Long Term Substitute Teacher - Elementary - Grade 3

Position Type:

Teacher- Elementary/Elementary Teacher (K - 6)

Date Posted:

10/4/2024

Location:

East Ward Elementary

Date Available:

12/02/2024

Closing Date:

10/17/2024

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Position: Long Term Substitute Teacher- Elementary- Grade 3 (Job ID 5216)

Location: East Ward Elementary

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Effective Date: Approximately early December until the June 6, 2025

Are you passionate about helping ALL students learn in a collaborative environment? If so, we may have the career for you! Downingtown Area School District is excited to announce an opening for a long term substitute Grade 3 teacher at East Ward Elementary School for the remainder of 2024-2025 school year.

At DASD, we are committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence in education. As a diverse district, we continually seek ways to strengthen our educational environment. We believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of staff who bring various backgrounds and perspectives. Our ability to create and maintain a climate of respect is critical to attaining the best teaching and learning environment.

At Downingtown Area School District we value our employees. We seek to hire new staff who:

• Communicate openly to build relationships and trust
• Partner with team members to see the TEAM succeed
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and seek ongoing opportunities for growth
• Embrace and support a safe and inclusive environment
• Eagerly and enthusiastically support student learning
• Strive to be kind and reflective
• Focus on the solution and put people first
• Lead by example!

If you want to be part of our "Downingtown Proud" team - please apply! Help us with our mission to educate all students to meet the rigorous challenges of a global society.

Qualifications:

• Candidate must be a graduate of an accredited college or university and hold a proper Pennsylvania certification for the position

• Bachelor's degree required

• Valid PA certification specific to content area: Grades PK-4

• Demonstrated knowledge in content area of Reading/Language Arts

• Ability to effectively present information to adult learners, including teachers and parent

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret curriculum guidelines, periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and lesson plans

• Ability to respond appropriately to questions from students, parents, and all level of administrative staff.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

• Possess effective interpersonal skills with the ability to interface diplomatically with other teachers, administrators, parents, students, support staff, and outside professional contracts

• Must successfully complete and maintain compliance with all federal and state background and criminal record check requirements

• Click here for more information about required clearances

• Candidate must adhere to all local, state, federal, and school code requirements for employment

Duties & Responsibilities: (Abbreviated- Please review the attached Job Description for more details on this specific opportunity)

• Administer and/or support teachers in the organization and administration of literacy assessments for the purposes of placement, diagnosis, and/or grouping for instruction
• Deliver direct instruction for students in need of individual and/or small group literacy instruction
• Demonstrate effective practices in literacy instruction by modeling lessons or co-teaching
• Provide ongoing support to assist teachers to implement best practice literacy instructional strategies
• Provide support for teachers implementing effective literacy strategies by modeling lessons, co-teaching, and having reflective conversations with teachers
• Lead professional development on literacy strategies for staff that includes, but is not limited to, facilitating professional learning communities in the area of literacy
• Assist principal, teachers, and core team with the analysis and organization of individual, group and school literacy data for the purpose of instruction, intervention, and/or evaluation process
• Monitor and evaluate literacy educational resources. Support the implementation of the ELA curriculum and core literacy resources
• Facilitate partnerships with parents and elicit parental support and involvement through parent conferences, parent training, and instructional materials for the home in the area of literacy

Salary 2024-2025 School Year:

Full salary matrix is available in the appendix of the following collective bargaining agreement, which can be accessed by clicking here. Placement upon salary scale is dependent upon education and years of teaching service.

Schedule:

7.5 hours per day based upon district-approved calendar

Summary of Benefits:

Select Health Benefits a la carte- Only pay for what you need

• Medical Coverage through IBX- PPO plans only

• No Primary Care Physician necessary

• No referrals required

• IBC has extensive local and national networks

• Prescription Coverage through CVS/Caremark

• Dental Coverage- Delta Dental Active PPO

• Allows use of in-network and out-of-network providers

• Vision Coverage- Vision Benefits of America (VBA)

Eligibility- No Waiting Period

All employees may enroll in the district's health benefit plans effective with their date of hire into the benefit eligible position.

Eligible Dependents

A legally married spouse as defined by PA law and children up to age 26 may enroll in the District's health benefit plans.

New Hires or Newly Eligible

You have 31 days from the date that you are benefit eligible to make your elections. If you do not make elections during this time, you will only be enrolled into any benefit that is provided by the District at no cost to you.

Flexible Spending Accounts

Benefit eligible employees have the opportunity to elect to participate in a Flexible Spending Account. DASD offers both a Healthcare Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account. This benefit allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for out of pocket eligible healthcare and dependent care expenses.

Support for the Whole You

• Fitness Program

• Receive $150 back when you complete 120 workouts at an approved fitness facility within 365 days. www.ibx.com/reimbursements

• Nutritional Counseling

• Up to 6 free visits per calendar year with a registered dietitian.

• Employee Assistance Program

• Health Advocate is a free, confidential program that offers EAP+ Work/Life benefits to help you address difficulties in your life by providing short term assistance with personal, family, and work issues. In addition, it simplifies the navigation of the health care system by helping you find the right doctors, resolving billing and insurance claim issues, explaining benefit coverages, helping your parents or in-laws with the complexities of Medicare, and much more!

• Telemedicine

• The telemedicine benefit through SwiftMD is offered to ALL DASD employees at no cost to you. The telemedicine benefit allows for consultations with US board-certified doctors over the phone or online, from your home, office, or on the road. These physicians can diagnose, recommend treatment, and submit prescriptions to your pharmacy of choice.

Retirement- Member of State Pension System (PSERS)

As a PSERS member, you'll join with over a half million fellow public school employees who are also members. You'll contribute to your own personal PSERS retirement account and have a safe and secure benefit payment(s) from one of the largest public retirement plans in the nation.

Student Loan Forgiveness

All DASD employees are eligible to apply for loan forgiveness through the federal government's Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Find out more here: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Life Benefit

Pays 1 x your basic annual salary up to maximum of $50,000

Income Protection Benefit

Pays 60% of your basic monthly pay, up to $2,800 per month

Tuition Reimbursement

75% of tuition if grade if B or better is attained; limit 12 credits per year.

Induction Program

All new teachers, including Long Term Substitutes (LTS), will participate in the DASD Induction Program. The district offers a one- or two-year program depending on the number of years of prior professional experience within PA public schools.

• After-school workshops
• Collaborative coaching with instructional coach
• Assigned mentor for additional support
• Collaboration meetings with curriculum leader, grade level leader, or supervisor(s)
• New hire faculty meetings with principal(s)

Professional Development

8 staff professional development days per year

Paid Time Off

• Prorated sick days
• Prorated personal days

EOE

Attachment(s):

• 2024-2025 DASD District Calendar.pdf
• DASD-DAEA CBA 2020-2025 v3.5 (DAEA) FINAL SIGNED PLUS MOU'S 2020-06-19....pdf
• Teacher_General- F15.pdf