School Districts have Manufactured the “Sub Shortage”

Want to save money on substitute teachers? here’s a multi-step plan to help you achieve this!

- Require teachers new to school districts to have a minimum of three supervisor-level references (while most schools only have two admin in the entire building)

- Require a recent teaching evaluation to ensure that experienced veteran teachers have no pathway to entry

- Pressure teachers to take half days for doctor appointments so that subs are less likely to pick up a job that pays less than a shift at McDonalds.

- Force subs to pay for health insurance with no way to opt-out, while not guaranteeing a minimum level of work/pay each month

- Adopt a practice where teachers have to cover for each other when there is no sub, thereby creating peer pressure to show up when ill

- And of course, pay poverty wages for the daily rate.

And that is how you manufacture a sub shortage to save money! Helps get around those pesky collective agreements and sick leave entitlements with ease.