Substitute Teacher

Substitute Teacher

Position Responsibilities

Summary:

Richmond Waldorf School is seeking a kind, creative, and nurturing substitute teacher for our EC program of children ages three to six years old and for our Grades program of 1st - 8th graders. The substitute teacher provides instruction, manages the classroom environment, and promotes student learning in the absence of the regular teacher. Classes offered at RWS include language arts, literature, math, science, history, geography, drawing, handwork, woodwork, Mandarin, French, movement, music, and biking. 

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Essential Functions:

• Oversee daily activities with children involvement
• Attend to disruptive children and encourage appropriate social interaction
• Supervise and ensure all children are safe and treated fairly by their peers

Competencies:

• Having a quiet presence
• Having a flexible mindset and the ability to receive direct guidance
• Having a love of young children and joy in teaching them
• Having patience to help children gain independence
• Displaying good time management without rushing or multi-tasking
• Serving as a “model”, in word and deed, for the children to follow

Experience:

• Experience with children: 1 year (Required)
• Classroom experience: 1 year (Required)
• Classroom management: 1 year (Preferred)
• Childcare: 1 year (Preferred)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Compensation:

This is a temporary position with hourly rate varying due to experience, the starting rate for this position is $16.00/hour.

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Job Type: Temporary

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Schedule:

• On call

To apply:

Interested applicants should complete the application and submit their resume and cover letter on our site. The position will remain open until filled.