Long-Term Substitute Elementary Counselor
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Job Location:
Johnston, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Location: Timber Ridge Elementary
Assignment Length: February 16 - March 30 2026
Days & Hours: Monday - Friday 7:50 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Pay Rate: $165 per day for days 1-10 $185 per day for days 11-20 $235 per day for days 21 and beyond
Position Criteria:
- Valid Iowa Teaching license required
- Masters degree and Iowa license with Professional School CounselorK-8 endorsement perferred
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Student-centered philosophy
- Strong communication skills - verbal & written
Performance Responsibilities
Personal Performance Criteria
- Works well with others maintaining positive and effective communication with school personnel and students
- Contributes to creating a positive work environment
- Demonstrates integrity and respects confidentiality
- Works independently and with confidence
- Demonstrates ability to grasp and adjust to new and changing situations
- Demonstrates initiative and ability to work without close supervision
Professional Performance Criteria
Personal Qualifications
- Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations and works cooperatively with students parents and staff
- Project a positive image as an educator in the school and in the community
- Demonstrates an understanding and acceptance of diverse racial ethnic cultural gender special needs and religious groups
- Uses discretion in handling confidential information and situations
- Actively supports expectations of student behavior outside of the classroom during the school day
- Demonstrates a positive attitude and manages stress in a constructive manner
Guidance/Counseling Process
- Demonstrates the ability to help students make appropriate educational plans/life choices.
- Maintains and uses sources of information to guide students.
- Displays ability to help students see options implications consequences and set goals.
- Knows and uses suitable resource materials procedures and models.
- Utilizes a variety of counseling skills activities and resources in meeting the needs of students.
- Demonstrates good interpersonal skills (relationship with students staff administration and parents).
- Uses time effectively.
- Practices good listening skills (non-judgmental empathic understanding).
Responsive Services/System Support
- Expresses concern for students regardless of cultural academic intellectual emotional needs.
- Demonstrates understanding and acceptance of differences among individuals and groups (i.e. racial ethnic cultural socio-economic religious and handicaps.)
- Displays nonsexist/multicultural attitudes.
- Provides constructive strategies to students.
- Demonstrates sensitivity in communicating and working with staff.
- Works courteously and cooperatively with school personnel.
- Keeps administration informed of pertinent situations.
- Communicates with and informs parents concerning guidance and counseling services.
- Cooperates with parents in the best interest of students.
- Demonstrates professionalism.
- Maintains positive student/counselor rapport through understanding an acceptance of individual worth of student.
- Treats students in a manner which reflects an awareness of their developmental and emotional characteristics.
- Displays empathy and understanding when counseling students.
- Maintains professional confidentiality.
- Provides availability to meet with students staff and parents.
Professional Responsibilities
- Remains informed on building and district policies and works cooperatively toward their implementation
- Provides requested data in a timely and accurate manner
- Maintains a professional appearance appropriate to job responsibilities
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Early Childhood Education
- Classroom Management
- Classroom Experience
- Lesson Planning
- Preschool Experience
- Special Education
- Computer Literacy
- Teaching
- Cordova
- Experience with Children
- Toddler Care
