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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, my daughter's principal asked me to help her out by becoming a sub. I had just started a job that was pretty flexible and I was happy to help out as long as it meant keeping the school open. Before I started my job, I was a stay at home parent for years.

When I went to do the application, it required 2 recommendations - one from a current employer. Though my job was flexible, I definitely didn't feel comfortable asking my new boss to write a recommendation so I could substitute teach. And as a stay at home parent for the past 8 years, I didn't have a previous employer. As a result, I didn't apply.

The application also required transcripts from my universities - I have them but most stay at home parents don't - and it can be expensive to collect them - something like 1/2 day's work substitute teaching.

FCPS needs to temporarily make it easier for parents to substitute teach. There are a lot of parents willing to help out the schools but FCPS has not made it easy. Instead of doing everything they can to keep schools open, they are defaulting to closing schools. In the midst of an historic pandemic, it's still business as usual. [/quote]

Please spare us - obviously didn’t really want to be a substitute teacher. If you ever volunteered somewhere, you could easily ask there for reference. You can also use other people, it’s not necessarily an employer. Getting transcripts from schools is like 10 minutes of your time. Most of them are now electronic and you can get them right away. Not a big deal at all.[/quote]

Well that's not true.  Maybe if you just got your degree yesterday and all you have is a Bachelor's, but a lot of people have multiple degrees (I have 4, plus additional credits for teaching licensure) and it can be very time-consuming, expensive, and in some cases nearly impossible to get them.  At many schools, if your degrees are beyond a certain number of years old, you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get them.  I have one from a school that requires a written request mailed to them, upon which they will initiate a records search, which can take up to 2 months.  I requested transcripts from them years ago and never got anything back at all.  [/quote]

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I wasn't able to start subbing until my college sent my transcripts to me by snail mail.  It took almost a month.  It's ridiculous that they don't have that automated by now, but it's not the sub's fault.[/quote]

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I’m retiring at the end of this SY and may likely sub afterward. I’m wondering if I should request my old transcripts this winter or spring.[/quote]

Definitely!  Though your university may do it electronically, so it wouldn't necessarily take as long.[/quote]

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