Primary Function: Substitute Teachers are essential to ensuring that the classroom environment is conducive to learning and that learning continues to take place in the absence of the classroom teacher. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• High School diploma or state approved high school equivalency. 
• Be approved for hire by the local Board of Education. 
• Submit to a criminal background check including fingerprinting. 

After hire, all substitute teachers must complete a three-hour State-Mandated training session. *For information on Substitute Teacher Workshops offered by Central Savannah Regional Education Service Agency (RESA), please visit https://www.csraresa.net/substitute-trainings to register online. Applicants who have a valid (unexpired) teaching or paraprofessional certificate issued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission are not required to complete the three-hour State-Mandated training session. 

Responsibilities and Key Duties: 

• Assume duties of the classroom teacher in accordance with the teacher’s lesson plans, school rules, and district policies.  
• Lead instruction in the classroom by implementing the teacher’s existing lesson. 
• Assist students on a variety of classroom topics/courses. 
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students. 
• Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, hallway, and/or other related non-instructional areas, as needed. 
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers. 

Terms of Employment: Substitute teachers will be called in on an as needed basis. The possibility of becoming a long-term substitute if needed may be agreed upon and arranged at the request of the supervising school administrator. 

Physical Demands: Performing the functions of this job may require the following physical demands: Generally, the job requires sitting, walking, and standing.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. 

It is the policy of the Glascock County School System not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability in any employment practice, educational program, or any other program, activity, or service.