Student Monitors
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Anonymous
I did it last year. It was a regular schedule at my kids school (I could choose to only sub at my kids school, but it wouldn’t have been consistent). The few times I did have to sub one class for the whole day (not just cover for a meeting or a specials teacher) the day went by SO SLOW. I loved doing “shifts” in different areas for 30 min-1hr bc the day went by much quicker! |
Anonymous
| Some people may not want flexibility. Everyone has different needs. Student Monitor is satisfying, and is a wonderful experience. It all depends on what you are looking for. |
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This caught my interest b/c I'm trying to re-enter the work force from being a sahm for 10 yrs and this seems ideal for me bc it I don't have to stress about taking time off for holidays or finding a babysitter for all the random teacher workdays, snow days off, etc.
I thought I saw it was $16.36/ hr. Isn't that reasonable given you're just a warm body with a pulse in the room? It's not like I have to deal with lesson planning or teacher meetings. And if I'm floating then I'm not stuck with the same group of kids all day. |
Anonymous
You're who they hope to get. Our monitors are almost all SAHMs with kids in the school who want to work a little. If they had to take people who really had the educational and work backgrounds where $16 an hour was attractive, no one would want them watching classrooms. |
Anonymous
It will vary by school. We had monitors subbing for many days for teachers. Sometimes a week at a time with the same class. Otherwise, they covered lunch with the stupid Covid lunch schedule, did small groups, etc. |
Anonymous
| The problem with the monitors is it was a short term solution that is now becoming long term. They are essentially getting paid IA pay but with no benefits, similar to a sub. Except with subbing you can choose where and when you work. But it works great for some people in their schedules and who don’t need benefits. |
Anonymous
| Are these the monitors that are being hired to provide additional planning time in the elementary schools? |
Anonymous
They haven’t moved forward with additional ES planning time. This monitors are for class coverage when a teacher is out, in a meeting, etc. |
Anonymous
A few principals I’ve spoken with have said they (the school based administrators) are trying to work out how to provide the extra planning time this year. |
Anonymous
m Yep. That low of pay is just misogyny. Hoping to exploit overeducated SAHMs. |
Anonymous
Yes, they did. |
Anonymous
| If you sign up to sub, you may not work every day if you are locked into your kid's school. For me, that's the only option because she starts so late (9:20). It's not like I could drop her off and then sub somewhere else. As a monitor, there's a good chance, I could be assigned to her school and be there every day all day..correct? |
Anonymous
The monitors they allocate for that will just be re-allocated to sub coverage. |
Anonymous
It sounds like monitors who end up subbing for the day get sub pay, which sounds fair to me. If the monitors are doing other things around the school that are useful but overly taxing, then I think the pay is just fine. The people being hired for those positions understand the pay. It sounds like it works for a specific group of people because it fits the time that they have and brings in some extra money for the family. |