SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

BASIC FUNCTION:

To establish a learning situation for students that will meet the needs of each student at his/her own level. To ensure that each student will grow to his/her greatest intellectual ability, emotional development and psychological well-being.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

- Reports to the building principal or school secretary upon arrival at the school building.

- Reviews with the principal, department head, or team leader all plans and schedules to be followed during the teaching day. 

- Maintains as fully as possible the established routines and procedures of the school and classroom to which he is assigned.

- Teaches the lesson outlined and described in a lesson plan book prepared by the absent teacher.

- Consults, as appropriate, with the building principal, department head, or team leader before initiating any teaching or other procedures not specified in the absent teacher’s lesson plan.

- Assumes responsibility for overseeing pupil behavior in class and during lunch and recess periods.

- Reports in writing with notes left for the absent teacher the assignments made and comments regarding student behavior.

- Follows all policies, rules, and procedures to which regular teachers are subject and which good teaching practice dictates.

- Maintains regular attendance

- Performs other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE OF:

- To perform the responsibilities as previously outlined.

ABILITY TO:

- Perform as a leader such that student achievement is maximized.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

- Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking

- Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing

- Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations

- Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching

- Requires the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum requirements:

- 64 College Hours or a Bachelor’s Degree.

- A 2.5 G.P.A. for Kentucky Emergency Certification for Substitute Teaching or a Bachelor’s Degree with valid Kentucky Teaching Certification.

LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Valid Kentucky Teaching Certification for area and grade level of assignment or a valid Kentucky Emergency Certification for Substitute Teaching.