Greensboro Day School·Greensboro, North Carolina
Provide continuity of instruction for students in grades 5-8 during teacher absences, including teaching academic subjects and facilitating study halls. Responsibilities also include advising students, managing classroom safety, and performing non-academic duties like lunch and break supervision.
The Substitute Middle School Teacher is a temporary position to provide continuity of instruction for students in Grades 5-8 when a teacher is absent. The Substitute Middle School Teacher is hired on a daily basis or for a limited term.
The Substitute Middle School Teacher will model the GDS Community Cornerstones of Respect, Kindness, Integrity, and Responsibility.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Head of School.
Daily work requires supervising students both indoors and outdoors. Faculty are required to participate in regular safety drills, learn CPR, learn how to apply a tourniquet, provide basic first aid, administer epi-pens when needed, and be able to support other student-specific health-related needs. Some weekend, evening, or early morning work may be required from time to time.
All teachers must be able to provide adequate supervision indoors and outdoors, and they must be able to ensure the safety of students during drills and emergencies that may arise from time to time. The position may require prolonged periods of sitting at a desk, standing to teach, and working on a computer. Teachers must be able to lift up to 15 pounds. Teachers must also be able to traverse the classroom and adjust one's tone and height, by bending or leaning, in order to teach each child.
There are no direct reports for substitute teachers.
Market context
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