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Dirtycoinpurse t1_iu4erar wrote

I am a sub across a few districts. I feel bad declining teachers, but I’m always going to prioritize the higher paying districts over the others. Some of the schools are waiting on me getting the full-time cert as well. Some districts pay below $100 a day and don’t get subs. I’d love to go to other schools, but I have bills.

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Jake_FromStateFarm27 t1_iu4tc5o wrote

Yep also lots of districts hiring long term leave replacements are significantly underpaying them (still paying per diem after 30 days as well which is illegal in NJ) as well as avoiding giving them health insurance (also illegal if they've been working 30 days).

Just some math for those that do not understand how shitty it is to be a sub. Pre covid subs were making min $80-90 per diem during covid it was around 165 and 200 for working in unsafe conditions, now it's back down to 100 per diem. Let's assume a sub is working the whole month for $100 per diem, that's roughly $2500 per month (and even less since they don't get paid holidays like regular staff and only 1 sick day per month), that's less than 30k annually closer to 20 k really because of summer and winter breaks.

There are lots of people that wanna become teachers that didn't go to school for it or are even unsure and subbing is really the only way to get that experience. For many professional teachers this is also the only way we find permanent work and it's by means not sustainable at all in a state like NJ.

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Dirtycoinpurse t1_iu4xuh0 wrote

Yes, Passaic and Morris counties still pay well, but Sussex and Warren have paid like shit (even during the pandemic). Resource teachers end up having to cover for teachers who don’t have subs which is obviously bad for children who need their resource classes. Schools won’t find subs for less than $150 a day especially when districts like Dover pay $250 for full time subs.

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yayscienceteachers t1_iu71aed wrote

Teacher here and you gotta do you. I have absolutely never faulted a sub for not accepting a job

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