Substitute Teacher

Description

Mission: To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.

Employee Profile:

Spiritually, the employee shall possess characteristics that reflect:

• Acceptance without reservation of the PCA doctrinal beliefs
• A strong clear Christian testimony
• A mature, godly spirit
• A person of faith and prayer

Personally, the employees life shall reflect:

• A lifestyle of biblical integrity
• A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness
• The ability to listen and respond to counsel

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist and support the teacher in any way possible while they are away from the classroom
• Follow lesson plans provided by the teacher which detail assignments, proctor quizzes or tests as requested
• Take attendance as directed by divisional Principals office
• Help with classroom organization and clean up
• Supervise class during assemblies, weekly chapels and library times and as needed
• Assume teachers assignments as instructed; such as early care duty, car pool duty or lunch room duty Professional attitude with regards to students and administration
• Maintain professionalism in regards to making any personal phone calls or taking care of personal business during time scheduled to be with your class
• Other duties as assigned by the Principal

Qualifications

Qualifications/Skills:

• College degree
• Good communication skills
• Flexibility and patience in times of stress

Physical and Mental Requirements and Work Environment Conditions:

• Talking expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students/parents and co-workers accurately, loudly or quickly
• Hearing ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and to receive detailed information through oral communication
• Standing and walking for sustained periods of time moving about on foot for lecturing and monitoring students in the classroom, as well as throughout the building and playgrounds
• Stooping, crouching, crawling and kneeling ability to assist small children with various needs
• Climbing, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Lifting ability to pick up small children as need as well as for classroom set up purposes; occasional lifting between 30 50 pounds
• Repetitive motion of the wrists, hands and fingers
• Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading
• Environment is primarily indoors in a classroom environment as well as intermittent outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold
• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts

Schedule:

On-call as needed during the school year