Ojai Valley School is a pre-kindergarten to grade 12 boarding and day school located on two campuses in Ojai, California. The Lower Campus serves students in grades PK-8 and the Upper Campus serves students in grades 9-12.

Summary of Position

Ojai Valley School, Lower Campus is looking for a well-qualified candidate to serve as a Long-Term Substitute - Elementary Teacher. The Long-Term Substitute Teacher, under the supervision of the Assistant Head of Lower Campus, is responsible to ensure the continued excellence of an Ojai Valley School experience in the absence of a faculty member. Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Provide supervision at all times to ensure the safety of children.
• Assist children with a variety of tasks and projects.
• Follow the plans and the structure of the school day.
• Supervise children during lunchtime and/or on the playground.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university preferred. A combination of education and professional experience with children is preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret safety rules and technical journals. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from parents, regulatory agencies, or members of the community. Ability to effectively present information to management, and parents.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate grades and possess basic skills to work with budgets.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• California driver's license preferred.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification preferred.
• California Teaching Credential preferred.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to use training and experience to teach children of all ages.
• Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience and self-control.
• Good character, integrity and adaptability
• Ability to supervise children of all ages.
• Ability to relate to one’s peers.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Ojai Valley School is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religions, sex, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: $22.00 per hour

Grade levels:

• 3rd grade
• Elementary school

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

School type:

• Boarding school
• Private school

Work Location: In person