Sub Teacher Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Sub license
• Teaching experience appropriate to the assignment
• Demonstrated commitment to and understanding of the Highline mission
• Strong classroom management and student relationship building skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Flexibility and a positive attitude
• Be able to walk quickly, bend, kneel, crouch, sit, stand, grab or hold with one or both hands.
• To be able to lift up to 50lbs without difficulty
• To maintain appropriate demeanor and professional classroom behavior when working with children and adults
• The ability to sit for extended periods during group training

Nice To Haves

• Undergraduate degree preferred
• Relationship building and collaboration throughout our k-8 model

Responsibilities

• Create a Positive Classroom Culture and Climate
• Practice Effective Classroom Management
• Plan and implement Masterful Content Delivery
• Practice High-Impact Instructional Moves
• Demonstrate Essential Knowledge of Students and Use of Data
• Demonstrate Effective Collaboration and Engagement with students and colleagues
• Demonstrate thoughtful reflection, learning and development
• Take responsibility for student learning by valuing diversity, needs, learning styles and through shared ownership.
• Commit to being clear and purposeful in our objectives and instruction while continuing to reflect and revise learning strategies by frequently monitoring student assessment data and ensuring that it is used as a tool for learning.
• Accept and embrace diversity within our community of faculty, students, and parent/guardians by valuing each other for who and where we all are in life as learners and as people, and commit to providing a safe place for all to succeed.
• Be direct, intentional, timely, and graceful in giving and receiving communication without judgment and for positive and proactive purposes.
• Create an environment that empowers faculty, students and parent/guardians to be active participants in student success.
• Create a focused and sustainable adult community by focusing on what is most essential to student success and staying focused on Highline’s goal.
• Consistently model and enforce Highline’s academic and behavioral expectations.
• Substitute for teachers during planned or unplanned absences, including long-term leaves.
• Provide day-to-day substitute coverage as needed for teacher illnesses or other reasons.
• Offer additional supervision, proctor assessments, or assist as needed throughout the school.
• Collaborate with grade-level peers to deliver a rigorous and supportive curriculum.
• Assume all duties and roles of the teacher being covered.
• Enter grades into the school learning management system based on standards-aligned assessments.
• Provide Teaching Assistants with appropriate assignments, guidance, and classroom tasks.
• Build positive relationships with students and hold them to high expectations.
• Manage classes with positive proactive systems, strong rituals, and routines.
• Seek additional information and support from staff (SIT team, admin, other teachers) for students struggling behaviorally or academically.
• Contribute to regular newsletters sent home for assigned classrooms.
• Engage parents by inviting them to participate as volunteers or in class events.
• Build relationships with families through phone calls and formal/informal meetings.
• Ensure all families attend the student conferences held twice a year.
• Participate in at least three evening or weekend events (e.g., music performances, Cultural Fair, Fall Festival).
• Attend all professional development as assigned by the principal and participate with respect and attention.

Benefits

• Paid year round on a salary
• Two weeks of professional development every summer
• Salary range: $47,000-$58,000 based on experience and degree
• Pay transparency and equity
• Equal opportunity employer