Long Term Substitute Teacher (Spanish) - Grades 4th-12th

Job Description

2024/2025 School Year

Yellow Wood Academy is looking for qualified Substitute Teacher candidates for the 2024-2025 school year substitute pool. This is an at-will position and days and hours can vary Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. We are happy to have people who are available any days of the week

Mandatory orientation and training will occur after a candidate(s) are selected for the Substitute Pool.

Why You Should Teach at Yellow Wood Academy

At YWA, everything we do is centered around the student. We are a team of dedicated educators who start every day looking for new and engaging ways to help our students grow and meet their academic and social-emotional goals.

Working at YWA provides teachers with the opportunity to teach students who are neurodiverse, need additional support and accommodations, or simply need a personalized approach. As a teacher here, you will work with students one-on-one and in small groups of three or four, adapting pace and approach to meet your students’ needs.

YWA's Educational Philosophy

Our philosophy is to provide every student with the tools and encouragement needed to pursue their own personal journey. We do this by constructing a unique educational program for our students that considers the whole child. All our programs are academically rigorous while personalizing the pace, style, and projects for our students.

YWA Community Values

Yellow Wood Academy welcomes a diverse community, and believes that diversity empowers an environment that inspires learning and growth. We believe that a community includes and embraces a range of differences in learning style, race, color, creed, religion, ethnic and national origin, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, neurodiversity and life experiences. We foster and encourage respect for personal differences, growth of the individual, and diversity within our school population.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree required.

· Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

· To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

· Positively support the school’s policies and practices and work collaboratively in a professional organization.

· Respect for and dedication to working with children with special needs.

· Able to use strong written and oral communication skills to transfer thoughts and express ideas.

· Flexible and adaptable in dealing with new, different, or changing requirements.

· Maintain confidentiality and security of information.

· Effective in handling multiple concurrent tasks

· Familiar with Microsoft Word and Outlook, ability to learn and work with the school’s integrated data-based software package as needed.

· Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer or standing to teach.

· Completed background check post-interview and three professional references

Responsibilities:

• The guest teacher provides instruction to students (as directed by the instructor's lesson plans) including assessment, instruction, and evaluation of students in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Guest teachers may also be asked to provide class coverage on an as needed basis.
• Interact with students and maintain a cordial and cooperative working relationship with colleagues, parents, administrators, and other staff.
• Provide guidance to students that will promote their educational development.
• Follow teacher's lesson plans and provide documentation as to the progress achieved during the substitute assignment.
• If hired refer to the Yellow Wood Academy Substitute Handbook.

Benefits:

· Daily pay rate (full day) $200; (half day) $100

· Sick leave

Pay: $150.00 - $200.00 per day

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• On call

Application Question(s):

• Are you available for single day substituting as well as the possibility of long term substitution (multiple days) if the opportunity presents itself?

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $100