• Job Description

  Req#: 5286414

  This is a part-time, temporary position with no benefits. Work is not contracted and is instead governed by a Memorandum of Understanding.

  Priority Substitutes provide class coverage needs with consistency in each school. Priority Substitutes are paid at the long-term substitute rate and report to the same school every day throughout the school year. Principals use the Priority Substitute as the first staff member fill an opening due to a teacher being out of the building for any reason. When all teachers present, Priority Substitutes fill in for other responsibilities, like tutoring, duty, or other needs deemed appropriate by the principal.

  Norfolk Public Schools pays the following hourly rates to all substitute teacher and teacher assistants, as approved by the School Board:

  • Long-Term Substitute Teacher Without Four-Year Degree - $26.00
  • Long-Term Substitute Teacher With Four-Year Degree - $33.50

  Minimum Qualifications

  • Minimum Requirement: High School Graduation or GED. Successful completion of at least 60 hours of college course work is strongly preferred.
  • No teaching license is required, but preference is given to those eligible for or in possession of a teacher license from the Virginia Department of Education.
  • Must ensure a minimum of two (2) acceptable professional references are submitted electronically to the Department of Human Resources.
  • Must submit to a background investigation, to include fingerprinting and child abuse records check, and the results must be satisfactory for employment as determined by the Department of Human Resources.
  • Must provide documentation of ability to work in the United States; and
  • Must provide documentation of a valid, negative tuberculosis screening based upon the National Department of Public Health guidelines.

  Nature of Substitute Teacher Position

  • Reports to the main office upon arrival.
  • Reviews with the principal or designated staff member all lesson plans and schedules to be followed during the work day.
  • Maintains as fully as possible the established routines and procedures of the school and classroom to which he or she is assigned.
  • Teaches the lesson plan as prepared by the absent teacher. Long-term substitute teachers may be responsible for preparing lesson plans.
  • Assumes responsibility for overseeing pupil behavior in class and during lunch and/or activity periods.
  • Reports, in writing, on the day’s activities at the conclusion of the teaching day.
  • Follows all policies, rules, and procedures to which full-time teachers are subject and which govern best teaching practices.
  • An above-average amount of walking, standing, and bending is required.
  • Work involves exposure to normal, everyday risks.
  • Work is performed in a classroom and involves no unusual demands.
  • The substitute teacher is responsible for standard classroom teacher duties in the absence of the full-time teacher.

  Nature of Substitute Teacher Assistant Position

  • Reports to the main office upon arrival.
  • Works under the supervision of the classroom teacher and administrative personnel.
  • Assists teacher in the daily management and instruction of students.
  • Performs a variety of tasks in order to help facilitate the daily classroom instruction and activities.
  • Closely monitors the needs of the students, to include basic personal needs, safety needs, physical help, observation, and reporting of student behavior.
  • Follows all policies, rules, and procedures to which full-time teacher assistants are subject and which govern best teaching practices.
  • An above-average amount of walking, standing, and bending is required.
  • Work involves exposure to normal, everyday risks.
  • Work is performed in a classroom and involves no unusual demands.

• About the company

  The Norfolk Public Schools, also known as Norfolk City Public Schools, are the school division responsible for public education in the United States city of Norfolk, Virginia.

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