Eli5 – How do schools use substitute teachers? How do substitute teachers make reliable income?
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my wife is a sub – she was a full time teacher before we had kids, and now that our kids are in school she subs as a way to earn money but still have a flexible schedule
the money is OK – not great – and she gets paid more for accepting a long term assignment (like if a teacher is out on maternity leave or has surgery). She can get health insurance but has to pay the entire premium. She doesn’t have to do in-service days like FT staff.
as far as “reliable” income she could work every day if she wanted. She is always getting calls from teachers she knows asking for her to sub for them, and from what I read most schools in the US are critically short on qualified subs due to the pandemic.
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