Substitute Teacher - Emergency
About the Employer
Responsibilities
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, staff, parents, and community.
• Abilities in the use of a variety of classroom management techniques and teaching strategies to create a safe learning environment.
• To work effectively with all children with varying academic, emotional, social and physical needs.
• To promote parental/community involvement and learning.
• Have experience with, knowledge of, skill in, and support of shared decision making.
• Demonstrated teaching abilities in core curriculum areas.
• Ability to integrate instruction/make class-curricular connection in teaching and reading.
• Demonstrate a commitment to on-going professional learning and collaboration.
• Skill and ability to utilize technology to aid instruction and learning
• Teach in a classroom with a wide range of student abilities using developmentally appropriate activities for all children in the class.
• Maintain classroom environment conductive to learning and proven ability to manage student behaviors in a positive manner.
• Complete lessons and necessary paperwork for record keeping.
• Have a positive attitude.
• Work collaboratively with other teachers and paraprofessionals to facilitate an integrated instructional model.
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Arts/Science or minimum AA/AS.
• Prefer teaching experience.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find acceptable.
Evaluation
Evaluation of this position will be consistent with state and district requirements.
Job Title
Emergency Substitute Teacher - School Year 2026-27
Date
9-23-26
Description
Providing academic instruction while the teacher is unavailable. Demonstrating solid classroom management is expected. Working alongside staff in a professional learning community is crucial to continued student achievement and the implementation of the adopted district curriculum.
Salary Range
$25.72 per hour.
Benefits
https://www.warden.wednet.edu/departments/human-resources
Desired Qualifications
Bilingual in Spanish.
Reports To
Principal
Supervises
No direct reports.
Working Conditions
Working area will be in a regular or special education classroom.
Career Opportunities
Experience in a rural school district working with a diversified population. Coaching, club and advisory positions available.
Terms of Employment
Consistent with district policies and current collective bargaining agreement.
Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by a teacher to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The teacher must lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds, and may assist, move, or retrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues. While performing the duties of this job, the teacher is frequently required to sit, lift, carry, move about, hear and speak. Teacher may be required to perform extensive work at a computer display terminal. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, or consistent with the subject being taught, but can be abnormally loud on occasion. While performing the duties of this job, the teacher may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of their duties. The teacher may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students. The teacher may be required to travel in school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.
Warden School District Compliance
The Warden School District complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, families with children, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a disabled person, Vietnam or more recent veteran status and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. This holds true for all district employment and opportunities. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district's Title IX/RCW 28a.640 Compliance Officer, Michele Cram, and Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Tawnya Martinez-Halliday, at 101 W. Beck Way, Warden, WA 98857. Telephone (509) 349-2311 ext. 1580.