Emergency Substitute Teacher Training

Pennsylvania school districts are finding a shortage of certified individuals to employ as day-to-day substitutes in all classrooms. To help alleviate this dilemma, Intermediate Unit 1 offers an online theory portion of the necessary requirements to become an Emergency Substitute Teacher.

Interested participants must complete the online training session linked here on IU1 Evolve, which focus upon daily responsibilities in the school, reporting procedures, teacher expectations for the substitute, instructional strategies, classroom management (effective behavior strategies) and other pertinent topics.

Individuals with a Bachelors’ degree but no teaching certificate and who are interested in day-to-day substitute teaching for Intermediate Unit 1 classes and some school districts in Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties must complete the online training, then the participant must contact the school or schools in which they wish to emergency substitute teach. Participants must complete the online training on the following link:

IU1 Evolve Emergency Substitute Online Training

Upon completion, you (the Emergency Sub Candidate ) will need to personally contact the district(s) in which you wish to sub in and they will collect all of the necessary paperwork from you to get you started in the classroom.

To Access the Google Form (which is needed to complete this training), please scan the QR Code below:

Or click on the following link: https://forms.gle/HWLQavWfCaBPFjkV6

If you are not planning on completing this training all in one session, please save your work on a Google Doc or Microsoft Word Document to later copy and paste all of your responses in this Google Form

You will need to contact the district(s) in which you wish to substitute teach to inform them of your successful completion of the training portion required for Emergency Substituting. You can direct them to myself, jordan.lozosky@iu1.org, if they require any further notification that you have indeed completed the video portion of the requirement.

Explore this Link for Helpful Substitute Teaching "Tips and Tricks" as well!