What are the responsibilities and job description for the Building Substitute Teacher position at Emerald Charter Schools?
BUILDING SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
Emerald Academy is Knoxville’s first college preparatory charter school. We are committed to the singular focus of growing all our scholars into leaders. We are a K-8 School of high expectations that creates the right learning culture for city students to thrive through our innovative use of time, personalized focus on each scholar and strong partnerships with scholar’s families and the community.
We believe that all students should read at or above grade level by third grade. We are committed to have our students perform in the top 5% of the state within our first decade of existence. We will develop in our scholars the skills, habits and values for them to graduate from high school, enroll in college and succeed in life.
Emerald Academy values its staff for their professional knowledge and abilities to foster student achievement. We will create an environment where teachers are empowered to make instructional decisions using the most current student evidence (data) and the team’s instructional expertise.
REPORTS TO: Director of Operations
START DATE: Immediately or 2025/2026 academic year
JOB SUMMARY:
The Building Substitute serves as a substitute teacher when a classroom teacher is not available and may cover for multiple teachers during a given day. When not working as a substitute teacher, the Building Substitute supports the Director of Operations.
JOB DUTIES:
Curriculum and Instruction
- Work as a substitute teacher.
- Share best practices with other teachers.
- Collaborate with other teachers to improve instructional and assessment practices.
Culture
- Support EA’s mission, philosophies, values, goals, and policies towards scholars, parents/guardians, and coworkers.
- Lead a classroom culture of high expectations that includes college preparation for all scholars.
- Keep the classroom environment organized, attractive, and safe.
- Interact frequently and respectfully and scholars.
Internal Operations
- Support the Directors as requested, when not working as a substitute teacher.
- Perform other duties as regular staff, including arrival, dismissal, and lunch duty.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- Tennessee Teacher License preferred
- Teaching experience in urban education preferred
- Highly qualified in content area and/or grade level
- Uses data to drive instruction
- Highly organized
- Has the work ethic and desire to go above and beyond
- Respected presence and ability to maintain a professional appearance and demeanor
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team member and foster collaboration
- Growth mindset: the flexibility to learn new methods and present new ideas
- Commitment to Emerald Academy’s mission and high expectations
- Examples of high energy, the belief that all kids can learn and achieve at high academic levels, and commitment to change the academic trajectory for city kids
