'It's an all-hands-on-deck process'
Schools Are Raising Pay and Lowering Job Requirements as They Struggle to Hire Substitute Teachers
Dorothy Bailey, a substitute teacher, teaches a class at La Jolla Elementary School in Moreno Valley, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2021.s a school superintendent, Michelle Reid’s job description includes managing the district’s budget, supervising school staff and making big-picture decisions. But lately, she’s been returning to her former roles of teacher and coach, filling in forOn Nov. 12, she stepped in to teach a high school physical education class.
“All of our central district office staff who are able to be certified to teach are helping out in our schools,” says Reid, superintendent of the Northshore School District in Bothell, Wash. “All classes, all grade levels.”She says the district has recently been able to find substitutes to fill in for 80% to 85% of absent teachers on any given day, leaving the rest of the vacancies up to existing staff to cover: “It’s an all-hands-on-deck process.
“Teachers have had to step in and teach all day without planning periods, which requires them then to do planning later into the afternoons and evenings, which honestly has created a sense of fatigue among many of our staff members,” Reid says.
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