Daily Substitute Teacher, Special Education Instructional Assistant, and Charter School Instructional Assistant

Non-Benefited

Position available tentatively from October 14th, 2026

Daily work hours vary by location

Salary

Substitute Special Education Instructional Assistant: $17.13 an hour

Substitute Instructional Assistant, Pre-K: $17.13 an hour

Substitute Teacher: $23.18 an hour

Long-Term Substitute Teacher: $24.64 an hour

Role Substitute Teachers and Substitute Instructional Support Staff 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 substitute 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. Required Qualifications Education/Training/Experience

Substitute Special Education Instrucitonal Assistant: Most possess a high school diploma or GED

Substitute Instructional Assistant, Pre-K: Most possess a high school diploma or GED

Substitute Teacher: Must possess a minimum of an AA degree or 60 college credit hours from an accredited institution.

Long-Term Substitute Teacher: Must possess a minimum of an AA degree or 60 college credit hours from an accredited institution.

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.

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.

Bilingual (Spanish).

Familiarity with the FCPS policies, goals and programs.

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.). 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.