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Building Substitute Teacher

Universal Companies

Job Description

Job Description

 

Job Title:  Building Substitute Teacher 

Supervisor Job Title:  Principal

Employment Status:  Per Diem/ Contractor 

FLSA Status:  Non-Exempt

 

The management services offered to our family of charter schools, allows us to collectively become a change agent and national leader in urban education as evidenced by student awareness of self, high academic achievement, positive school culture and community transformation wherever we serve.

Essential Functions

The Building Sub/ Day to Day is responsible for providing classroom coverage for a teacher who is absent for an extended period of time. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provides classroom instruction to students as outlined in lesson plans. 
  • Creates a classroom that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students. Maintains a safe and orderly environment. 
  • Maintains established routine of the school and classroom procedures in which assigned. 
  • Maintains a professional appearance as an example to students. 
  • Remains at school the entire school day, unless otherwise instructed to leave by building principal. 
  • Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities. 
  • Maintains reasonable rules of conduct which encourage self-discipline and responsibility. 
  • Communicates effectively with parents when needed. 
  • Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and times designated. 
  • Completes other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

  • Must have a bachelor's degree

Must have the ability to:

  • Read, analyze, and interpret lesson plans, technical procedures, and textbooks. 
  • Write general correspondence. 
  • Both orally and in writing, to present information effectively and respond appropriately to questions and concerns from individuals, administrators, parents, and students. 
  • Communicate using correct grammar.
  • Work with basic mathematical concepts. 
  • Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
  • Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations 
  • Define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. 
  • Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and to understand abstract and concrete variables. 
  • Use available information and develop realistic long-term and short-term plans for curricular goals

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the building sub is regularly required to:

  • Speak, stand, talk, walk, see, hear and, sometimes, to sit. 
  • Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. 
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to read small print. 
  • Frequently bend, reach above the head, as well as forward, and use fine motor skills.

The Universal Family of Charter Schools adheres to the policy of providing equal employment opportunities to all job applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability or sexual orientation. 

Vacancy posted a month ago
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