Substitute Teacher
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Job Description
Job Title: Substitute Teacher FLSA Status: NonExempt
Reports To: Director or Assistant Director Kidspace Pay Range: $22Per Hour
Program Type: Child Development Center
Organizational Overview
For nearly 50 years the House of Ruth has empowered women children and families to rebuild their lives and heal from trauma abuse and houselessness. We offer comprehensive services for survivors including serviceenriched housing nationally accredited child and family development programming and free counseling to anyone who has experienced domestic violence.
The House of Ruths Kidspace Child Development Center is an OSSEapproved employer. As a teacher or assistant teacher at the House of Ruth you may be eligible to receive a supplement payment through the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund.
Position Summary:
As a substitute teacher you will be responsible for providing instruction and maintaining classroom management in the absence of the regular teacher. Your role is vital in ensuring that students continue to learn and engage with the curriculum while supporting their educational needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned. All duties and responsibilities are completed according to House of Ruths policies and procedures.
- Provides shortterm or longterm coverage in classrooms for teacher/assistant teacher absence and acts as an aide when both teacher and assistant are present. Assists with implementing lesson plans and activities. Assists in therapeutically managing the classroom.
- Constantly interacts with the children on their level and encourages their involvement in activities. Provides therapeutic nurturing developmentally appropriate activities and interactions through play and one on one time. Builds positive relationships with staff children and parents centerwide.
- Helps to maintain an environment that is nurturing safe orderly clean inviting and stimulating. Validates childrens feelings both positive and negative at all times. Comforts upset children at all times.
- Provides positive role modeling and nurturance to parents.
- Carries out appropriate positive and consistent discipline using redirection and natural or logical consequences.
- Attends and participates in all required meetings and training sessions. Helps build a supportive staff and parent team. Follows all recommendations of specialists.
- Actively participates in all quality improvement efforts including but not limited to becoming familiar with QI tools such as CLASS and ITERS and following the best practices described by these tools attending assigned training completing surveys and other assignments designed to improve program quality participating in observations by internal observers and outside observers.
Education/Experience Required:
- High School Diploma and 2 years experience in a child care setting.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to adapt to different learning environments and manage diverse classroom settings.
- Patience empathy and a passion for helping students learn
Qualifications:
- Successfully passing the following preemployment process is required:
- FBI Fingerprint/Background Check
- Alcohol and drug Test
- Urine Screening
- TB Test
- Police Clearance
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office 365.
- High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be fully vaccinated
Physical Requirements:
Frequently Required
- Walking Bending Squatting Climbing stairs
- Getting up and down from the floor
- Lift up to 50 pounds
Occasionally Required
- Prolonged standing
- Reaching above the shoulder
Additional Information
The House of Ruth is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All duties and responsibilities are completed according to the House of Ruths policies and procedures. House of Ruth offers an attractive benefits package for all fulltime employees. To be considered you must submit your resume online.
Employment Type
Temp
