Daily Substitute Teacher, Special Education Instructional Assistant, and Charter School Instructional Assistant

Frederick County Public Schools•Frederick, MD

52d•Onsite

About The Position

Daily Substitute Teacher As an at-will employee, the Daily Substitute Teacher can accept or decline assignments from the Frontline Absence Management System based on availability and interest. Teaching plans will be provided for daily assignments. As an applicant for the Daily Substitute Teacher position, you will also have the opportunity to express an interested in the following: Application & Hiring Timeline Application Window Opens: November 16, 2025 Applicant Window Closes: December 15, 2025 Screening and Selection to be completed by January 6, 2026 New Substitute Orientation: January 21, 2026 Work Year Calendar and Hours Non-Benefited Position available tentatively from February 1, 2026 Daily work hours vary by location Salary Substitute Special Education Instrucitonal Assistant: $16.81 an hour Substitute Instructional Assistant, Pre-K: $16.81 an hour Substitute Teacher: $22.73 an hour Long-Term Substitute Teacher: $24.16 an hour Role Substitute Teachers and Substitute Instructional Support Staff are responsible for practices and behaviors which demonstrate necessary teaching competencies, effective classroom management, positive personal qualities, and other instructional matters. The role of the substitute is to ensure that all students have equal instructional opportunities and to create a classroom environment in which teaching and learning are challenging, dynamic, and comprehensive. The teaching of the essential curriculum of each teacher's discipline is grounded in the understanding that the aim of education is personal growth, the development of individual talents, abilities, and values; the acquisition of knowledge; and the pursuit of understanding.

Requirements

Substitute Special Education Instrucitonal Assistant: Most possess a high school diploma or GED
Substitute Instructional Assistant, Pre-K: Most possess a high school diploma or GED
Substitute Teacher: Must possess a minimum of an AA degree or 60 college credit hours from an accredited institution.
Long-Term Substitute Teacher: Must possess a minimum of an AA degree or 60 college credit hours from an accredited institution.
Knowledge and use of culturally responsive practices.
Knowledge of community resources.
Regular and predictable attendance.
Capability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
Ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation and on the telephone and in addressing groups.
Ability to travel to school and other local locations, as well as state meetings, sometimes with little notice.
Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
Ability to spend long hours sitting.
Ability to reach with hands and arms.
Sufficient manual dexterity to grasp, handle, manipulate, and/or feel objects and use office technology.
Sufficient mobility to move about the work area.
Sufficient vision to read and comprehend printed materials, see distant objects with clarity, and identify and distinguish objects.
Sufficient hearing to hear and comprehend conversations in person and on the telephone, as well as distinguish sounds up to twenty (20) feet.
Occasionally climb or balance.
Occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Occasionally lift fifteen (15) pounds.

Nice To Haves

Possess a Bachelor's/Master's Degree from an accredited institution.
Demonstrated outstanding written and oral communication skills.
Capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
Possess MSDE issued professional teacher certificate with the appropriate content endorsement.
Bilingual (Spanish).
Familiarity with the FCPS policies, goals and programs.

Responsibilities

Substitute Teachers and Substitute Instructional Support Staff are responsible for practices and behaviors which demonstrate necessary teaching competencies, effective classroom management, positive personal qualities, and other instructional matters.
The role of the substitute is to ensure that all students have equal instructional opportunities and to create a classroom environment in which teaching and learning are challenging, dynamic, and comprehensive.
The teaching of the essential curriculum of each teacher's discipline is grounded in the understanding that the aim of education is personal growth, the development of individual talents, abilities, and values; the acquisition of knowledge; and the pursuit of understanding.