PSD has concluded sub hiring for the 2022-23 school year. Sub hiring for the 2023-24 will begin over the summer. The applications (licensed and classified) will be posted early in June 2023.
Job Postings
Licensed Substitute replaces a teacher, and must hold a Colorado teaching license, or a Colorado 1-year/3-year/5-year substitute authorization. *
Classified Substitute replaces a classroom paraprofessional, non‐instructional paraprofessional or clerical position. No teaching license is required for classified substitutes.
*Licensed substitutes are automatically eligible to work as a classified substitute.
Questions about the Colorado licensure process?
Substitute licensure is obtained from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). Email the CDE at: CDELicensing@cde.state.co.us or call 303‐866‐ 6628.
Required Background Check: Upon hire, both licensed and classified subs must complete a background check specific to Poudre School District. For licensed subs, this is in addition to what CDE requires for licensure. The cost for the background check $40.00 for classified subs and $28.00 for licensed subs at the substitute's expense. More information about background requirements will be discussed at the sub orientation.
2022-23 Sub Incentive
A $250 bonus will be awarded to substitutes who work 80 hours or more in a pay period. A pay period is the 16th of each month to the 15th of the following month.
2022-2023 Substitute Pay
Licensed substitutes are expected to work a full day or a half day and are compensated accordingly:
A half day is considered four hours or less. A full day is 8 hours (subs that work more than 4 hours will be compensated for a full day).
- Full Day: $135.00 (PERA retiree $145.00)
- Half Day: $67.50 (PERA retiree $72.50)
- Long Term: $175.00/day (15 or more days, same teacher)
Classified substitutes are compensated hourly:
- Clerical/Office/Non-Instructional Paraprofessional: $15.00/hour
- Instructional Paraprofessional: $16.50/hour
- Health Tech (approval required): $16.50/hour
- Integrated Services Paraprofessional I: $17.25/hour
- Integrated Services Paraprofessional II: $18.00/hour
- 504 Paraprofessional: $18.00/hour
- Integrated Services Early Childhood Paraprofessional: $18.00/hour
*Substitutes that work in the Mountain Schools (Stove Prairie, Livermore and Red Feather) will be compensated for mileage. Maximum mileage allowance applies.
Daily maximum mileage:
- Stove Prairie: 35.2 miles
- Livermore: 37.8 miles
- Red Feather: 86.8 miles
Additional information: