Substitute Teacher Pool - Deschutes County

MountainStar Family Relief Nursery; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading non-profit organization in Central Oregon seeks dedicated substitute teachers for on-call placements across Deschutes County. Candidates should have open availability and a passion for supporting vulnerable families in a therapeutic classroom environment.

Benefits

Wellness Days

Professional growth opportunities

Continuing Education

Qualifications

• Experience in social service settings and knowledge of community resources.
• Ability to work with children with diverse needs.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, therapeutic classroom environment.
• Implements developmentally appropriate activities.
• Communicates positively with staff, volunteers, and parents.

Skills

Effective communication

Cultural competence

Time management

Education

Relevant certification

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About the Job:

MountainStar is actively building a pool of dedicated substitute teachers to support our classrooms across Deschutes County. We are seeking qualified individuals with open availability Monday through Thursday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM for on-call placements at our Redmond, Bend, and La Pine locations. Substitute Teachers play a vital role in maintaining a therapeutic and supportive classroom environment while implementing child directed and developmentally appropriate activities.

Description

About the Job: MountainStar is actively building a pool of dedicated substitute teachers to support our classrooms across Deschutes County. We are seeking qualified individuals with open availability Monday through Thursday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM for on-call placements at our Redmond, Bend, and La Pine locations. Substitute Teachers play a vital role in maintaining a therapeutic and supportive classroom environment while implementing child directed and developmentally appropriate activities.

Why You Want To Join Us

You believe that every child deserves the best start possible. You believe that parenting is hard even in the best circumstances. You care about children who have experienced trauma and want to work to support vulnerable families to succeed. You enjoy working with children in a trauma informed workplace and a therapeutic classroom environment. You are motivated to engage with families and offer resources so that families are supported in nurturing their child’s emotional, physical, and intellectual development.

About MountainStar Family Relief Nursery

MountainStar Family Relief Nursery is a local non-profit that has been in Central Oregon for 20 plus years. We are a strength-based child abuse and neglect prevention program to support families with children ages 6 weeks through 5 years. We provide high quality trauma-informed care and services for children and families experiencing high stress. Services include a therapeutic classroom emphasizing social-emotional development, home visits, parenting classes and other full wrap around services.

Our Values Are

• Caring – welcoming, trauma-informed, non-judgmental, family-focused, compassionate, honest, and fun.
• Collaborative – engaged with clients, supporters, program partners, and communities.
• Excellence – committed to quality programs, current research, continuous learning, and robust evaluation.
• Inclusive – seek out and value diverse perspectives, understand and address systemic barriers equitably.

What’s In It For You

MountainStar offers a professional, agile workplace with its primary goal being a workplace of choice. We provide excellent leadership that aligns strategies with our mission, empowers employees’ autonomy, offers trauma-informed workplaces, maintains a culture of transparency, wellness days, learning and development opportunities. Ranked as one of the 100 best nonprofits to work for in 2022 and 2023, our employees' work experience reflects our commitment to a positive environment.

About The Environment

• Wellness Days & Team Appreciation Days
• Professional growth opportunities
• Continuing Education
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Engaging, purposeful, values-based work
• Meaningful connections
• Work/life balance
• Focus on well-being & health
• Positive, supportive work culture

About The Role

• Maintains a safe, therapeutic, attractive, comfortable, and well-designed classroom environment.
• Implements therapeutic, child directed, healthy, and safe activities that are developmentally and age appropriate.
• Supports a dual-language classroom by fostering a language-rich environment.
• Maintains record keeping as assigned.
• Communicates positively with staff, volunteers, parents, and children.
• Assists with custodial duties and supervision of classroom and playground activities.
• Fosters understanding of the Relief Nursery’s mission and services.
• Gathers child and parent mental health and development screenings as needed.
• Serves USDA meals following family-style guidelines.
• Assists in transportation of children/families as needed.
• Performs other related duties.

Requirements

What You’re Skilled At:

• Experience in social service settings and knowledge of community resources.
• Basic knowledge of child abuse and neglect.
• Ability to work with children with diverse needs.
• Effective communication, rapport building, conflict resolution skills.
• Maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Cultural competence and understanding of DEI principles.
• Ability to relate sensitively to at-risk children and families.
• Independent and team work skills, good time management.
• Reliable attendance.

Physical Demands, Background, Driving, and Training Requirements

• Knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices; relevant certification or experience.
• Ability to work outdoors, handle physical tasks, and pass background checks.
• Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, clean driving record.
• Within 60 days, obtain CPR, First Aid, food handler’s card, and complete mandatory courses.

Salary Range + Benefits:

This is a part-time, flexible, on-call position with availability Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:30pm. Pay rate is $21.88/hour. All positions are contingent on funding and organizational policies.

To Be Considered For This Position

Please email your resume and cover letter to [e-mail]. Include how your skills, experience, training, and attitude will support your success.

Equal Employment Opportunity

MountainStar is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation.