WENTZVILLE R-IV SCHOOL DISTRICT
Position Description
Position Title: Substitute Teacher
Reports To: Building Principal
SUMMARY
Enables each child to pursue his/her education as effectively as possible in a safe environment
in the absence of the regular teacher.
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
- High School Diploma or equivalency certificate.
- Sixty (60) college credit hours from an accredited college/university.
- Valid Missouri Substitute Teaching certificate.
- Experience with educational applications preferred.
- Excellent human relations skills.
- Experience with young people, and prior experience in a school setting preferred.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
- Assumes responsibility for overseeing student behavior in class and during lunch or other
assigned areas.
- Follows all policies, rules, and procedures to which regular teachers are subject and which
good teaching practice dictates.
- Maintains as fully as possible the established routines and procedures of the school and
classroom to which he/she is assigned as directed by the regular teacher and which good
teaching practice dictates.
- Teaches the lesson(s) outlined and described in the lesson plans prepared by the absent
teacher.
- Monitors and reports school safety conditions to the building principal.
- Maintains confidentially.
- Reports immediately to the building principal or the school secretary upon arrival at the
school.
- Reports to assignment 30 minutes prior to the opening of school.
- Reviews, when necessary, with the principal, department head, or neighboring teacher, all
plans and schedules to be followed during the teaching day.
- Consults, as appropriate, with the building principal, department head, neighboring teacher
or team leader before initiating any teaching or other procedures not specified in the lesson
plans prepared by the absent teacher.
- Reports on the form provided by the school secretary or regular teacher on the day’s
activities at the conclusion of each teaching day.
- Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
- Works directly with teachers and assists with the supervision of students during emergency
drills, assemblies, hall passing and recesses.
