Certified Substitute Teacher - Music

Position Type

Substitute/Substitute Teacher

Date Posted

12/20/2024

Location:

Poughkeepsie City School District

Date Available

03/01/2025

Closing Date

02/28/2025

BOARD OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

18 SOUTH PERRY STREET

POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK 12601

RECRUITMENT BULLETIN #: 24-25-123 ♦ CERTIFIED SUBSTITUTE TEACHER - MUSIC ♦ DECEMBER 2024 ♦ POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF POSITION

Position

The Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Eric Jay Rosser, is interested in receiving applications from qualified candidates for the position of:

CERTIFIED SUBSTITUTE TEACHER - MUSIC

POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Qualifications

Candidates must possess a New York State Teaching Certification

Candidates must complete a Frontline application to be considered for appointment

Duties

The Poughkeepsie City School District (PCSD) is committed to providing students and parents with pathways to opportunity that will lead to achievement and success. Through student-centered effective and transformational leadership, school and community engagement, and an unrelenting pursuit to achieve greater school outcomes for children, the Poughkeepsie City Schools is focused on developing and growing greater access, equity, opportunity, and quality across PCSD.

Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment and are intended to meet the educational needs of students when the regular teacher is absent.

Responsibilities

Certified Substitute Teachers:

• Strong classroom management skills, including the ability to effectively plan and run a large-ensemble rehearsal from both a management and a musical skill development standpoint.
• Ability to teach high school level group lessons on the various band instruments (within the woodwind, brass, and percussion families).
• Team player, able to quickly establish positive relationships with building administrators, faculty, and staff.
• Familiarity with high school level band literature
• Solid understanding of the developmental needs of high school students as well as the ability to constructively motivate and inspire their achievement and progress.
• Availability, ability, and willingness to teach jazz ensemble, Thursdays, after school until 4 p.m.
• Are required to follow the established curriculum and lesson plans provided by the regular classroom teacher;
• Should check in at the main office of their assigned school location with the Principal's secretary'
• Should report to the school office at the time listed in the AESOP substitute system, ans are required to stay ten minutes after school ending time;
• Are required to stay for the entire workday as scheduled by AESOP;
• Must comply with all district and building procedures and schedules;
• Must follow the lesson plans and instructional materials provided by the regular classroom teacher they are filling in for;
• Assumes responsibility for overseeing classroom management;
• Should not leave students unsupervised at any time;
• Are expected to move around the classroom spending time instructing and helping students.
  
  

APPOINTMENT:

Appointment will be made by the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent following assessment of training, experience, certifications, credentials and evaluation of service. Personal interviews shall be conducted where appropriate.

Salary

Daily Rate: $180/day

Final Date To Apply

Continuous Recruitment

To Apply

Please visit https://www.applitrack.com/poughkeepsieschools/onlineapp/ to fill out an online application. *Please refer to Job ID: 1106*

The Poughkeepsie City School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, disability, age, or marital status; nor does it apply any other arbitrary measure which would tend to deprive persons of their constitutional rights.