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Substitute opportunities
Need flexibility in your schedule? Work part-time on the days you are available as a substitute in one of many roles. Opportunities for all education levels, background experience, interests and schedule availability. Perfect for parents with children in school and for college students!
16 years+ (no HS degree needed)
- Substitute Custodian; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm shifts; $20.00/hr
- Substitute Childcare / Adventures Plus; early morning and/or late afternoon shifts; $16.50/hr
HS diploma or equivalent
- Substitute Special Ed Para; 6.5-hour shifts during the school day; $19.60/hr
- Substitute Elementary or Secondary Para; 3 to 6.5-hour shifts during the school day; 18.75/hr
- Substitute Food Service (Child Nutrition); 3 to 5.5-hour shifts mid-day; $17.45/hr
- Substitute School Monitor; hourly shifts as needed during the school day; $17.34/hr
- Substitute Secretary; hourly shifts as needed during the school day; $18.55/hr
- Substitute ECFE/Preschool Assistant; various shifts during day or evening; $17.09/hr
Teacher License (any area), or PELSB Short-Call Substitute License
- Substitute Teacher; $200.00/day
LPN or RN License
- Substitute Health Para; 6.5-hour shift during the school day; $25.20/hr with LPN
Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood
- Substitute Preschool Instructor; $22.96/hr
Do you have a four-year Bachelor's degree? You can be a substitute teacher!
With 3,000 teachers in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, there is a large need for substitute teachers every day.
- Anoka-Hennepin accepts the Short-Call Substitute license.
- Visit the PELSB (Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board) website to apply for a substitute license. Proof of your bachelor's degree, background check, and fingerprints are required.
- When you receive an email with your license file number, apply for the substitute teacher posting on our site, indicate you have applied for the license, then add the file number you receive under the "Certifications" section. Indicate "yes" to having a teacher license IF your short-call substitute license has already been processed.
- Once your application is reviewed and accepted by Employee Services, you will receive an email with employment forms to complete.
- Pick the days, grade levels, subjects, and locations you want to work at each day!
- Rate of pay: $200/day
Retired Anoka-Hennepin teachers only: You do not need to complete the online application. Contact the Absence Management (Red Rover) help desk at 763-506-1092.
If you have questions regarding substitute opportunities, call Employee Services Department at 763-506-1100.
Position descriptions
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Substitute for Child Nutrition Program
- Responsibilities: Responsibilities may include any or all of the following: prepare, cook and serve foods. Baking, main dish, salad, grill, dish room, and cashier; cleaning and sanitizing food preparation areas, dishes, utensils, equipment, and machines; inventory, storage, and some stocking duties.
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must be able to lift a minimum of 25 pounds.
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Substitute Custodian
- Responsibilities may include any or all of the following: keep premises of school in clean and orderly condition. Perform simple repairs to structure, furniture and equipment.
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must be able to lift a minimum of 75 pounds.
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Substitute ECFE Teacher
- Responsibilities: Prepare for and conduct early childhood classes for children ages birth to five years and their parents.
- Minimum qualifications: Minnesota teaching license in Early Childhood Education and BA degree. Must be able to lift a minimum of 35 pounds.
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Substitute ECFE/Preschool Assistant
- ECFE assistant responsibilities: Assist in daily and weekly classroom set-up; Assist in the design and implementation of activities for children.
- School Readiness assistant responsibilities: Assist in conducting group and individual activities for children ages three to five.
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must be able to lift a minimum of 35 pounds.
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Substitute Elementary and Secondary Para
- Responsibilities may include any or all of the following: Assist teachers with various instructional tasks, including lunchroom and playground supervision, prep-time, media center, classroom assistance, computer lab and other duties as assigned.
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent.
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Substitute English as a Second Language Para
- Responsibilities: Assist teachers in English as a Second Language program by reinforcing vocabulary and helping students learn to read.
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent.
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Substitute Health Para
- Responsibilities may include any or all of the following: Recordkeeping; first aid; vision and hearing screening; assisting with health service reports; giving medications; working with special needs students in a fast-paced setting.
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must have completed or be currently enrolled in an eight-hour basic life support course (CPR), eight-hour first aid course, school health paraprofessional course or equivalent. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds.
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Substitute Preschool Instructor
- Responsibilities: Prepare for and conduct School Readiness classes for children ages three to five.
- Minimum qualifications: BA degree in Early Childhood or closely related field. Teaching license in early childhood, kindergarten or elementary education preferred. Must be able to lift a minimum of 35 pounds.
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Substitute Secretary
- Responsibilities may include any or all of the following: receptionist, switchboard, mailroom, media center, head school secretary, SASI.
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent.
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Substitute Special Education Para
- Responsibilities may include any or all of the following: Assists in the instruction of students with disabilities in mainstream, resource room or centerbase settings. Although the job duties vary due to the age or level of disability, job duties may include: managing behavior (redirecting, calming or removing a disruptive student from the classroom); monitoring and recording student progress in instructional areas (academics, daily living skills, dressing, grooming, social skills, etc.); managing physical needs (toileting, feeding, dressing, lifting, positioning, transporting students in wheelchairs, etc.)
- Minimum qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds.
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Substitute Teacher
Minimum qualifications:
- Must have a current Minnesota teaching license.
- We are accepting the Short Call Substitute license.
- Rate of pay: $200/day - Casual substitute teaching prorated at half days or full days
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More information
Helpful links and resources:
- Apply online
- Job openings
- Internal only job openings
- Employee services contact, 763-506-1100
