Just thought I'd ask and see what y'all say.
Pros:
- i can pick and choose what days/classes i want to work online
- i hear it can be easy af, like literally just read a book the whole time
Cons:
- kids can be crazy
- the pay is basically the lowest amount I'd possibly accept for a day's work, varies slightly but around 130$ for 7 hours
- gotta get up earlyish in the morning
My experience subbing is that it’s a lot of random 6am phone calls and you’re never sure when you’ll be able to work, but that was also pre-covid and I imagine the need for subs is through the roof atm so you probably have a lot of say on when you actually work. Knowing the subject matter is good so you can answer questions in class but not necessary depending on the materials left by the teacher. My experience is that the kids will run the gamut of “no input necessary” to “literally eating paint” And usually all in one day because schools like to stack different periods with either all the ‘gifted’ kids or all the ‘others.’
The school districts in my area have an online system that you can browse which classes need subs and pick and choose which and when to sign up. So at least that part would be nice.
I am worried about how stressful or insane it would be tho actually doing the job. Like you said it seems pretty unpredictable and possibly quite bad. Idk if that's something that I want to bother with
As far as I know it’s very easy to only pick up a single class and then not come back if you didn’t enjoy it. There’s not any long term contracts for subs afaik. You just have to do the initial paperwork/background check to make sure you’re not a pedo
Yeah true.
Worse case scenario i do the whole application just to decide after one day that i don't want to do it anymore. Which would suck but it's not that big of a loss