Substitute Teacher at The Fay School – Houston, Texas

Responsibilities include the following:

• Implement existing lesson plans in a manner that ensures the integrity of academic time and motivates students to learn and participate.

• Instruct students regarding a variety of classroom topics and courses of instruction.

• Follow lesson plans as required by the school.

• Assign reasonable tasks and homework to students in accordance with the lesson plans.

• Address the various learning styles of students accordingly.

• Demonstrate professional practices in teaching.

• Maintain classroom control that fosters a safe, positive environment for all students and staff.

• Ensure adequate supervision of students and the classroom environment to assure the health, welfare, and safety of all students.

• May supervise students in out-of-class settings (e.g., assemblies, lunchroom, schoolyard).

• Willing and able to routinely and appropriately use personal smartphone to utilize school apps to communicate, collaborate, and fulfill responsibilities as outlined in this Performance Profile. 

Competency Profile:

• Celebrates diversity and is proactively inclusive of all racial, cultural, socio-economic, religious, and gender groups.

• Embraces the four domains of Responsive Classroom: Engaging Academics, Positive Community, Effective Management, and Developmentally Responsive Teaching.

• Exhibits self-awareness and self-monitoring in identifying and solving student, curricular, and school problems. At the same time, the teacher understands the vision, the mission, the strategic plan, and all policies of the school and, when questions or concerns arise, raises them with appropriate colleagues and supervisors.

• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills.

• Differentiates instruction to meet the needs of all learners.

• Fosters collaboration among team to build curricula and ensure others are well informed of changes, initiatives, and progress.

• Embraces feedback and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Displays attitudes and actions that contribute to a healthy and collegial teacher culture.

• Supports and actively promotes the organization. Positively reflects the organization’s core values and addresses actions that don’t align with those values.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in appropriate field

• Ability to write and speak effectively.

• Ability to work well with other teachers.

• Ability to enthusiastically work both indoors and outdoors in various weather conditions including rain, cold, heat, etc. and on various surfaces, some inclined, including grass, dirt, trails, decking, pavement, and concrete.

• Ability to perform sustained standing and walking, navigating stairs, kneeling, lifting, and carrying up to 20 lbs., monitoring children and the immediate environment visibly and audibly and the ability to give audible instructions that can be understood by English speakers in a loud environment.