About this role
School Year 2026-2027 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.