Job Description
SUBSTITUTE TEACHING APPLICANTS
Requirements: - A minimum of 64 semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited institution
- A minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. If an applicant holds at least a Bachelor's Degree, there is no minimum GPA requirement.
Certification: - Non-certified (no Kentucky teaching certificate) :
After the Central Office processes your application, you will receive an e-mail from the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) notifying you of your pending application for emergency substitute certification. Follow their instructions to complete this process.
Must furnish copy of valid Kentucky teaching certificate
PLEASE NOTE: Your application will not be considered until:
- All required documents are completed and submitted to our office (an email checklist of additional items to complete will be sent to you). If you have not completed these items within 6 months your application will be purged.
Certified Teacher Substitute Daily Classification Rate RANK V $ 95.00 RANK IV $ 100.00 RANK III $ 105.00 RANK II $ 110.00 RANK I $ 115.00 Retired Teacher Supplemental Staff- $ 135.00 Retired Teacher Covering for Teacher Absence- $200.00*Only teachers who retire from McCracken County Schools or retirees from other school districts who spent a minimum of fifteen (15) years as a
certified employee in McCracken County Schools and return as substitute teachers will be paid this rate regardless of their rank. (Experience
shall be verified by McCracken County Schools.) If the rate exceeds the teacher's Daily Wage Threshold (DWT) from the Kentucky Teachers
Retirement System, the DWT will be paid. Retired teachers, regardless of the district from which they retired, are limited to working 169 days
per school year. Retired teachers from McCracken County and those with a minimum of 15 years experience in McCracken County Schools will
be honored with this rate of pay due to their familiarity with the facilities, staff, local policies, local culture, families, and students; loyalty to the
district; experience; and to encourage teachers to seek employment with the district and remain with the district knowing this benefit is
available to them upon retirement. Retirees who meet this criteria and serve as a substitute teacher covering for the absence of a classroom
teacher shall earn $200/day plus applicable premium pay. Retirees who meet this payment criteria and are performing other duties (not to
cover for the absence of a classroom teacher) shall earn $135/day plus applicable premium pay.
Substitute teachers who teach twenty (20) or more consecutive days at a school for the same teacher shall be paid from the certified teacher
salary scale. Once twenty (20) days are worked consecutively in one position, a maximum of one (1) day may be missed for each twenty (20)
days worked without reverting back to substitute pay. If a substitute teaches in a vacant position and is hired as a teacher for that position, they
shall be paid for their consecutive time subbing in that same position from the certified teacher salary scale, regardless of whether or not they
taught as a substitute for twenty (20) or more consecutive days in that position.
Substitutes or interim employees serving in administrative positions will be paid at the position's daily rate, subject to the Daily Wage Threshold (DWT) allowed by the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, if applicable.
Substitute teachers must hold a valid certificate issued by the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board. McCracken County Public Schools
Job Tags
Daily paid, Interim role, Work at office, Local area,