Substitute Teacher

The Fay School; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

The Fay School seeks a substitute teacher to provide instruction, monitor student progress, and manage the classroom in the absence of a full-time classroom teacher.

The position is temporary and non-benefit eligible, reporting to the principal. Responsibilities include implementing lesson plans, maintaining order, and using school apps for communication and coordination.

Qualifications

• Ability to write and speak effectively.
• Ability to work well with other teachers.
• Ability to enthusiastically work both indoors and outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Ability to perform sustained standing and walking, navigating stairs, kneeling, lifting up to 20 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Implement existing lesson plans to ensure academic time and motivate students.
• Instruct students on a variety of classroom topics and courses of instruction.
• Follow lesson plans as required by the school.
• Assign tasks and homework in accordance with lesson plans.
• Address diverse learning styles of students accordingly.
• Demonstrate professional teaching practices.
• Maintain a safe, positive classroom environment for all students and staff.
• Ensure adequate supervision of students and the classroom environment for health and safety.
• May supervise students in assemblies, lunchroom, schoolyard.
• Use school apps on a personal smartphone to communicate, collaborate, and fulfill responsibilities.

Skills

Write and speak effectively

Team collaboration

Indoor/outdoor work

Physical stamina up to 20 lbs

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher inappropriate field

Job description

In the absence of the full-time classroom teacher, the substitute teacherprovidesinstruction, encourages student\'s progress, and manages the learning environment. The Substitute Teacher position is a temporary, non-benefit eligible position that reports to thePrincipal.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Implement existing lesson plans in a manner that ensures the integrity of academic time and motivates students to learn and participate.
• Instruct studentsregardinga variety of classroom topics and courses of instruction.
• Follow lesson plans as required bythe school.
• Assign reasonable tasks and homework to studentsin accordance withthe lesson plans.
• Address the various learning styles of students accordingly.
• Demonstrate professional practices in teaching.
• Maintain classroom control that fosters a safe, positive environment for all students and staff.
• Ensure adequate supervision of students and the classroom environment to assure the health, welfare, and safety of allstudents.
• May supervise students in out-of-class settings (e.g., assemblies, lunchroom, schoolyard).
• Willingand able to routinely and appropriately use personalsmartphonetoutilizeschool apps to communicate, collaborate, and fulfill responsibilities as outlined in this Performance Profile.

Competency Profile:

• Celebrates diversity and is proactively inclusive of all racial, cultural, socio-economic, religious, and gender groups.
• Embraces the four domains of Responsive Classroom: Engaging Academics, Positive Community, Effective Management, and Developmentally Responsive Teaching.
• Exhibits self-awareness and self-monitoring inidentifyingand solving student, curricular, and school problems. At the same time, the teacher understands the vision, the mission, the strategic plan, and all policies of the school and, when questions or concerns arise, raises them withappropriate colleaguesand supervisors.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills.
• Differentiates instruction to meet the needs of all learners.
• Fosters collaboration among team to build curricula and ensure others are well informed of changes, initiatives, and progress.
• Embraces feedback and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Displays attitudes and actions that contribute to a healthy and collegial teacher culture.
• Supports and actively promotes the organization. Positively reflects the organization’s core values and addresses actions thatdon’talign with those values.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher inappropriate field
• Ability to write and speakeffectively.
• Ability to work well with otherteachers.
• Ability to enthusiastically work both indoors and outdoors in various weather conditions including rain, cold, heat, etc. and on various surfaces, some inclined, including grass, dirt, trails, decking, pavement, and concrete.
• Ability to perform sustained standing and walking, navigating stairs, kneeling, lifting, and carrying up to 20 lbs.,monitoringchildren and the immediate environment visibly and audibly and the ability to give audible instructions that can be understood by English speakers in a loud environment.