Substitute Teacher Information
Platte County R-3 School District

Along with the substitute teacher application the following forms can be downloaded from this website.  You must complete the forms listed below before your application for substitute teaching employment is complete. These forms are also available by calling 816-858-5420 or stopping by the Central Office, 2nd floor of the District Education Center located at 998 Platte Falls Road, Platte City, Missouri 64079.

Substitute Teacher Application - click here

Preference Form B - click here

Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 (With this form, we also need a copy of your driver's license and social security card) - click here

Federal and Missouri Withholding Forms- click here

Substitute S Form - click here

FBI Background/Fingerprint Check Information ($52.95 fee) -click here

A copy of your latest transcript showing that you have at least 60 college credit hours

Beginning January 1, 2005 , all applicants must submit to a FBI background/fingerprint check. The State of Missouri has contracted with Identix for this service. Please find the instructions for obtaining your background check on a separate form. Generally it takes approximately two weeks once you have been fingerprinted to receive the results. Once you have cleared your background check, you will be mailed a clearance letter. The district will also receive a substitute teaching certificate. Many times the individual receives their clearance letter days or weeks ahead of the district. Once you receive your copy, please forward it to the Central Office. Only when the district has a copy of this clearance letter on file will you be added to our substitute listing. If you have submitted and received clearance of your background within the LAST SIX MONTHS we will accept that as proof of clearance.

Once we have received clearance of the background check, your name will be placed on the substitute list and distributed to all schools. It is the school's responsibility to coordinate their substitutes. If you have any changes to your file (address, telephone number, days available, etc) please contact Sarah Wessing at 858-5420 or by email at wessings@pcriii.k12.mo.us.

Please take a few minutes to read about the Platte County R-3 payroll procedures and how you can help make sure that you are paid in a timely and correct manner. I would encourage you to retain this information for future reference.

Substitutes are paid $90.00 a day. Substitutes working less than full-day are paid $12.90 per hour. I would encourage you to check with the building secretary before you leave to make sure that you and she agree as to how many hours you worked that day.

Substitutes are paid on the 10th of each month for the work done from the 11th through the 25th. Substitutes are paidon the 25th of each month for the work from the 26th of the proceeding month to the 10th of the current month. If the 10th or the 25th falls on a holiday or weekend, payday is the last working day prior to the 10th or 25th.

On payday, checks can be picked up at the Central Office until 4:00 in the afternoon. At 4:00 all remaining substitute checks will be mailed at the Platte City Post Office. The district makes every effort to keep accurate substitute records by asking that you check in with the building secretary upon your arrival at a building. Occasionally errors do occur. For this reason we encourage you to keep a record of the day(s) you substituted, the building(s) at which you substituted, and the individual(s) for whom you substituted.

If you have additional payroll questions, please call the Administrative Center at 858-5420 and ask for either Terry or Cindy.