Substitute Teachers
Substitute Teaching is a very important and rewarding job. You can use your knowledge along with training provided from our district and teach our kids to be the best they can be. You must be flexible and willing to deal with a diverse population.
Procedures and Requirements for Becoming a Substitute Teacher
In order to process your application and satisfy all hiring requirements, you will need to follow these steps:
1. Complete an online USD 259 Substitute Teachers’ Application at www.usd259.com, click on “Employment” and then “Start an Application for Employment”. As you complete the on-line application it will also direct you to the Gallup website to take the Teacher Insight Assessment. This is a requirement for USD 259 Substitute Teachers. Please make sure your application is successfully submitted before exiting.
2. Submit a Certification of Health, consisting of a TB test and light physical that must be performed by a Physician, Physician Assistant (PA), Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) and cannot be more than a year old. Click here to download Health Form. Please submit completed form to Wichita Public Schools, 201 N. Water, Wichita KS 67202, ATTN: Sub Office.
3. Transcript Copy: Please provide a copy of your transcript for our file by uploading them to your on-line application or by submitting to the address in Item 2. (This is in addition to the official transcript sent to the State for licensure.)
4. Submit a copy of your teaching license by either uploading to your on-line application or to the address in Item 2.
5. If you do not have a teaching license and have at least 60 hours of college credit you may apply for an Emergency Substitute License at www.KSDE.org. The cost for the license is $39.00. You are also required to send in official transcripts with your license application. In addition, if this is your first emergency teaching license, you must also complete a fingerprint process. Effective October 1, 2009, there is a $50 charge and this process can take 4 wks to 8 weeks to clear, so do this step as soon as possible. Fingerprint cards can be ordered at the KSDE website. You will not receive your license until KSDE has received the results of your fingerprints. (Two copies of your license will be mailed to you; please do not forget to submit the Employers copy to the Sub Office.)
6. Substitute Teacher Orientation: All Emergency licensed applicants must attend a two day unpaid Orientation. You may sign up for an upcoming Orientation below. The Orientation can be attended anytime during the application process, you do NOT need to have all requirements met to attend. However, you cannot be hired until everything has been received in the Sub Office. For Standard Licensed Applicants you are only required to attend the second day of the two day Orientation and must still sign up on-line. Retired Employees from Wichita Public Schools are not required to attend Orientation and can contact the Substitute Office directly.
If you are interested in attending the January Orientation, please click on the link below to sign up. Future Substitute Teacher needs will determine if a March Orientation will be conducted.
Click Here for January 11 & 12
Click Here for March 1 & 2
7. Approval: After Human Resources receives your Application, Certification of Health, License, a copy of Transcripts, and you have attended an Orientation you will be scheduled for the first available Employee Processing Session. All emergency substitutes are required to attend both days of Orientation.
You will be required to bring the following items to your Employment Processing session:
Drivers License
Social Security Card
If you have further questions, please contact the Substitute Teachers Office at (316) 973-4593.
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Certification Fingerprint Requirements
All applicants for initial Kansas certification and any applicant whose certificate has been expired six months or more, will be required to submit a fingerprint card for a criminal history records check. Fingerprint cards will be submitted to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for clearance. Fingerprint cards need to be submitted in the manner described in the enclosed fingerprint card instructions.
A certificate will not be issued by KSDE or a teaching contract by the Wichita Public Schools until a criminal history records check clearance is confirmed. Applicants are required to submit a check or money order payable to Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) in the amount of $50.00 for the background check submitted with the fingerprint.
If an application for a certificate is submitted six months after a background check clearance is received, a new set of fingerprints and payment for a new clearance will be required.
Special fingerprint cards and pre-addressed envelopes are available at any university, Wichita Public Schools Human Resources Office, or the Kansas State Department of Education, Topeka, Kansas.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Emily Faught at (316) 973-4619 or the substitute office at (316) 973-4593.
The places listed below are Wichita locations:
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Wichita Police Training Bureau
2235 W. 37th Street North
660-3824 |
Fingerprinting is done every weekday afternoon, 1:00pm - 3:00pm. Please call first. Applicants must bring drivers license and fingerprint cards. There is a $20 processing fee, cash or money order. NO PERSONAL CHECKS.
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Sedgwick County Sheriff Department
Adult Detention Center
3803 E. Harry, Suite 119
660-3939 |
Fingerprinting is done on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9:00am until 4:00pm. Also open on the first and third Saturday of each month from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Applicants must bring drivers license and fingerprint card. There is a $20 processing fee. Applicants should be aware this is a grim, high-security facility.
It is not a place you can drop in and out of casually. The jail cannot handle large numbers of applicants.
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Wichita State University Police Department
1845 Fairmount
978-3450 |
Fingerprinting available Monday thru Friday. Call on the day you wish to be fingerprinted and arrange an appointment with one of the detectives. Applicant must bring drivers license and fingerprint cards. There is a $20 processing fee, cash only. |
Send completed fingerprint cards to the Kansas State Department of Education using the envelope provided. KSDE will forward the fingerprint cards to the appropriate agencies for state and national background checks. Your Kansas teaching certificate will be issued once results of those background checks confirm no criminal history. Receipt of your teaching certificate in the mail indicates that the background checks were successfully completed. Should there be any problem, such as unreadable fingerprints, the Kansas State Department of Education will contact you. Otherwise, please be patient; these background checks may take a few weeks to complete. Thank you.