Substitute Teacher at SchoolSpring in Salt Lake City, UT

Summary: Salt Lake City School District is looking for a Substitute Teacher to support a diverse student population in the absence of regular classroom teachers. The role involves following lesson plans, managing classroom behavior, and ensuring a respectful and effective learning environment.

Responsibilities:
- Teach as scheduled and assigned by location, classroom and subject
- Follow and implement student lesson plans by translating into learning activities
- Organize classroom space for safety and for effective learning
- Create a respectful classroom environment, establishing developmentally and culturally appropriate, positive and respectful teacher-student interactions
- Establish a culture for learning, setting an expectation for learning and achievement, conveying the importance of the content, and displaying knowledge of students' skills
- Use a wide variety of appropriate resources for diverse learning styles; adjust lessons, respond to student questions and interests, and provide a variety of approaches when students have difficulties
- Engage students in learning through use of content activities, instructional materials, assignments, student groupings, questioning and discussion techniques, and the structure and pacing of the lessons
- Manage student behavior in the classroom and at other school sponsored events, by establishing clear expectations, monitoring and dealing with students throughout class time, and appropriately to correcting misbehavior while respecting student dignity
- Communicate clearly and accurately, using appropriate vocabulary for age and interests, and provide specific and timely feedback to enhance learning
- Maintain accurate records of students' completion of assignments, student progress, and other non-instructional records
- Communicate effectively and efficiently with diverse groups of people while maintaining confidentiality and positive working relationships with students, supervisors, co-workers, parents, and other district employees
- Other duties as assigned
- Develop clear, relevant and student appropriate instructional goals based on content area concepts
- Design clear, focused and coherent instruction for flexible groupings meeting student needs
- Communicate to engage families in the instructional program by providing information about the instructional programs and individual student progress
- Plan lessons utilizing assessment and evaluation techniques
- Contribute to the school and the District by establishing and maintaining professional relationships with colleagues and participating in District and school projects/extracurricular activities
- Evaluate own teaching effectiveness against learning outcomes and make appropriate adjustments to improve student learning
- Proactively serve and advocate for students by participating in team or departmental decision making

Required Qualifications:
- Similar to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), interested applicants must be deemed Highly Qualified to be considered for the position and have completed one of the following: obtained an associates degree from an accredited higher education institution, or satisfied a rigorous state or local assessment (PRAXIS ETS) with a score of 460 or higher, or completed at least two years at an accredited higher education institution (minimum 48 semester hours)
- Ability to pass a fingerprint and criminal background check
- Able to roll, push, pull, bend, reach, stoop, and lift up to 30 pounds
- Speak, read, write, and present professionally, analyze and interpret English written and verbal communications
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook
- Ability to operate standard office equipment; phone, copy and fax machines etc

Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher
- Valid Teaching License from any state
- Participating in or have completed a teaching program
- Knowledgeable of content pedagogy and student development stages

Required Skills: Associates Degree, Praxis ETS Exam, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Teaching License, Teaching Program, Content Pedagogy, Student Development Stages