Description:
To enable each child to pursue his/her education as smoothly and completely as possible in the absence of the regular classroom teacher.

Job Summary:

• Reports to the building principal or school secretary upon arrival at the school building.
• Reviews with the principal, department head, or team leader all plans and schedules to be followed during the teaching day.
• Maintains as fully as possible the established routines and procedures of the school and classroom to which he is assigned.
• Teaches the lesson outlined and described in a lesson plan book prepared by the absent teacher.
• Consults, as appropriate, with the building principal, department head, or team leader before initiating any teaching or other procedures not specified in the absent teacher’s lesson plan.
• Assumes responsibility for overseeing pupil behavior in class and during lunch and recess periods.
• Reports in writing with notes left for the absent teacher the assignments made and comments regarding student behavior.
• Follows all policies, rules, and procedures to which regular teachers are subject and which good teaching practice dictates.  
• Performs other duties as assigned by building principal.

Qualifications:
Minimum requirements:  64 College Hours or a Bachelor’s Degree and a 2.5 G.P.A. for Kentucky Emergency Certification for Substitute Teaching or a Bachelor’s Degree with valid Kentucky Teaching Certification.

Must complete on-line application, provide an official college transcript with the minimum of 64 college credit hours and a minimum GPA of 2.5 or a Bachelor's degree. If you do not hold a current KY Teachers Certificate, you will be required to complete the necessary steps to obtain an Emergency Teaching Certificate. This certificate is issued each school year and requires a renewal each year. 

Once you have completed the on-line application, you should pick-up a crime check packet from the Board of Education located at 925 N. Main Street, Somerset, Kentucky.  Once we recieive the completed crime checks and other required documents, you will receive an email with further instructions. This email will include instructions for obtaining your Emergency Certification. Please allow 2-3 weeks for your paperwork to be processed.

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