Teacher Building Substitute
Job Description
Wissahickon Charter School is looking for a full-time Building Substitute for our Fernhill campus for the current school year.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a substitute teacher for K-8 classes, specials, apprentice teachers or assistant teachers depending on the need each day
- Should there not be a need for a substitute on a given day, be willing and able to provide classroom and/or admin support as needed
- Lead daily routines and lessons, closely following the lesson plans from the teacher
- Implement consistent classroom management practices using the school’s behavioral management model
- Ensure that students are meeting WCS’ behavioral expectations and are safe at all times. Mediate when conflicts arise among students.
- Develop an awareness of individual student’s progress and learning needs
- Communicate with teachers and admin as needed about students progress toward realizing academic and character development goals with teachers
- Report any observations of students struggling severely socially or emotionally to the lead teacher and/or Deans of Culture as appropriate
- Be willing to offer support to and receive constructive feedback from teachers and administration
- Help shape and develop a school-wide atmosphere that best suits the needs of students, staff, and families
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience working with K-8 students/children in an educational setting (after school program, student teaching, etc.)
- Experience teaching underserved students (preferred)
- Strong record of helping students achieve academic success, primarily with minority and low-income students
- Desire to continuously learn and increase effectiveness as a teacher and professional; offer and receive constructive feedback
- Willingness to be flexible
- All required FBI & PA clearances and compliance with all of WCS’ COVID-19 safety protocols
- Belief that all children can learn and succeed
- Belief in WCS’s mission and vision
- Collaborative work style; including maturity, humility, and a sense of humor
- Strong oral and written communication skills with all constituents
- High level of personal organization, planning, and follow-through
- Receptiveness to feedback, positive attitude, and a desire to continuously improve as a teacher and professional
- Willingness to speak openly and honestly about issues of race and equity and to work to dismantle white supremacist culture
Compensation:
This is a full time, 10-month position with 100% employer-paid benefits (medical, dental and vision).
This position is funded by federal pandemic relief funds that will expire at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. While the hope is to make this a permanent position, WCS cannot commit to the position beyond that date at this time.
About Wissahickon Charter School
Wissahickon Charter School’s first Fernhill, opened in 2002 and serves 480 K-8 students from across Philadelphia. Our second K-8 campus, Awbury, opened in the fall of 2014. The mission of Wissahickon Charter School (WCS) is to provide a community of learning that stimulates and builds the child’s intellectual, social, and character development.
