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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New to this thread and haven’t read many of the pages.  I will post a separate topic if this is too OT.  So, substitute teachers only make $18/hour?  Anybody know the rational for not paying them close to what a full time teacher per hour?  [/quote]

Yeah, that's about right -- maybe more if they are a long term sub.   They were able to get enough subs at that rate so why raise the rate?  Also, unions didn't want subs making more than first year teachers, I think, or else school districts would staff with subs instead of teachers to save money![/quote]

Also, a teacher does a lot that a short-term sub dues not do— lesson planning, student assessments, classroom management, school administrative duties, etc. A long term sub might do some of that but will almost certainly still be working off the regular teacher’s lesson plan.

If you have an office job, a sub is like someone who is hired to sit at your desk and respond to calls an emails to the degree they are able. They may have some experience in your field (or not! Some subs have no background in teaching or education at all) so they might be able to handle a few things, but mostly they are just keeping your seat warm. What percentage of your salary would you pay someone to do that?

Of course the analogy isn’t perfect because the real reason subs exist is that school has a child care component. But we don’t like to talk about that aspect of the role of schools, to our detriment. [/quote]

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