Is substitute teaching like uber?
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Anonymous
+1. Not to mention, I have students with Type 1 diabetes, seizure disorders, life threatening food allergies, etc. I leave very detailed sub plans with all of this information explicitly stated. We also have lockdown drills and occasionally real lockdowns and other emergency protocols. I attach this information too. If you cannot read or comprehend English, you cannot read any of those instructions. I'm rarely out and my coworkers are very helpful but I am not comfortable with the idea of a sub who can't read or speak English well trying to navigate an emergency situation. This is a lot different than a college class where students are able bodied adults who have a lot more awareness of how to react in an emergency. |
Anonymous
PP here - again, I agree with almost everything you said, except for the college profs who barely speak English. Regardless of their age, there should be a basic understanding that teachers/professors will be able to communicate clearly in English. Period. |
Anonymous
+1 It seems to almost always be math teachers. Ridiculous. |
Anonymous
Or, you know, teachers should only be hired if they speak very good English and can be understood. 
DP |
Anonymous
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Uh, nope. Not like Uber at all.
You can decide who you are driving ot not. You can decide when you are driving or not. You can kick rude drivers out of your car. You are paid more per amount of people and distance. You make the rules in your car. It's the complete opposite when teaching. Kids tell you what and where. There's a set fee no matter what. Those kids will try your last nerve and you cannot leave. You can make rules, but...good luck with that. |
Anonymous
Yes, but sadly, the majority of highly educated people, especially in STEM, are foreigners . |
Anonymous
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I subbed today- kids have no accountability and teachers are hand feeding and coddling like crazy and their handwriting is atrocious!
Can’t read. Can’t do math- can barely write the numbers correctly, can’t spell last names (bc it’s not required) and don’t know how’s date stuff- don’t know the order… this is 4th-6th grades. Shoot, pay me extra and I’ll get them sorted out! |
Anonymous
| Started basic handwriting formation in the middle of a lesson. |
Anonymous
Wow, you come, spend one day in classroom and feel like you are better than all the qualified teachers in the school? Let me guess, you are a formal HR manager that was responsible for “enhancing” and “overseeing” and “action planning”… and that’s why you were let go |
Anonymous
DP. Not the above PP, but I have to say - it's so depressing to sub. The kids are unbelievably rude (most, not all) and there is no support from admin. I'm subbing less and less and will probably stop altogether sometime this year. It's simply not worth it. |
Anonymous
You come in one day and see how everyone is failing! Doesn’t taken a genius to figure out kids can’t read. What’s wrong with identifying that kids have challenges and are behind? Call it what it is! Why so hostile? And no, wasn’t a hr manager that was let go. No thanks. |
Anonymous
Feel free to apply and show the rest of us how it’s done! |
Anonymous
probably because they got rid of all the classroom monitors who are now subs. |
Anonymous
| Bring back classroom monitors!!!! |
Anonymous
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Quals for driving Uber are way higher.
-must be financially solvent enough to afford decent, late-model car -must have wherewithal to keep said car clean and maintained -must be open to continuous feedback and adjust behavior accordingly -must have good personal hygiene and present oneself in a courteous manner The Uber / substitute quals venn diagram has very small overlap |