Preschool Substitute Teacher

Preschool Substitute Teacher

Report to : Preschool Director

Pay Range : $17.00

FLSA Status : Non-exempt, at-will

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 an evangelical church and serve in a church ministry as the Lord leads.

Planning

Instructional

Management

Communication

Professional

Supplemental

Safety

Requirements

Education

Experience and Expertise :

Clearances

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 : Teachers must be able to demonstrate lesson concepts using whiteboards, 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.

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 gym area for indoor / outdoor recess or physical education. Outdoor (playground, parks) : Teachers in the preschool must be able to supervise students in their classroom or while on the playground. 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 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, 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.

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.

Salary : $17