Ardmore City Schools, believes that all students deserve capable, caring, professional, well-trained and dedicated teachers who have high expectations for their learning success. We believe that the cultural and ethnic diversity of our student body and of our staff is an asset and enriches the overall learning and working experience.
These beliefs about students and learning provide the guidelines for our work in personnel. We actively recruit instructional staff who hold current credentials and advanced degrees. We invest in our teachers through our professional development program. A highly trained staff benefits our students.

All certified applicants must be certified in the area they apply as per the federal ”No Child Left Behind Act of 2001”.

Non-Certified staff members who work directly with children as teacher assistants or paraprofessionals must also be highly qualified to meet the Federal Title I provisions. They must have an Associates Degree, have completed 48 college hours, or have successfully passed a Para Pro Examination.
Non-certified staff members who are seeking positions not related to direct instruction of children (office staff, technicians, bus drivers, child nutrition, maintenance, and custodial) are not subject to the above requirements.

Certified and degreed substitute teachers will be paid $75.00 per day and non-certified substitute teachers will be paid $70.00 per day. Certified substitute teachers who remain in the same classroom for five consecutive days will be paid $78.00 per day on the sixth and following days. 

A certified teacher can substitute an unlimited number of days; degreed substitutes can only substitute 100 days; and, a non-certified substitute can only substitute 90 days.

Substitute teacher applications are now being accepted, please apply in person.