How many subs are second string?

[jen12]

I added a fourth school district to the three that I'm working with because I'm only getting two to three days of work per week.

This fourth district is huge, with 35 Elementary schools, but the woman at the sub desk told me that the teachers who were pink slipped are called first, before regular subs. The section in the sub calling system where you can look at open positions is blocked to regular subs. Essentially, regular subs are passive and can only accept or deny assignments as we are called.

This is the only district where I work with this type of situation. One of my districts told us that the pink'd teachers had priority for long-term subbing, but I still have the ability to go online throughout the day and see if anything is posted.

Given that it sucks that teachers were laid off, I suppose they're being as fair as they can be in giving them priority for sub jobs. If I were in that position, I'd appreciate it. However, we all know that with subbing, the more you work, the more you're called. And if I can't be proactive and look for jobs to pick up, I'm not sure I'll get many days at all...are any of you in districts like this?

 

[Joelg1980]

Oh my God, I never thought of that. I would bet the districts around me have that same philosophy.

 

[MissSkippyjonJones]

This is how it is in my district. Those of us who were laid off are given priority over the other subs. This is because of our union's negotiations.

As far as getting to pick our jobs however, we only get called by the SubFinder. We cannot go on the website and choose either. Contract teachers also do not have the ability to request subs anymore.

 

[myownwoman]

So far this has not happened at the district I am subbing at.

 

[sunshine*inc]

In my second district priority is given to riffed teacher, yet I seem to be receiving more calls from them this year. I'm unable to take most of them though since I'm occupied by my first district or busy with school.

 

[IAMdoneSubbing]

I added a fourth school district to the three that I'm working with because I'm only getting two to three days of work per week.

This fourth district is huge, with 35 Elementary schools, but the woman at the sub desk told me that the teachers who were pink slipped are called first, before regular subs. The section in the sub calling system where you can look at open positions is blocked to regular subs. Essentially, regular subs are passive and can only accept or deny assignments as we are called.

This is the only district where I work with this type of situation. One of my districts told us that the pink'd teachers had priority for long-term subbing, but I still have the ability to go online throughout the day and see if anything is posted.

Given that it sucks that teachers were laid off, I suppose they're being as fair as they can be in giving them priority for sub jobs. If I were in that position, I'd appreciate it. However, we all know that with subbing, the more you work, the more you're called. And if I can't be proactive and look for jobs to pick up, I'm not sure I'll get many days at all...are any of you in districts like this?

That happened with me with one of the two district I am subbing. Earlier this fall, after a 6 days assignment, and three a one day assignments, I got a call for a long term. (The secretary liked me, I guess.) But, because the district had this new rule about needing to give the laid off teachers the priority, the principal explained to me I lost that that.) This district used to call the night before for most assignments but not anymore. I was lucky that I had signed up with another district earlies this year and after not being able to get me early this year, they started offerening me the night before or became earlier in the morning because the other disctrict go5 late in calling.

There was another disctrict that I was signing up with - it'd have been my second if I finalized it - but I have still yet to finish the online quiz. I already finger printing, etc. last year . I called them and they still want me but I gound not time to do that quiz yet. (They're the only one reqiring that although they pay less then the other districts; they have a lot of high schools though and better also. I guess I should finalize the quiz during this X'Mas break.) oh, so many things to do.