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This page shows a full Substitute Teacher resume with notes on each section, alongside 1,713 openings hiring now.

Open jobs

1,713

Most openings

Texas

Median pay

$42,250

The example

A substitute teacher resume, in full.

Resume

Marisol Reyes

Substitute Teacher — Elementary and Middle Grades

Fairview, Ohio

Professional Summary

Substitute teacher covering elementary and middle grades across three neighbouring districts, with recurring requests from six schools. Comfortable stepping into literacy, general science, and self-contained special education rooms with no advance notice.

Experience

Long-Term Substitute Teacher, Grade 4

Fairview Consolidated School District • Fairview, OH

Jan 2026 - Present

  • Covering a grade 4 classroom of twenty-six students through the end of the year following a medical leave.
  • Picked up the existing literacy and math sequence without a reset week, and kept the guided reading groups on their original rotation.
  • Ran the winter parent conferences and wrote the progress reports for the cover period.

Substitute Teacher

Fairview Consolidated School District • Fairview, OH

Sep 2024 - Dec 2025

  • Averaged four placements a week across seven elementary and middle schools.
  • Requested by name at six of them, and moved onto the district's preferred list after the first year.
  • Covered self-contained special education rooms alongside general classrooms.

Substitute Teacher

Northgate Area Schools • Northgate, OH

Oct 2023 - Jun 2024

  • Middle grades cover, mostly general science and English.
  • Took two multi-week placements during extended staff absences and maintained the existing assessment schedule in both.

Education

Ohio Valley State University

Bachelor of Arts • Elementary Education

Sep 2019 - May 2023

Skills

Classroom managementGuided readingDifferentiated instructionSpecial education supportBehaviour de-escalationGoogle ClassroomPowerSchoolLesson plan continuityParent communication

Certifications

Ohio Substitute Teaching License

Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Aug 2023

CPR and First Aid Certification

American Red Cross

Mar 2025

Section by section

What each part of this resume is doing.

Summary

The summary names the grade bands and subjects this Substitute Teacher covers, because districts screen for coverage range before anything else.

Experience

Each entry names the district and the length of the placements rather than listing duties, which is what a Substitute Teacher record is read for.

Skills

Skills stay limited to classroom management and the platforms a Substitute Teacher is expected to pick up on arrival.

credentials

The permit is listed with its issuing state, since a Substitute Teacher application is screened against it first.

Before you apply

What K-12 hiring committees look for

A district hiring a Substitute Teacher checks availability, grade range, and whether you have held a long-term placement. Returning to the same schools carries more weight than the number of districts on the list.

There are 1,713 open Substitute Teacher roles, concentrated in Texas, with a median of $42,250.

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Common questions

Writing a substitute teacher resume.

Grade bands, subjects, and the districts you have covered. There are 1,713 open Substitute Teacher roles to match it against.

One page. A Substitute Teacher record is a list of placements, and a second page dilutes it.

Yes, because permits are issued per state and are not always portable. Most Substitute Teacher postings sit in Texas.