Fleming County Schools

Job Description

Updated February 2024

Class Code: 2099

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title:                    Substitute Teacher

Responsible To:                 Principal

                                          Human Resources Director

Basic Function:                 Enable each child to pursue his/her education as smoothly and completely as possible in the absence of the regular teacher.

Performance Responsibilities:

1. Reports to the building principal or school secretary upon arrival at the school.
2. Review with the principal, department head, or team leader all plans and schedules to be followed during the teaching day.
3. Maintain as fully as possible the established routines and procedures of the school and classroom to which he/she is assigned.
4. Teach the lesson outlined and described in the Substitute Teachers’ Guide as prepared by the absent teacher.
5. Consult, as appropriate, with the building principal, department head, or team leader before initiating any teaching or other procedures not specified in the Substitute Teachers’ Guide.
6. Assume responsibility for overseeing pupil behavior in class and during lunch and recess periods.
7. Report in writing on the day’s activities at the conclusion of each teaching day.
8. Follow all policies, rules, and procedures to which regular teachers are subject and which good teaching practice dictates.
9. Maintain confidentiality.
10. Perform other duties as assigned by the principal or superintendent.

Minimum Qualifications:

Valid Kentucky Teaching Certificate OR Substitute Teaching Certificate OR Emergency Substitute Teaching Certificate

Terms of Employment:

Daily salary to be established by the board of education.