects across grades 6-12, including Humanities, Math, Science, Fine Arts, Languages, and Physical Education. Teachers lead students through intelligence, charisma, humor, moral integrity and example—in short, through love and friendship. Ultimately, our teachers strive to cultivate the minds and hearts of students in the wonder-filled pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create a classroom environment that will feel safe for all students to learn and reach their fullest potential.
• Follow lesson plans.
• Maintain orderly classroom.
• Provide timely and meaningful evaluation/correction of student work.
• Engage students utilizing the Socratic method.
• Lead students through intelligence, charisma, humor, moral integrity, and example.
• He/she must fully embrace the school’s vision of community, of learning, and of leadership.
• Perform additional assigned campus duties.
• Reads, knows, and supports the philosophy, policies, procedures and other pertinent data of the school as published in the Faculty Handbook and most current Family Handbook.
• Follow school policies and procedures, including the Academy Crisis Plan, for ensuring the safety and security of students on campus.
• Provides reasonable assistance to those students in need of individual help and assists students to make-up work after approved absences.
• Communicate as needed with parents.
• Supports and enforces the school dress and behavior codes and makes reasonable efforts to promote the orderly behavior of all students in the school, on the grounds, and at off-campus school activities.
• Keeps accurate records and makes reports as required by the Headmaster.
• Evaluate and document the student’s day-to-day work.
• Participate in faculty development on half-days as needed.
• Is an active member of the community of learners, and continues to pursue his or her own professional growth and development by taking graduate courses and/or attending seminars and workshops related to the profession.
• Pursues excellence in teaching and continues to develop his or her own knowledge of the great ideas and works of Western Civilization.

Required/Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s or higher degree is preferred for all substitutes, and required for a long-term substitute teaching role
• Certification is not required for general education
• Candidates must pass a TxDPS background clearance.
• All majors are welcome to apply!

US Work Authorization Required

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal history background check and fingerprint clearance in accordance with state requirements.

Travel required: May need to travel locally for training and professional development opportunities.

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. It does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.