Substitute Teacher Job Description Template

Substitute Teacher

[Intro Paragraph] If you want the best engagement with your job listing, include a short paragraph introducing prospective substitute teachers to your school or district. You can take 2-3 sentences to highlight your unique teaching culture and educational environment and set your school apart from the competition. Whether you’re writing a permanent substitute teacher job description, Head Start substitute teacher job description, or targeting another role, make sure you include the specifics.

Substitute Teacher Job Responsibilities:

• Contributes to student learning, growth, and advancement.
• Demonstrates familiarity with multiple subject area(s) and displays an inclination for developing competency across the curriculum.
• Maintains a positive mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and personal/collective professional development.
• Demonstrates a high degree of self-efficacy and holds themselves accountable for learner outcomes and advocates for their students.
• Works efficiently within existing learning structures and believes in the capability of their students to excel.
• Facilitates problem-solving.
• Serves as a role-model to students.
• Invests in the learners’ well-being, health, and safety.
• Demonstrates ability to learn and convey a variety of subject matters quickly, while adhering to school processes and protocols.

[Work Hours & Benefits] This is the ideal place to talk about working hours and benefits specific to your school and another chance to sell potential applicants on things like overtime or year-round pay. You can also highlight any benefits that can set your school or district apart, like tuition or continuing education credits, and commuting or childcare reimbursements.

Substitute Teacher Skills and Qualifications:

• Knowledge of instructional methods appropriate for students at the respective grade level
• Desire and ability to work with students at the specified age level with diverse backgrounds and levels of ability toward accomplishing their educational goals
• Ability to organize tasks and manage time to meet many and varied deadlines; manage small and large groups of students in a classroom environment; and communicate effectively with students, including on potentially sensitive topics
• Working familiarity with assistive technologies; internet and email systems; and word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software
• Familiarity with computers (PC and Apple) and their use in instruction to enhance student learning
• Working knowledge of various office and video equipment

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in Education or related field
• Recent teaching experience or other activity in area of primary instruction
• Demonstrated knowledge of current instructional strategies preferred
• Previous experience teaching is a plus
• Teaching credentials a major plus

[Call to Action] Now that potential applicants are familiar with your school and specific job requirements, you need a compelling call to action to encourage prospective substitute teachers to apply. Let them know who to contact, how and where to submit an application and resume, or whether they can just click “apply” at the top of the job posting.