NOTIFICATION:
Substitute teachers are employed on an on-call, day-to-day, as needed basis.  It is impossible to predict how many days a substitute will work in any school week or year.  Substitute teachers are temporary employees who serve at the pleasure of the Evans County Board of Education.

Legal Status of Substitute Teachers:  From Georgia Code 20-2-216, "As a condition for receiving funds under this article, it shall be the duty of each local unit of administration to employ and to utilize the services of substitutes for teachers who are absent. It shall be the duty of the local unit of administration to employ substitutes, including retired teachers in accordance with Code Section 47-3-127, who possess valid teaching certificates issued by the Professional Standards Commission. If no person holding a valid teaching certificate is available for this purpose, the local unit of administration is authorized to employ the person who most closely meets the requirements for certification as a teacher and who is available to serve as a substitute, provided such person is closely supervised by the school principal or principal's designee. It shall be the duty of the commission to promulgate and adopt rules, regulations, and policies establishing classes or categories of persons, in order of descending priority, who most closely meet requirements for certification within this state. Nothing contained in this Code section shall prevent the local governing board or its executive officer from refusing to employ as a substitute teacher one who, in the discretion of the board, would be detrimental to the education of the students provided for by this article. For purposes of this Code section, certificated substitute teachers shall not be considered part-time personnel pursuant to Code Section 20-2-212. Salaries for substitute teachers shall be set by the local boards of education."

Completion of this application does not ensure employment with the Evans County School System.  
Additional requirements include:
1.  Attend a four-hour substitute training.  The School System will notify applicants of upcoming training dates.         

NOTE:  Applicants who hold  a valid or expired teaching or paraprofessional certificate do not have to attend the training.

2.  Complete a criminal background check (GA law 20-2-211) and drug screening initiated through the Board of Education.  A fee of $51.00 for the background check is the responsibility of the applicant and will not be reimbursed by the Evans County Board of Education.  There is no charge to applicants for the drug screening.  References will be checked prior to background check and drug screening.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Ability and desire to work patiently with young people

Williingness to cooperate with regular school personnel

Ability to instruct students in the absence of the regular teacher

Willingness to follow all district and state policies and procedures

Provides a Criminal Background Check with results that adhere to the Evans County Board of Education Policy GAK(1)

Participates in a pre-employment drug screening as described in the Evans County Board of Education Policy GAMA

SUBSTITUTE PAY:
Substitute pay is based on education completion.



The Evans County Board of Education reserves the right to hire from within system applicants first.  The Evans County Board of Education is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex/gender, marital status, age, native language, religion, creed, or handicap/disability in educational programs and activities, admissions to facilities, or in employment practices.