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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a college professor. I think it would be somewhat fun to come in and sub at my kids' elementary school. They are paying $16 an hour. Sorry, but I'd rather just stay home and watch TV because that is an offensive rate of pay. I'm teaching a little training session to a company next week for $500/hour. I'd probably sub for $30 an hour, which is like 10% of what I'm typically worth and still less than most teachers in FCPS make on an hourly basis (if you really divide their salaries by their hours worked)[/quote]

Me, too. I'd want to be paid more than what a high school babysitter can get watching 1 or 2 kids--all under the table so effectively much more. $30 an hour is probably the least I'd consider.

Other things you can offer subs is a clear message to all the students that you don't mess with subs and behaviors will be taken seriously. Give all subs a text message number they can subtly press to call if they start to feel like they need backup. An administrator should be able to get to the classroom in 5 minutes or less, even if just to be a presence.

And give them basic training on classroom management for the ages they'll be working with. Does that exist? Could be a brief video for each grade grouping--here's how pk and k work. Here's how 1-3rd work, here's how 4&5 work. And clear written instructions for how the class handles specials, lunch, etc.[/quote]

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