The subbing business seems to be running hot and cold.
The first three months of this school year, it was HOT. It seemed that I was getting 5-6 requests for the 3-4 assignments a week I was able to take. I had to turn down a few advance requests two weeks in advance because of prearranged assignments.
Now with the onset of winter the subbing assignments, like the weather, have turned COLD. Just one assignment per week for the first half of November and one assignment per week scheduled for the rest of the month.
If the week long school vacation in November is the cause then the months of December through the end of March aren’t looking much better. There is a scheduled week off during each of those months also.
Teachers are discouraged from extending vacations by calling in sick, so the substitute caller line tends to be quieter the days immediately before and after school vacations. Things should pick up again in non-holiday months of April and May.
I have a disappointment in store for teachers desperate to burn off those remaining union contracted sub days before the summer vacation in June.
I’m taking MY two week vacation to
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I'll probably take a day before our "holiday break" since it is 4 full weeks. Most of my days off are really "mental health" days and I plan them in advance. Fortunately for me my 3 and 6 year old have been healthy. I did update my sub folder today with new and improved generic lessons. We've had problems filling spots in my 20+ school district.
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