Long Term Substitute Teacher - Fall 2025

The dePaul School embraces a school-wide vision and commitment to the following core values:

RESPECT the child - showing understanding and acceptance of their challenges.

TEACH the child – with, research-based proven curriculum and methodologies.

CHALLENGE the child - to meet their potential, setting appropriate expectations.

INSPIRE the child - promoting strengths, fostering creativity and building self-confidence through praise and encouragement.

The dePaul School Fast Facts:

·       Founded in Clearwater in 1983

·       Independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

·       Full-time day school for students in 1st - 8th grades

·       Signature Orton-Gillingham based remediation methodology, dePaul Structured Linguistics (DPSL)

·       Appropriately leveled and paced classes and workload

·       Compassionate and challenging environment

·       Small class sizes (Max 12)

Title: Long Term Substitute

Reports To: Principal

Do you want to work in an environment where students’ needs are at the forefront of all decision-making? At The dePaul School for Dyslexia, we focus on identifying the needs of our learners and filling in specific learning gaps utilizing research-based, explicit, sequential, multisensory teaching methods. We support our staff with ongoing professional development to stay current on best practices for assessing teaching students with language-based learning differences.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Create lesson plans and teach all subject areas in homeroom classroom of mixed-age students grades k-2.

• Teach structured literacy (phonemic awareness, decoding and encoding strategies) by using formal and informal assessment data to identify areas of reading weakness and remediate using research-based, multisensory methods.

• Track student progress and plan lessons accordingly.

• Establish procedures and behavior expectations for the management of multi-age classes.

• Evaluate students’ academic and social growth, track grades, and prepare report cards.

• Communicate with parents to inform, update, and discuss students’ progress.

• Maintain professional competence through continued professional development.

• Regularly adjust to flexible scheduling and frequent student changes. 

• Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities as necessary.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required.

• Teaching experience required. 

• Experience working with children with language-based learning differences preferred.

Benefits:

·       Hours: 7:30a-3:30p

·       School Holidays Off

·       Salary based off of experience, skills, training, education and flexibility.