Frontline Applicant Tracking - Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215

Openings as of 4/11/2025

Substitute Teacher

JobID: 1727

Position Type:
  Substitute/Substitute Teacher


Date Posted:
  5/7/2021


Location:
  T. F. District 215
(High-Needs School)


  
Job/FLSA Status: Part-Time, Non-Exempt
Reports to: Assistant Principal or designee
 
Position summary: In the absence of the full-time classroom teacher, the substitute teacher delivers instruction, manages the learning environment, and monitors students.
 
Role qualifications:
• Must hold a valid Illinois Substitute Teaching License (SUB), Professional Educator License (PEL), or an Educator License with Stipulations (ELS).
• Must hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Position responsibilities:
• Executes the full-time teacher’s lesson plans.
• Collaborates with the Assistant Principal to create lesson plans on long-term assignments.
• Develops lessons and activities that support a positive, nurturing and enriching learning environment.
• Exhibits a positive mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and professional development.
• Facilitates problem-solving in the classroom.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
• Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Adheres to school processes and protocols.
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and communicates these goals and objectives to students and parents.
• Prepares for classes assigned and shows evidence of preparation upon request of the administration.
• Utilizes best practices with an emphasis on student engagement and cooperative learning techniques to enhance instruction.
• Provides instruction that supports the District's philosophy of education.
• Initiates contact with parents when necessary and responds promptly, constructively and professionally to parent-initiated contact/concerns.
• Performs other related duties as requested by building administration.
 
Essential skills and experience:
• Must possess the desire and ability to work with a diverse staff and student body.
• Must possess knowledge of instructional methods appropriate for students at the secondary level.
• Ability to organize tasks and manage time to meet deadlines; manage small and large groups of students; and communicate effectively with students, including on potentially sensitive topics.
• Ability to establish and maintain classroom behavior expectations based on clearly defined principles.
• Ability to maintain a professional decorum when dealing with behavioral problems.
• Working familiarity with computers, assistive technologies; internet and email systems; and word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software.
• Working knowledge of various office and classroom equipment.

Valued but not required skills and experience:
• Experience working in a high school setting preferred;
• Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred.

Reporting to this position: N/A
 
Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Terms of Employment:
• Salary is $225 per day for Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) holders and Educator License with Stipulations (ELS) holders
• Salary is $175 per day for Illinois Substitute License (SUB) holders after substitute teaching for 20 days
• Salary is $140 per day for Illinois Substitute License (SUB) holders for the first 20 days of substitute teaching





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