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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think that schools have not been trying to hire more substitutes for YEARS? this is a major ongoing issue and it is getting worse. School districts are not agile. They can’t just decide on Monday to[b] pay subs more, [/b]hire more on Tuesday, train then on Wednesday, and deploy them Thursday. This was a problem pre-Covid and it’s a crisis with Covid both virtually and in-person.
The quality of subs as a general population is not great. It’s not easy to find a job that pays by the day, with no guarantees of a work assignment, no benefits, low pay, and possible long commutes depending on where the openings are that you won’t know until a few days before or even the day of. Plus you are treated like crap. [/quote]

Spot on. I’d be curious to know how many school districts have even increased sub pay for in person subs this year, though. Very few, I’ll bet. Most districts complain about not having enough subs and act like there’s some mysterious reason people aren’t clamoring to sign up. If you’re good at the job, you’ll have work every single day that you want it, guaranteed. The job uncertainty isn’t what keeps people from signing up. The terrible pay and often terrible working conditions are what keeps people from signing up. Also in our district, the people who work at the sub office are awful and I’m sure that doesn’t help either.[/quote]

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