Substitute Teacher

Cristo Rey Network • San Jose, CA

50d • Onsite

About The Position

The primary responsibility of the Substitute Teacher is to be a positive role model and provide classroom instruction to the students at Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School. Teachers will consistently work as a team to model and help all students reach the characteristics of the Cristo Rey San Jose Graduate at Graduation: loving, open to growth, committed to faith, striving for justice, and intellectually and professionally engaged. This includes personally modeling and simultaneously empowering students to live out Ignatian values of faith, service, and commitment to social justice, instilling in students the growth mindset of the harder you work, the more your intelligence grows, promoting and assessing student ownership of learning by developing students’ self-discipline, study skills, persistence, and delayed gratification, fostering a classroom culture of respect, honesty, and integrity, developing meaningful opportunities in class for student leadership and growth of self-confidence, incorporating reading and writing skills daily, creating opportunities for students to utilize complex reasoning strategies and problem-solving skills, consistently engaging in work with positivity and adapting to the student and institutional needs with openness, reinforcing professionalism and Corporate Work Study Program skills like precision and accuracy, computing, and time management, and teaching key content knowledge for the given subject.

Requirements

• Required to use a work computer throughout the day
• Returns phone calls and emails within 24 hours
• Frequently communicates with students and colleagues throughout the day
• Work will be performed from campus
• Performs any other duties that may be assigned by the substitute coordinator
• Weekly check-in w/ Substitute coordinator
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in the field related to teaching assignments
• Broad knowledge and experience in the teaching field
• Excellent skills in both oral and written communication
• Ability to follow detailed lesson plans
• Familiarity with Google, Google classroom, and PowerSchool or interest in learning
• Classroom management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and in a fast pace environment
• Ability to keep confidential information
• Energetic, flexible, and resourceful
• Leadership and mentoring skills
• Able to understand, care, love, and relate to the students

Nice To Haves

• Training or experience in education

Responsibilities

• Planning, Teaching, and Supervising: Check the “sub needed dashboard [school year]” or your work email for lesson plans. Follow the teacher’s lesson plan carefully, including any seating charts. Within the first 10 minutes of class, check the student roster located using the PowerSchool sub-account. Check the student roster and confirm with students on preferred names. If applicable, please make sure to attend the teachers’ supervising time and location.
• Classroom Management: Maintain discipline in the classroom to ensure maximum learning. Hand out any notes or call slips if they are delivered to your classroom by a student worker, staff, or faculty member. Do not send students during class time to drop off documents at the front office. The students may drop them off during breakfast, passing periods, lunch, or after school. Make sure to walk around the class to monitor students' screens and ensure students safety.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level