• a minimum of 60 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)
• criminal background check — at the orientation session, you will schedule an appointment to return for fingerprinting (the cost to the applicant is $35)

Substitute Interviews

2017 Substitute Interview Day & Job Fair
July 27, 2017 from noon to 5 p.m.
T.C. Williams Minnie Howard Campus
3801 W. Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA 22302

Those interested in substitute teaching for the 2017-18 school year and who meet the above qualifications are welcome to attend. No appointment is necessary.

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 - SAM System
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. — ESL Training
2:00 p.m. — Break
2:15 p.m. — Special Education Training
3:30 p.m. — Dismissal

Agendas are subject to change.