WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

Substitute Teacher

About Us
Williamsburg Charter High School (WCHS) is a high-performing public charter high school located in Brooklyn, New York. WCHS opened in August 2004 as the first Chancellor-authorized charter high school in the City of New York with a ninth-grade class of 267 students. Now in its seventeenth year of operation, WCHS has grown to serve approximately 963 students in grades nine through twelve.

WCHS provides a broad liberal arts academic program to the high-school-age youth of north Brooklyn. School programs are individualized to connect to each student’s particular level of development, including English Language Learners and students with Special Education Services. Further, WCHS provides supportive relationships with faculty, extended instructional periods, and opportunities after-school and on Saturdays for additional academic support. Social and emotional support is also available to students to ensure their non-academic needs are addressed. Students are accepted to WCHS through a random lottery with no minimum requirements, tests, or auditions required to gain entrance, and, as a public charter school, there is no tuition.

Position Description
The Substitute Teacher teaches and supervises students if their regular teacher is unable to lead the class. Their duties include managing classroom behavior, quickly interpreting lesson plans, and creating reports to inform the students’ permanent teachers of their success.

To create an encouraging learning environment for students while their regular teacher is absent, the Substitute Teacher will need to effectively manage and instruct the class from roll call through to tidying up the classroom after the students have left. Some of the Substitute Teacher’s duties and responsibilities include:

• Follow lesson plans provided by the regular teacher to create a cohesive and consistent learning experience for students

• Manage the classroom effectively to encourage student participation, minimize distractions, and maintain a positive learning environment

• Adapt teaching methods to fit the needs of each individual student

• Supervise students in and out of the classroom, including in the halls, on the playground, and in the cafeteria

• Provide in-class and at-home assignments based on the available lesson plan

• For long-term substitutes: develop lesson plans and assignments consistent with the regular teacher’s past lesson plans

• Utilize school attendance, grading, and learning management and software application as needed and directed

Education and Credentials 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Experience teaching in an urban high school setting preferred
• Ability to manage a classroom of students
• Willingness to teach in-person 
• Ability to pass a State & FBI background check