Floating Substitute Teacher

Performance Profile

Position Summary:

The Floating Substitute Teacher is a benefits-eligible full-time position for the term of the school year, typically ten months from August to June. This position reports to the Principal. They help to support a flexible program and class environment favorable to learning and personal growth. They build rapport with students and motivate them to develop skills, attitudes, and knowledge in accordance with each student’s ability. The Floating Substitute Teacher establishes positive relationships with teachers and other staff members.

Responsibilities include the following: 

• Substitutes in classes as needed due to teacher absences.
• Assists the Substitute Coordinator to ensure all teaching positions are filled.
• When not assigned to a classroom as a substitute, assists with classroom or administrative tasks as assigned.
• Implements curricula within the context of the School’s overall program and strategic planning goals such as incorporating the use of the outdoors, experiential learning, and leadership development through emotional intelligence.
• Performs duties outside of the classroom, during set hours, when not teaching. This may include helping in classrooms, admission assessments, Library, Music, as well as Recess, Carpool, Morning, Rest Time, and Lunch duties, among others.
• 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.
• Volunteer for service at one or more Fay community events per year.
• Supports the School and its Leadership Team.
• Maintains confidentiality in all situations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal and the Head of School.

Competency Profile:

• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to help in a variety of situations.
• Celebrates diversity and is proactively inclusive of all racial, cultural, socio-economic, religious, and gender groups.
• Exhibits self-awareness and self-monitoring in identifying and solving student, curricular, and school problems. At the same time, the Floating Substitute 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   
• Experience working with Elementary and Preschool children
• Knowledge of Project-based learning (PBL), inquiry-based, and student-centered learning preferred. 
• Ability to sit on the floor with students while engaging them in activities and may be required to physically assist a child (e.g., carry them, pick them up) in the classroom and while traveling around campus. 
• 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.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Teams

About The Fay School

School Mission:The Fay School is a nonsectarian, not-for-profit, co-educational school in which children of diverse talents and backgrounds with strong academic abilities are offered a high-quality education in a secure, enriching, and academically challenging environment. Here children learn and grow intellectually, physically, socially, ethically, and artistically while developing self-confidence and a lifelong love of learning through an active partnership among educators, parents, and students. School Vision:Anchored to a challenging, engaging, and relevant academic program, The Fay School’s Leadership Development Program distinguishes itself among all other schools in Houston. Grounded in both emotional intelligence and human capital strategy, The Fay School’s vision is to deliberately build and educate the next generation of leaders for our world. Our students experience leadership training and curriculum reserved for Fortune 500 companies, and they graduate from Fay with skills that will serve them for a lifetime.

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