How much do substitute teachers make in your school district?

[Jsme]

I work in the school system and the subs check in with me. They make $75 a day unless they have taken a course at our Community/Tech College, then they make $5 more. If they are a long term sub they make a little over $110. Licensed sub teachers make $10 more a day. You do not have to be a licensed teacher to sub in our classes rooms, howwever, if you are not a licensed teacher and do not have 2 years of college you can not sub for a teacher but you can sub for assitants or office staff.

Classifed employees that are not in the class room that still work with student's must pay for their own substitute out of their own pockets.

lol I keep on editing my post.
If you are a sub and do not sub in a month's time period then you have to reapply for the job. It is very easy to get on as a sub. You fill out an application. You come to the next sub employment class/speech. You then have to have a drug test and summit a physical form. During this process the school system runs a background check to make sure you have not been in trouble with the law. Over all an easy process.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

Subs make $126 a day for 6 1/4 hours.

 

[MushyMushy]

Yes, and it drives the other teachers nuts because it's become so consistent. That's how they save money in DH's system. He's pretty much guaranteed to not have a prep period 2-3 per week.

OMG, I know! When I did my long-term sub last spring, I went for weeks without a prep period and then would only get one because the principal would take pity on me. They picked the LT subs first, then the first year teachers, then on up the ladder for coverage. It was terrible. At least the full-time teachers got paid for losing their prep period, but the subs didn't. I wouldn't take another LT sub job again unless they were going to hire me at salary (which they'll do for half-full year jobs). They don't typically hire out of the sub pool anyway, so it's not like I'd be missing out on anything.

Does your DH get paid for losing his prep? A lot of the more senior teachers didn't mind too much because it would be a pretty nice bonus come pay time. But they didn't get picked too often.

 

[castleview]

Does your DH get paid for losing his prep? A lot of the more senior teachers didn't mind too much because it would be a pretty nice bonus come pay time. But they didn't get picked too often.

Not at all. His system is currently being run in a very bizarre way. They're saving money by cutting teachers about to gain tenure - but heaven forbid they do anything about tenured teachers who stink - even though they cost far more money. They also cut freshman sports and extra-curriculars. Yet, they won't cut any of the three superintendents at central office even though they have a VERY small system.

 

[emma'smom]

They probably just cancel the preps....and then wait for the teachers to complain that they are getting paid for the "lost preps"....and then still not pay them and never make them up. Then just wait until they are so frustrated that they just leave the system in disgust--and the lost preps get lost in the shuffle. Then just repeat it all again with the next crop of new teachers.

Oh wait....that would never happen, right?

I'm not sure of the details, since I only subbed for a year between undergrad and med school, but my mom is still working in the school system, and said basically they have to have the teachers cover. Because of budget cuts, they can't afford to hire subs. So either the teachers cover during their prep, or they combine classes. Combining classes though leads to a huge headache, because this is a special ed school where the kids range from very low functioning to normal IQ but behavoiral problems that don't allow them to be mainstreamed. So if they combine classes, you can have your regular class which is with the kids that can't read, write, don't know days of the week, etc. in the same class as the kids that are actually pretty sharp intelligence wise, but will flip desks over and sell drugs in the back of the classroom. And somehow, you're supposed to teach both of them at the same time

ETA: You don't need a teaching license for a per diem sub, just a bachelors. If you wanted to be a long term sub, you need a license. If you're per diem, you can't work more than 30 days in a row.

 

[pluto0427]

$80.00

 

[edwardsfire]

My wife works at a hospital (finance) 3 dyas a week.
The other 2, she is available for subbing.
She makes 100.00 per day.
She loves it. (easy money) as she puts it.

 

[princesspiglet]

my husband subs in a city school in PA and makes $100./day...I think it goes up after 30 consecutive days to $110.

Hi neighbor We live in Plamyra too! So excited and suprised to see another Cougar on here!!

 

[T1130]

NYC is now up to 157.00 per day

 

[FINFAN]

I believe it's $90 a day here, but there is a limit to how many days you can sub, I think...at least there used to be a few years back

 

[Cindy B]

Varying rates for various districts.

Some start at $70/75. Others are $80 or even $90. This is the per diem rate which you only need a County Subsitute license for. You can apply for a County sub license with only 60 credits or an associates degree. However, some districts will not hire you with ONLY a Sub cert.

Some districts ask for a teaching degree along with the Sub Cert. (note I didn't say cert)

If you have a teaching degree and a teaching cert, you can apply for a long term interim position to cover for maternity leave/extended absences. In those cases, you get a prorated rate of pay using the state mandated teacher salary.

ETA: Some districts pay more per day if you have an assignment for more than five days consecutively. If you take on an extra class (happens often in middle or high schools) you get $22.50 for each additional class. Some days, like today-- I didn't have a prep or a lunch-- but I made almost $200.

 

[BoyLovesBuzz]

Not at all. His system is currently being run in a very bizarre way. They're saving money by cutting teachers about to gain tenure - but heaven forbid they do anything about tenured teachers who stink - even though they cost far more money. They also cut freshman sports and extra-curriculars. Yet, they won't cut any of the three superintendents at central office even though they have a VERY small system.

What stinks is that the teacher that is absent is still getting docked a sick day OR, have their pay docked to pay for a sub, if they don't have days. That’s what ticks me off; where does that money go? In our district though, it’s a case of just not having enough subs. Which is a little less painful then the district just cutting subs.

BTW its $95/day plus you can by a nutritionally balanced meal for $1.85

 

[lovetoscrap]

I just got hired as a sub for our district and will start after orientation at the end of the month. I am a certified teacher. Our district pays $75 per day if you have a Bachlor's degree, $60 per day without. We also get an additional $5 per day for Fridays.

Long term (consecutive days for the same teacher) is $85/day for 11-20 days, and then $102 for 21+.


There are also different rates for Sub Paraprofessionals, School Nurses and Office Staff.

I find the additional $5 for Fridays to be rather funny. I can only guess that it was approved because they had problems getting subs on Friday. I just can't imagine that the sub pool was thinking, "Gee, I really don't want to work today, but you know that extra five bucks really makes it more worth my while."

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

$70 a day for a teacher, $50 for a para. I subbed last year on days I didn't have classes and was almost always called for para positions because few people would take them.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

They probably just cancel the preps....and then wait for the teachers to complain that they are getting paid for the "lost preps"....and then still not pay them and never make them up. Then just wait until they are so frustrated that they just leave the system in disgust--and the lost preps get lost in the shuffle. Then just repeat it all again with the next crop of new teachers.

Oh wait....that would never happen, right?

Where is this? Do you work in my building?
I lost 3.5 of my 6 preps this week. The half prep was because the teacher who was supposed to cover my class was MIA.

 

[emma'smom]

So interesting that you are in the Bronx too.....yes, this happened ALL THE TIME at the school where I taught in the Bronx. Where do you teach?

Where is this? Do you work in my building?
I lost 3.5 of my 6 preps this week. The half prep was because the teacher who was supposed to cover my class was MIA.

 

[GraysMom]

What are they doing when teachers are absent if they're not hiring subs? Are they having other teachers cover? That has to happen a lot here when there aren't enough subs -- especially in the spring.

Where I live, you have to have a teaching license to sub. I don't think that's a statewide thing in PA, but it's definitely the case in my area.

I know a number of years ago in this area they were letting anyone with a four year degree (in anything) take a short workshop (maybe two days?) and they were certified to sub. It really ticked me off because I'd leave detailed sub plans (4-5 pages typed, single space-yes, I'm an*l !) and never know if someone would be coming in who had a clue as to what to do. Luckily I didn't have anyone who was not a certified teacher because I usually asked my favorite subs if they were available on the day I needed them and then we'd go to the office and tell them to schedule the person I wanted.

 

[Tamarap]

In our district it is 100.00 a day. You must have a bachelors degree and have passed the CBEST (California Basic Educational Skills Test).

 

[december]

I know a number of years ago in this area they were letting anyone with a four year degree (in anything) take a short workshop (maybe two days?) and they were certified to sub. It really ticked me off because I'd leave detailed sub plans (4-5 pages typed, single space-yes, I'm an*l !) and never know if someone would be coming in who had a clue as to what to do. Luckily I didn't have anyone who was not a certified teacher because I usually asked my favorite subs if they were available on the day I needed them and then we'd go to the office and tell them to schedule the person I wanted.

When I posted that ANYONE could sub here, I meant ANYONE. No degree requirements-no diploma requirements. A few years ago we had a 19 yr old subbing. Not the wisest move on the adm.'s part-she was partying with them all weekend and subbing in their classrooms all week!

 

[KiminChicago]

In our county anyone with a bachelors degree can get a substitute teaching certificate. Our school district uses an automated system for assigning jobs to substitute teachers -- each sub can set up their profile with regards to which schools they will teach at and what kinds of classes they will take. I tend to get a lot of calls for bilingual or special ed classes because so many of the subs won't take those jobs. I get somewhere in the $90 dollar range, I'd have to pull out one of my pay statements to figure it out exactly.

GraysMom -- I would have loved to sub for you! I've actually shown up for a half day subbing job where the teacher was verbally giving me her lesson plan for the afternoon as she was walking out the door. To make matters worse, it was a TBE class. The teacher said "I know you don't speak Spanish, most of these kids don't speak English but there are a couple who can translate for the rest of them." I stopped accepting jobs from that school after that.

My degree is actually a BS in Computer Science. Most of the high school math teachers seem really pleased to get a sub that actually understands the math.