MCS is looking for substitute workers! Working as a substitute can be a great way to support your community and make a difference in the lives of students. Get started today by submitting an application via the link below!
MCS Recruiting and Hiring Program/Substitute Workers
Upon review of your application, qualified candidates will be contacted with the following necessary steps:
- Scheduled interview
- Satisfactory background check performed
- Attend orientation meeting (the meetings typically last 2-3 hours and you will be compensated for your attendance: $32.50)
- Fulfill required online training requirements
*Former MCS Cafeteria Employees will be paid an hourly rate of pay based on their experience level with MCS (max of 5 years).
Substitute Worker Pay Scale 2021-2022
• Substitute Teacher (Non-Certified) -- Half Day - $32.50 -- Full Day - $65.00
• Substitute Teacher(Certified Teacher (TN or Retired MCS Teacher) -- Half Day - $40.00 -- Full Day - $80.00
• Substitute Cook * -- Hourly - $9.00
• Substitute Bus Driver -- Half Day - $27.00 -- Full Day - $54.00
• Substitute Custodian -- Hourly - $9.00
• Substitute Nurse (LPN & RN) -- Hourly - $15.00
*Former MCS Cafeteria Employees will be paid an hourly rate of pay based on their experience level with MCS (max of 5 years).
Eligibility requirements for Substitute Workers: Minimum of eighteen (18) years of age
Eligibility requirements for Substitute Teachers: You must be eighteen (18) years of age to work as a substitute teacher in grades PreK-5. Substitute teachers working in grades 6-8 must be a minimum of twenty-one (21) years of age or enrolled in a teacher education preparation program through a partnering college/university. (Proof of enrollment or recommendation from program advisor is required.)
No person shall be employed:
- Who has any contagious or communicable disease in such form that might endanger the health of the children;
- Who has been identified by the Department of Children’s Services as a perpetrator of child abuse, severe child abuse, child sexual abuse, or child neglect, or who poses an immediate threat to the health, safety, or welfare of children;
- Who is listed on the state’s abuse of vulnerable persons registry maintained by the Department of Health;
- Who has not complied with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986;
- Who fails to make a full disclosure of any prior criminal record and any prior dismissals from employment for cause;
- Who does not receive a satisfactory background check.
If you have any questions, please call the McMinn Center for Educational Excellence at (423) 745-1612.