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As a substitute teacher there are many pluses to your schedule and being flexible to fill substitute positions at various elementary schools and grade levels in this district is worthwhile.
  A lot of the support daily comes from school teachers, office staff and teachers who specialize in special needs programs.
  There are multiple situations where staff, office managers, principals, resource room teachers and parents offer assistance, help, guidance, and technology assistance daily.  Never a moment where help is not offered.
  Once substitute teachers begin their years of subbing, there then becomes a 'family' comfort that makes one feel at home in each school.  Teachers, office staff and students greet you, know you, welcome you by name and welcome you back.  That is a joy.
  Working under the director of substitute teachers in this school district is important for it creates a working relationship and trust in this district that no situation is too hard to conquer or succeed at.  They are on your side and want success for you.

Most days start early and end late.  If you have a passion or teaching and you don't mind working late this is the district for you.  Because the students in most schools come from privileged families, there are far fewer classroom management problems than in some other urban districts.  Teachers are expected to work hard and the bar for teaching in many schools is very high, so they retain only the best teachers.  

The workplace culture varies with the school and the principal.  However, in general, immediate principals will be as supportive as they can.  On the other hand, principals have very little power in this district.  Hiring and firing is done through the district and principals are rarely assigned to a school or more than five years.  This makes for very unstable school cultures.

The hardest part of the job is communicating with parents.

The most enjoyable part of the job is teaching students who want to learn and help to build the learning environment in the classroom.  It is great to see the light go on in a young person's eyes when they suddenly understand.

My pay is poor; I can’t support myself on this income, let alone myself and my child. I was not prepared for my role with any pre-work training. I’ve been lucky to have awesome management and staff support and a schedule that allows me to spend time with my child. I’ve also been lucky to have a living situation that is affordable; living in this city without roommates would be impossible on the income with this job alone.

I was also not told about my salary being prorated from 9 months pay across a year period. I’m fine with it now because it means we still get paid during 2 week winter/and midwinter breaks, 2 month summer break, and no school days. It would have been nice to be prepared though, instead of receiving a shock on my first paycheck.

•	Drive buses of varying sizes over designated routes in accordance with time schedules
•	Prepare drivers for third party pre-trip inspection and on the road test along with proper district policies and procedures.
•	Trained drivers in the proper use of wheelchair tie downs, safety harnesses, car seats and other special needs apparatus
•	Trained and advised new bus drivers concerning student behavior management problems and situations.
•	Reviewed bus driver performance, student management policies, and safe handling procedures with existing drivers.
•	Maintained accurate personnel training records
•	Perform related duties as assigned.
•	Maintained the highest level of ethical behavior with parents, students, fellow employees and the communities we served
•	Lead first aid/CPR/AED instruction classes and issue certificates.
•	Present classroom instruction to meet State and District requirements

Bellevue Schools have earned the reputation for excellence in education, but have lost site of their most important members. My typical day was filled with counseling sessions for students, running from class to class helping kids with their school work, and meeting with parents and staff alike for a number of meetings considering the needs of students. I genuinely cared for the students and their education, but they were largely neglected due to inaccurate funding. I learned how to be exceptionally efficient and gained major endurance. There was a lot of pressure for excellence and protocol, and very little support from management. Compensation was decent, but they purposely cut hours down to keep us from benefits. The best part of the job was seeing kids getting the help they needed. That was my biggest motivation.

My role as a mentor/tutor was to tutor a foreign student English and to assist the teacher in the classroom during group work or presentation, and to help students with their projects one on one. I worked in a friendly professional environment that allowed me to learn how to communicate with older people and younger kids with patience. I was respectful to every student who I encountered and give everyone my undivided attention. The hardest part of the job was to give everyone attention and to go around and help every student or to settle down students if there was a situation, which thankfully didn't happen so often. I enjoyed being around the children, and listening to them and assisting them when ever they needed help and watching them bloom everyday with new information.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working for BSD as a teacher is the teachers and students. I had the opportunity to work with and learn from great teachers who are creative and cared about being a good teacher. And lastly, the students. I was at a school where students amazed me both in ability and in character. Plus they were motivated to excel in class.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I had to part ways due to beliefs and messages they sent to students and staff that I did not agree with. Nor did I want to play aart in perpetuating it on to our youth.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I loved the culture of excellence but the belief system regarding other aspects of the district was deadening.

I loved working at Bellevue School District 405!!!  If I didn't have to move back to my hometown of Yakima 200 miles away, I would have never wanted to leave. The people there are amazing.  They have every conceivable amenity, form of support, and resource available to their drivers and staff. They're the best school district in the nation bar none. 

I feel very fortunate to have been able to work in the Bellevue School District as a mentor for 1,000 middle schoolers. My job description is very flexible and changes every day depending on the need of the school. Examples are: after-school coordinator, counselor, mentor, office assistant, hall monitor, safety specialist and program manager. Our school has overall great staff and the administrators do their best to support and listen to various needs. Watching the students succeed is the best part of the job. Especially the students that are harder to help. The greater the challenge, the harder I work.

A typical day would be to come in, work on attendance, supervise for recess, office duties, lunchroom and lunch recess duties.

The hardest part of the job, is that because I am in the main office, there are continuous interruptions, whether from fellow colleagues, to just parents having questions. Because you do get interrupted fairly often, managing and staying on task could be a hard part.

The most enjoyable part of my job is the kids. I love my job, seeing the smiles on their faces, working with my co-workers. Communication is key in our job. I believe my co-workers, and my boss has done a wonderful job at it. Because it is done so well, everyone gets along, and is on the same page.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Teacher 5 salaries reported	$100,200 per year
Elementary school teacher 1 salary reported	$106,372 per year
High school teacher 5 salaries reported	$71,926 per year
Substitute teacher 3 salaries reported	$22.67 per hour
Special education teacher 3 salaries reported	$68,333 per year

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