Frontline Applicant Tracking - Frederick County Public Schools

Openings as of 4/8/2025

Administrative Secretary, School

JobID: 15970

Position Type:
  Secretarial/Clerical/Secretary - 12-Months


Date Posted:
  4/4/2025


Location:
  Centerville Elementary School


Date Available:
  July 1, 2025


Closing Date:
  04/14/2025


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Work Year Calendar and Hours
 
• 12-month position (244 days / year), 7 hours per day
• Daily Work Hours: TBD
 
For more information about employee benefits please go to: www.fcps.org/benefits
 
Salary
 
• Support Salary Scale Grade S10: $26.27 per hour; starting
 
Under the Fair Labor and Standards Act this position is non-exempt from overtime.  Actual salary placement will be in accordance with the salary procedures of the Frederick County Public School System. Please see linked salary scale for the full range.
 
Role
 
Under the direction of the Principal, this position manages the main office of a school and renders administrative assistance to the principal and other members of the school staff.  This position requires a high level of secretarial skill and experience.
 
Essential Functions
 
Reporting directly to the Principal, the Administrative Secretary performs the following duties:
 
• Uses experience and judgment to resolve problems and prioritize work on behalf of the school.
• Maintains proficiency in the use of technology to meet administrative needs.
• Maintains consistent and reliable attendance.
• Manages an office under the direction of an Administrator; trains and supervises staff.
• Maintains financial records/reports, payroll records, school funds, and student activity funds.
• Composes routine correspondence.
• Orders and receives supplies and checks invoices.
• Prepares, types, and proofreads letters, memos, reports and presentations, observations and evaluations.
• Effectively uses the automated purchasing system, student information system, and substitute calling system.
• Maintains filing systems, attendance reports, logs, and trip records.
• Answers telephone, takes messages, greets visitors, makes appointments, and gives information.
• Distributes mail and supplies.
• Prepares materials for meetings, conferences, and workshops.
• Operates various office machines and trains others.
• Assists in scheduling use of facilities.
• Maintains property accountability.
• Assists with student registration.
• Assists with procuring substitutes.
 
Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal.
 
Required Qualifications
 
• High school diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.).
• Five (5) years of secretarial experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of office technology to meet administrative needs.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use word processing, database, spreadsheet, and email software.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely in oral and written form.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and maintain flexibility.
• Demonstrated strong human relations skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in business math.
• Capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
 
Preferred Qualifications
 
• Working knowledge of the general organization and functions of the major units of FCPS.
• Demonstrated net keyboard rate of 55 words per minute, demonstrated proofreading proficiency, and creation of a table in a word processing program.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare bank deposits, and post debits and credits to the financial records.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the office, train, and supervise staff.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate work demands and to be pro-active.
• Demonstrated evidence of continuous professional growth.
• Demonstrated strong human relations skills, with adults and students, which have created a positive and inviting work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
• Familiarity with the FCPS policies, goals and programs.
 
FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
 
THIS JOB DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO INDICATE THE GENERAL NATURE AND LEVEL OF WORK PERFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE HOLDING THIS POSITION.  IT IS NOT WRITTEN TO INCLUDE OR BE INTERPRETED TO INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF ALL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF THE EMPLOYEE.  NOTHING IN THIS DESCRIPTION RESTRICTS MANAGEMENT’S RIGHT TO ASSIGN OR REASSIGN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OR ADD REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AT ANY TIME.




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Openings as of 4/8/2025

Long-Term Substitute Teacher, (Internal Only)

JobID: 13088

Position Type:
  Substitute/Substitute Teacher


Date Posted:
  10/11/2023


Location:
  Centerville Elementary School


Date Available:
  10/16/23


Closing Date:
  Open until filled


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PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR VACANCIES OR PROMOTIONS DURING THEIR PROBATIONARY PERIOD
 
All education provided on your application must be supported by attaching a scanned copy of your high school diploma, transcription or college/university transcript.
 
Work Year Calendar and Hours
 
• Position available tentatively from 10/16/23
• Daily work hours: 8:30-4:00
 
For more information about employee benefits please go to: www.fcps.org/benefits
 
Salary
 
• $23.23 per hour
 
Role
 
Long Term Substitute Teachers 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 long-term substitute teacher 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. 
 
Essential Functions
 
Reporting directly to the school principal, the long-term substitute teacher performs the following duties:
 
• Provide for instructional needs and interests of students with the aid of appropriate and effective daily lesson planning.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and where classroom time is utilized effectively.
• Demonstrate the use of a variety of teaching techniques and the use of a variety of instructional resources and materials to implement approved curriculum.
• Use evaluation effectively to promote student growth and development intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Demonstrate fair, firm, and consistent behavior towards students and promote self-discipline among students.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills and positive interpersonal relations with students, parents, staff, and community.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of school system goals and objectives by following school board policies and administrative procedures.
• Assist administration and other staff members in reaching the mission for the school by applying ethical standards in professional relationships.
• Strive to maintain and improve professional competencies.
• Supervise students in a variety of school settings.
• Maintain appropriate records.
• Monitor appropriate use and care of equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
 
Performs other duties as assigned by the school principal.
 
Required Qualifications
 
Education/Training/Experience
 
• An Associate’s degree or 60 college credits.
 
Certification/License
 
None.
 
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
 
• 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.
 
Physical Requirements
 
• 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.
 
Work Environment
 
Moderate noise (examples: classroom/office environment with computers, printers, and telephones; regular conversations within classrooms/offices, cubicles, hallways, and conference rooms; meetings one-on-one, in small groups, and large settings, etc.).
 
Preferred Qualifications
 
Education/Training/Experience
 
• 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.
 
Certification/License
 
Possess MSDE issued professional teacher certificate with the appropriate content endorsement.
 
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
 
• Bilingual (Spanish).
• Familiarity with the FCPS policies, goals and programs.
 
 
FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
 
THIS JOB DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO INDICATE THE GENERAL NATURE AND LEVEL OF WORK PERFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE HOLDING THIS POSITION.  IT IS NOT WRITTEN TO INCLUDE OR BE INTERPRETED TO INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF ALL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF THE EMPLOYEE.  NOTHING IN THIS DESCRIPTION RESTRICTS MANAGEMENT’S RIGHT TO ASSIGN OR REASSIGN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OR ADD REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AT ANY TIME.
 




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