Substitute Teacher

Welcome to District 76!

Diamond Lake District 76 serves approximately 800 students across three schools in four northern Illinois communities. Driven by our mission to "Embrace, Empower, Excel"—for each child, each day—we operate as one unified district preparing our students to be lifelong learners who are engaged in their community and ready to navigate their world. We prioritize excellence across our academic programs, operations, and financial health, and we pride ourselves on a high teacher retention rate achieved by hiring dedicated professionals. Committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, we offer robust instructional programs that value our community's culture and heritage while encouraging biliteracy and biculturalism.

Substitute Teacher Job Description

OBJECTIVE: Instructs and leads student learning in the absence of a regular teacher and in accordance with the goals, directives and curriculum of Diamond Lake School District 76.

CLASSIFICATION: Certified
LICENSURE: PEL

QUALIFICATIONS:

Professional Educator License

Demonstrated interest in and aptitude for work to be performed.

REPORTS TO: (Directly) Building Principal ; (Indirectly) Teacher(s)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Must be able to follow oral and written directions and have the ability to establish effective working relationships with staff and students. Ability to maintain effective classroom management strategies.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain a positive attitude about the school and District
• Maintains the confidentiality of student and school personnel information in accordance with District policy and law.
• Maintains a professional appearance as an example to students.
• Maintains a positive learning environment and ensures classroom procedures that fosters a safe and respectful climate for all students and staff.
• Ensures that learning is appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
• Ensures the adequate supervision to assure the health, welfare, and safety of all students.
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students and secure District facilities.
• Follows, participates and leads students in all safety and evacuation drills and events.
• Reports all student injuries, accidents, illnesses, and discipline problems to the appropriate authority immediately or as soon as is reasonably possible.
• Consults with persons in appropriate position including peer teachers to seek information or clarification regarding attendance procedures, lesson objectives, daily schedule, materials and equipment location, usage and daily duties.
• Implements lesson plans, while ensuring the integrity of academic time and in a manner, which motivates students to learn and participate and organizes and groups students for effective instruction.
• Attends to all non-teaching duties as assigned (i.e. lunch duty, recess duty, study hall duty, etc.).
• Ensure a sustainable relationship with parents, pupils, school personnel and members of the public by communicating in a confidential, polite and refined manner
• Collects and places students’ work, assignments in storage according to regular teacher’s directions.
• Follows all dismissal procedures, ensures that all instructional materials and classroom equipment are in orderly condition, and prepares a daily substitute report concerning progress and issues of note for the regular classroom teacher before leaving the building.
• Returns substitute identification, credentials and keys to the main office.
• Performs other assigned and related duties as assigned by building administrator(s) in accordance with school/district or state policies and practices.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Daily Rate. Non-Bargaining Unit Position. Salary and benefits to be established by the Board of Education.

PHYSICAL & MENTAL DEMANDS: In the course of performing the duties and functions job holder will be required to stand, walk, sit, squat/stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach and lift items of varying weights and up to 40 pounds. Ability to communicate (vision, hearing and speech) is required. Ability to travel to assigned work locations without employer support.

• Occasional movement of students by wheelchairs and other mechanical devices may be required.
• Instruction and the provision of required supports to students with special needs may be necessary.

Must be able to express ideas, interpret situations, and problem solve. Must be able to interact positively and effectively with individuals with diverse learning needs and abilities. Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to use various forms of classroom equipment and technology resources (computer, document camera, copy machines, projectors, etc.), computer applications and related peripherals.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: School building environment. Travel throughout the District may be required. Typical settings include school buildings with classrooms, offices, health suites, gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium, and recreational areas. The worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions, noise and hazards.