Anonymous
09/07/2025 22:15
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
People just drop once? What do you mean by this?
Anonymous
09/07/2025 22:12
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:I think now due to over saturation in subs or with more people being regular subs due to the economy, they are probably in regular contact with schools and teachers and now have been the “go to” sub for the school. I wonder if a school keeps of list of “favorite” subs that they ring up to see if they would like to take a job?
Yes, they do. Especially for the planned absences.
I hope some people just drop once they realize it’s not something they want to do… I have been subbing for a while and feel it is quite unfair to all of us to register over 6000 subs.
Anonymous
09/07/2025 21:58
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
I think now due to over saturation in subs or with more people being regular subs due to the economy, they are probably in regular contact with schools and teachers and now have been the “go to” sub for the school. I wonder if a school keeps of list of “favorite” subs that they ring up to see if they would like to take a job?
Anonymous
09/07/2025 21:01
Subject: Re:Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It takes forever to get onboarded, but otherwise yes. You don't need 30 college credits to sub for Instructional Assistants, just a HS diploma.
You don’t even need to speak English, sadly. You can show up for any assignment and have zero clue on the subject.
To be a substitute teacher?? Is this accurate? In my local school district you must have a ed ba and one year teaching degree.
Which state?
I’m also curious.
That sounds very stupid. I don’t know of any place in the country that is not hurting for subs.
FCPS seems to be in not such a hurt this SY. Jobs in the Red Rover sub system have been few and far between. When they get posted they often claimed within minutes.
I've noticed this too. I noticed that there were a lot of jobs posted Friday though, so maybe there will be an uptick as the year progresses. If not, then we will probably not end up with the high-volume pay days of the last couple of years.
When I look at RedRover now I see no jobs posted for all of FCPS.
Pre-planned jobs have picked up a bit. I’ve had quite a few requests for the 2-3 days at the end of October before the workdays on Nov 3 & 4 due to people planning trips.
Anonymous
09/07/2025 20:54
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Went to orientation- lots of subs with heavy accents!
This shouldn't be allowed either. And I say that as a current sub.
Anonymous
09/07/2025 20:37
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
Went to orientation- lots of subs with heavy accents!
Anonymous
09/07/2025 20:24
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Welcome to FCPS- English,
Optional!
Seems to be optional among the actual teachers, too. Especially at the high school level. Ridiculous.
Really? Or they just have really thick accents?
Looks like everyone is vying for a job- and teaching seems to be the most secure. My husband has been out of work for a while, I’ve returned to working in the school- but my hours are limited and now I have picked up sub jobs. Not sure what our future holds but I may go down the path of looking for a teaching job while trying to get licensed. The state of the economy in our area is daunting! Now people actually “want” teaching jobs bc those are the only job available- but soon may not be…
Having really thick accents is the issue. If you can't communicate in the language of the host country, you are not teaching. Kids are lost in those classes and pretty much have to teach themselves or get tutors. FCPS owes it to their students to hire only teachers who can speak English clearly and fluently.
Anonymous
09/06/2025 20:48
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Welcome to FCPS- English,
Optional!
Seems to be optional among the actual teachers, too. Especially at the high school level. Ridiculous.
Really? Or they just have really thick accents?
Looks like everyone is vying for a job- and teaching seems to be the most secure. My husband has been out of work for a while, I’ve returned to working in the school- but my hours are limited and now I have picked up sub jobs. Not sure what our future holds but I may go down the path of looking for a teaching job while trying to get licensed. The state of the economy in our area is daunting! Now people actually “want” teaching jobs bc those are the only job available- but soon may not be…
Anonymous
09/06/2025 20:42
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Welcome to FCPS- English,
Optional!
Seems to be optional among the actual teachers, too. Especially at the high school level. Ridiculous.
Anonymous
09/06/2025 13:44
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
There is neither a teacher nor a sub shortage anymore. There already wasn't one by last winter and now the economy around here in the dumps.
Anonymous
09/06/2025 13:22
Subject: Re:Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It takes forever to get onboarded, but otherwise yes. You don't need 30 college credits to sub for Instructional Assistants, just a HS diploma.
You don’t even need to speak English, sadly. You can show up for any assignment and have zero clue on the subject.
To be a substitute teacher?? Is this accurate? In my local school district you must have a ed ba and one year teaching degree.
Which state?
I’m also curious.
That sounds very stupid. I don’t know of any place in the country that is not hurting for subs.
FCPS seems to be in not such a hurt this SY. Jobs in the Red Rover sub system have been few and far between. When they get posted they often claimed within minutes.
I've noticed this too. I noticed that there were a lot of jobs posted Friday though, so maybe there will be an uptick as the year progresses. If not, then we will probably not end up with the high-volume pay days of the last couple of years.
Anonymous
09/06/2025 13:04
Subject: Re:Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It takes forever to get onboarded, but otherwise yes. You don't need 30 college credits to sub for Instructional Assistants, just a HS diploma.
You don’t even need to speak English, sadly. You can show up for any assignment and have zero clue on the subject.
To be a substitute teacher?? Is this accurate? In my local school district you must have a ed ba and one year teaching degree.
Which state?
I’m also curious.
That sounds very stupid. I don’t know of any place in the country that is not hurting for subs.
FCPS seems to be in not such a hurt this SY. Jobs in the Red Rover sub system have been few and far between. When they get posted they often claimed within minutes.
Anonymous
09/06/2025 11:44
Subject: Re:Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It takes forever to get onboarded, but otherwise yes. You don't need 30 college credits to sub for Instructional Assistants, just a HS diploma.
You don’t even need to speak English, sadly. You can show up for any assignment and have zero clue on the subject.
To be a substitute teacher?? Is this accurate? In my local school district you must have a ed ba and one year teaching degree.
Which state?
I’m also curious.
That sounds very stupid. I don’t know of any place in the country that is not hurting for subs.
I am from Long Island, NY and subs had to be certified teachers. They paid into retirement system.
Anonymous
09/06/2025 10:27
Subject: Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Why not restaurants? Flexible, paid training, working next week already, and free food.
Clothing is the only significant cost.
Restaurants require you to work, and don't let you choose your days or consistent hours of day.
Anonymous
09/06/2025 10:26
Subject: Re:Is substitute teaching like uber?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It takes forever to get onboarded, but otherwise yes. You don't need 30 college credits to sub for Instructional Assistants, just a HS diploma.
Why does it take a long time to get onboarded?
They onboard subs in batches. They schedule orientations and onboarding based on numbers. If only 5 people applied a week, they’ll do orientation every 4-6 weeks.
That's pretty quick for unsupervised control of children.