Substitute Management System

Substitute Assignment Manager (Frontline)

Quick reference guides and training videos for the Frontline Substitute Assignment Manager:

• Substitutes
  • Quick Reference Guide for Substitutes (PDF)
  • Training Video for Substitutes (2:45 min)
• Employees
  • Quick Reference Guide for Employees (PDF)
  • Training Video for Employees (4:25 min)
  • Mobile App Guide (Employee Only) (PDF)
  • Setting up Favorite Substitutes (PDF)
• Campus Users
  • Quick Reference Guide for Campus Users (PDF)
  • Interactive Training (30 minutes)
  • Setting up Preference Lists (PDF)

Substitute Qualifications

• a minimum of 48 hours of college credit
• evidence of a negative tuberculin test (or chest x-ray)
• a completed online application
• successful completion of an interview
• attend an orientation session (see below)
• a criminal background check (at the orientation session, you will schedule an appointment to return for fingerprinting – the cost to the applicant is $37)

Substitute Interviews

Those who are interested in substitute teaching for the 2021-22 school year and who meet the above qualifications are asked to first complete an online application and upload their transcripts. 

Substitute Orientations

Upon successful completion of an interview, a mandatory Substitute Orientation will be held ACPS Central Office, on the fifth floor at 1340 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314.

New substitute teachers will be paid only upon becoming an active substitute in our system and working at least one day. Payment for the orientation session will be included in the first paycheck.

The schedule for the orientation is as follows:

8:30 a.m. – General Information - Substitute Assignment System (Frontline)
9:00 a.m. – Classroom Management - Best Practices
10:30 a.m. – Break
10:45 a.m. – Instructional Planning
12:00 p.m. – Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. – English Learner Training
2:00 p.m. – Break
2:15 p.m. – Special Education Trainin
3:30 p.m. – Dismissal

Agendas are subject to change.

Pay Rates for Substitutes

Substitutes are paid in daily, or half-day increments. A half-day is defined as 3 hours and 45 minutes or less.

Teaching

• Short Term Rate: $110 / day
• Long Term Rate: $157.59 / day

Paraprofessional I/II/Kindergarten/ELL

• Short Term Rate: $105 / day
• Long Term Rate: $105 / day

Administrator (valid license required)

• Short Term Rate: $183.86 / day
• Long Term Rate: $300 / day

School Nurse/Para III (valid license required)

• Short Term Rate: $200 / day
• Long Term Rate: $200 / day