Elementary Substitute Teacher
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Pay Range: $17.50
Report to: School Principal
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Job Status: Casual
We believe that it is the parent's responsibility to train up a child in the way he/she should go. Our role is to come along side parents and offer a biblical base for the academic education families are seeking for their children. Our purpose is to partner with parents in growing their children in Christ.
Our goal is to provide our students with a biblically based academic curriculum and to teach our students principles from God's word that they will apply to every aspect of their lives.
JOB DUTIES
Spiritual
- Maintain a daily personal devotional life to be prepared spiritually for the demands of each teaching day.
- Demonstrate, by example, love and obedience to Christ and His word. Motivate students to accept God's gift of salvation and help them grow in their faith.
- Attend all regularly scheduled devotions.
- Attend an evangelical church and serve in a church ministry as the Lord leads.
Planning
- Follow all written teaching plans provided by the administration and/or absent teacher, which incorporate the school's scope and sequence or other approved curriculum.
- Employ a variety of instructional aids, methods, and materials that will provide for creative teaching to reach the whole child's spiritual, mental, physical, social, and emotional needs.
- Provide feedback or evaluation of the students' work.
- Request instructional equipment and supplies.
Instructional
- Clearly communicate the objectives and relevance of the material being taught.
- Integrate Biblical principles as appropriate.
- Determine that the students grasped the information being taught.
- Demonstrate command of and enthusiasm for the subject matter.
- Utilize a variety of teaching methods, materials, media, and evaluation tools.
- Provide reference to other disciplines and life examples in order to transfer, expand and enrich learning.
Management
- Utilize effective classroom and instructional management techniques.
- Reflect a Christ-like spirit in dealing with teacher-student, student-student, teacher-teacher, and teacher-administration relationships.
- Recognize the value of time-on-task and demonstrate overall good use of the instructional period.
- Arrange the physical environment to compliment the learning atmosphere.
Communication
- Maintain accurate and complete school records.
- Maintain effective communication with the students, parents, team members, faculty, office staff, and administration.
- Clearly communicates compassion and empathy to all students in keeping with the mission of the school
- Follow the Matthew 18 Principle when dealing with conflicts and personal problems that arise between individuals.
Professional
- Arrive punctually and attend all duties, programs, and meetings that are scheduled by administration.
Supplemental
- Supervise extra-curricular activities, organizations, and outings as assigned.
- Utilize educational opportunities and evaluation processes for professional growth.
- Provide input and constructive recommendations for administrative functions in the school.
- Support the broader program of the school by attending extra-curricular activities when possible.
- Perform other duties which may be assigned by the administration.
Safety
- Actively support and maintain safety standards, training, and an ongoing safety program, resulting in a safe and healthy work and school environment.
- Responsible for understanding the school's fire, earthquake, and lock down procedures and directing children whenever needed. Responsible for taking on an assigned role in the disaster plan if ever implemented.
- Responsible for filling out an "Ouch or Accident" report whenever administering first aid to a child.
- Comply with requirements to report reasonable suspicion of physical abuse.
Requirements
Must have one of the following:
- BS or BA degree
- California Teaching Credential
- ASCI Teaching Certificate
Experience and Expertise:
- Demonstrate Christ-like attributes in speech and actions.
- Demonstrate spiritual maturity, academic ability, and leadership qualities.
- Experience working with children in a teaching/supervisory capacity.
Clearances
- Must pass a pre-employment reference and background screen.
- Proof of legal authorization to work in the United States.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PHYSICAL : The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee will 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 adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is regularly in a typical school/classroom environment with adequate light and moderate noise levels.
SITE: A teacher must gather his/her children together on the parking lot into a cohesive unit and be able to move the children from an area on the parking lot to and into the building. A teacher must be able to take their students to local parks, the library, recreation facilities, and other local establishments for supervised activities. This requires the ability to escort and supervise children over a multi-block area as they cross busy streets in an urban environment. Teachers must be able to keep up with their students, control them until reaching their destination and remain with the students at that location.
BUILDINGS: Students in each individual classroom are required to move about in the buildings from the classroom to the lunchroom, the chapel and/or the school office. Teachers must be able to accompany students in the hallways or in other places in the building as they move from one location to another location.
CLASSROOM: Elementary teachers must be able to prepare bulletin boards (monthly) between 2 &fac12;-6 feet in height so that students can see the necessary information. This includes reaching overhead, bending, and ability to adhere items to board/wall with appropriate media. Must have sufficient vision and hearing to allow for active supervision and interaction with students. May be required to move children's desks, work tables, chairs, or re-configure room.
TEACHING: Teachers must be able to demonstrate lesson concepts using chalkboards, media, hands-on materials and computers. Teachers are required to prepare evaluation reports, fill in records, and on numerous occasions, communicate with parents both verbally and in writing.
SUPERVISION: Indoor (classroom, play areas): Teachers must be able to actively supervise students within the classroom or in the gymnasium area for indoor/outdoor recess or physical education. Outdoor (playground, parks, parking lot): Teachers in the elementary school must be able to supervise students in their classroom or while on the playground, parking lot, or park. Overall Supervision (in all areas) students must have adult supervision at all times. It is understood that students can not be left unattended at any time and/or in the left alone without the presence of a teacher, aide, staff, or ACS approved/ fingerprinted adult(s).
EMERGENCIES: A teacher must be able to quickly summon help when an emergency arises either in the classroom, gymnasium, or on the playground. Teachers are required to render minimal first aid to students who may be injured while in the classroom, gymnasium, or on the playground.
ATTENDANCE: Teachers are required to be present daily half an hour before the children arrive until half an hour after the children depart. They are also required to be present for faculty meetings and other special functions after school, and occasionally for meetings or other functions in the evening.
Competencies:
•Fully devoted disciple of Christ
•Integrity beyond reproach
•Ability to work in harmony with other staff members
•Flexible, adaptable, coachable, teachable
•Effective Communication
•Unshaken by changing priorities
•Scope (initiative, expertise in education, etc.)
•Influence/Contribution
•Relationship Building/People
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
- Location:
- Roseville
- Job Type:
- PartTime