Anyone ever done substitute teaching?

[tiedyeddog]

My girlfriend told me that in our state anyone who graduated with a B.S. degree can be a substitute teacher. Anyone ever done this? What I wonder if this: I have a gap year. I would like to get a full time job but subbing out would be fun. When you sub do you know for sure when you will work or is it like a last-minute, the teacher just got sick type of deal?

Anyone have experiences with this?

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[RaginRajon]

Yup - I did it for the past 3 months. In my town, subbing was strictly a last-minute type of thing. I would randomly get a call at 5:45AM telling me to be at the school by 6:45AM.
My advice would be to get a full time job. At least that way you know that you will get 40 hours of work every week.

 

[tiedyeddog]

My advice would be to get a full time job. At least that way you know that you will get 40 hours of work every week.

Sounds like doing both would be a near impossibility. Damn.

 

[dr seuss]

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[scotsdoc54]

I'm actually planning on doing that during my gap year if my application to a couple Americorps programs doesn't work out. It should be great for being able to schedule interviews around work as long as making a ton of money isn't a priority. You could probably pick up a part-time job on the side as well.

 

[Transmogrifier]

I tried it after graduating and before I got a full time job. Never, ever again will I be a substitute teacher. Granted I only did two assignments, but that was enough to completely disenchant me.

If you had visions of teaching kids AP Chemistry and Bio, think again. You are purely discipline control, but you aren't respected since the kids don't know you. I also felt totally lost having been out of the public school system so long. I forgot how it even works! You don't know the teacher's or school's disciplinary system, you don't know what the teacher expects. Anyway, it's more babysitting and a whole lot less teaching unless you get lucky. Find a real job! And teachers, you have my respect.

 

[Mattabet]

You should look into non-substitute teaching as well. For the first semester of my gap year I taught undergrad math at the local state school. I worked 3/4 time, so I had some nice time off, but the schedule was predictable.

You'll need a bachelor's or better, but the pay is more than you'll get substituting.

 

[TexasPhysician]

One of my exe's did some subbing during her semester off and loved it.