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Teacher Substitutes

The Eastern Lancaster County School District currently partners with Substitute Teacher Service (STS) to fill daily and short-term substitute positions. If you are interested in substituting, you will need to contact STS at (717) 391-7827 or 1-800-884-SUBS (7827) and complete their online application found on their website. For more information about STS and our open positions, visit their website at https://help.thesubservice.com/elanco-open-positions.

STS ELANCOSD Open Positions

Substitute Teachers

What you Need to Apply:

  • A valid Pennsylvania Teaching Certification, PA Emergency Certification or +Letter of Completion
    Note: You may not exceed 90 working days in a school year with an Inactive Teaching Certificate
  • A Pennsylvania Criminal Records check (Act 34) that is clean and less than 5 years old **
  • A Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance History (Act 151) that is clean and less than 5 years old **
    NEW! Effective 1/1/2015, you can now obtain this clearance online!
  • An FBI Criminal History Record that is clean and less than 5 years old ** 
  • Proof of a TB test or chest x-ray that is less than two years old
  • 3 professional references (contact information) and/or letters
  • A Resume
  • Routing number and account number for direct deposit setup 
  • 2 Valid forms of Identification for I-9.  Click here for acceptable forms.
  • A valid, working email address. This is how all future communications from STS will reach you.
  • Effective 12/22/2014: In accordance with PA Act 168 of 2014, contact information for all current and past employers will be needed, for all jobs held where you have or had direct contact with children.

Guest Teachers

STS/IU-13 Guest Teacher Program - This program allows those who have a 4-year degree to take an online training program that would prepare them for teaching in the classroom as a day-to-day substitute teacher.

What you need to Apply:

  • A Bachelors degree (foreign-educated degree holders should refer to PDE’s website re: requirements to obtain emergency certification, including having transcripts evaluated by WES www.wes.org or another accredited agency in the US)
  • A Pennsylvania Criminal Records check (Act 34) that is clean and less than 5 years old **
  • A Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance History (Act 151) that is clean and less than 5 years old **
    NEW! Effective 1/1/2015, you can now obtain this clearance online!
  • An FBI Criminal History Record that is clean and less than 5 years old **
  • Proof of a TB test or chest x-ray that is less than two years old
  • 3 professional references (contact information) and/or letters
  • A Resume
  • Routing number and account number for direct deposit setup
  • 2 Valid forms of Identification for I-9.  Click here for acceptable forms.
  • A valid, working email address. This is how all future communications from STS will reach you.
  • Effective 12/22/2014: In accordance with PA Act 168 of 2014, contact information for all current and past employers will be needed, for all jobs held where you have or had direct contact with children