Substitute Teachers

First, click apply now.

Once your application is complete and has been submitted, you will receive two emails - one is introductory and the other contains instructions for your online substitute training.

After you've finished the online training, you will receive an email with instructions to sign up for an orientation paperwork session at the Education Service Center.

Please note: Former Tulsa Public Schools full-time teachers who have taught within the last ten years are not required to complete online training.

1. Complete the mandatory substitute online training using the link provided via email after you submit your application.

2. Provide a photocopy of your high school diploma or GED equivalent, college transcript, or teaching certificate (if Oklahoma-certified).

3. Pass the required background checks.

As a substitute, two background checks are required for employment:

1. Tulsa Public Schools submits a preliminary background check, at no cost to you, before you begin substitute teaching.
2. The State Department of Education requires a fingerprint background check processed through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation within 30 days of your first day in the classroom. You will be responsible for paying a fee of $53.94 by check or money order in order to process this background check and continue your employment.

If you have been fingerprinted by another Oklahoma school district within the last five years, and you can obtain a letter of good standing from that district along with the fingerprint results. If you do this, it may not be necessary for you to be fingerprinted again. Fingerprints through other agencies, including law enforcement or for other purposes, are not accepted.

All employment offers are contingent on receiving a clean fingerprint background report.

Compensation

2021-2022 School Year Rates*

*Rates effective in the 2021-2022 school year only
**11+ consecutive days in the same position

Maximum number of allowable teaching days

Alternative to Social Security - 457 Plan

Substitute teachers and employees in part-time temporary positions participate in an alternative social security tax plan. Employees contribute money normally set aside for social security to a portable savings plan via payroll deduction that is tax-deferred and available when you leave employment with Tulsa Public Schools.