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Substitute Teacher Duties, Skills & Responsibilities: a Guide for Employers

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When hiring Substitute Teachers, it’s important to properly describe the job opening with the duties, skills and responsibilities of the role. We’ve compiled a guide to Substitute Teacher Duties, Skills & Responsibilities using data from actual job postings on Indeed.

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Popular Substitute Teacher Duties and Skills

Here are some commonly found skills and other specifications in job postings for Substitute Teachers.

Teaching

  • Definition : Skill or experience teaching or instructing others, typically students in a classroom setting. May occur in person or via remote modes of communication.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 32.2% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Communication skills

  • Definition : Experience or skill effectively exchanging and understanding information, verbally or in writing.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 2-3
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 15.4% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Childcare

  • Definition : Skill or experience providing care and supervision for children while also providing them with educational development.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 11.5% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Substitute Teaching Certification

  • Definition : A license to work as a substitute teacher. Licensing requirements vary by state.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 6.1% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Classroom experience

  • Definition : Experience in a classroom setting. Typically required for teachers and educators.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 5.5% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Experience with children

  • Definition : Experience interacting with children in a variety of roles, functions, and environments.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 5.1% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Early childhood education

  • Definition : Skill or experience providing early childhood education.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 4.7% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Classroom management

  • Definition : Skills or experience with using a variety of techniques and strategies to ensure an effective delivery of instruction in a classroom.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 3.7% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Behavior management

  • Definition : Knowledge and experience with the tools, strategies and techniques used to maintain control of a group of people, typically in a classroom, but also at an inpatient facility, or other group settings.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 3.4% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Math

  • Definition : Knowledge of or experience with general mathematical concepts.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 2.4% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Preschool experience

  • Definition : Experience teaching or performing other duties in a preschool environment or with preschool-age children.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 2.1% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Experience working with students

  • Definition : Experience working with students in an educational capacity, such as teaching or tutoring.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 1.6% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Curriculum development

  • Definition : Skill or experience developing and implementing plans for learning.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.7% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Special education

  • Definition : Knowledge of or experience with providing educational instruction and support to children and youth with developmental disabilities.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.4% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Lesson planning

  • Definition : Skill or experience designing educational lessons.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.2% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.

Childhood development

  • Definition : Knowledge of the biological, physical, and psychological stages of a child's development from infancy through adolescence.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.1% of Substitute Teacher job postings on Indeed.
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