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Struggle for schools to find substitute teachers grows Finding enough school substitute teachers to fill in at classrooms was hard to do during the best of times, say state and local school officials. And now, finding substitute instructors to fill in for absent, full-time teachers during an on-going global pandemic is even further from the best of time...

Amid a substitute-teacher crisis, Philly is moving to cut ties with its sub provider The school board will consider approving a two-year, $58 million contract with ESS Northeast, replacing Kelly Educational Services.

Struggling to attract substitute teachers, Wisconsin school district now paying $200 a day A normal substitute teacher in the Sauk Prairie School District makes about $115 a day. But it was still hard to fill in this rural area. Now the district is paying nearly 50 percent more for those willing to be there five days a week.

School districts are canceling thousands of classes due to staff shortages and teacher burnout Some working parents are furious about the disruptions.

Substitute Teachers Never Got Much Respect, but Now They Are in Demand Because of staff shortages, some school districts are canceling classes. Others are lowering their hiring standards. The result can be a chaotic classroom.

Jordan School District offering additional incentives to substitute teachers The Jordan School District has begun offering a temporary incentive to try and attract more substitute teachers to the district. That’s on top of increasing substitute’s pay earlier this year. District officials said a substitute shortage is being seen state-wide. They decided to offer t...

North Texas Seeing Massive Shortages In Education: No Teachers, No Subs, No Cafeteria Workers Some schools are combining classrooms with double the number of students. Students are seeing more of their teachers, and coaches, driving buses.

Help wanted: Greater Columbus schools facing substitute teacher shortage Open positions usually include teachers, as well as substitute educational aides, bus drivers, cooks, intervention specialists and secretaries.

Districts Across the U.S. Offering Big Incentives to Subs, Special Ed Teachers Confronting classrooms without permanent teachers, school administrators across the country are turning to an assortment of incentives — many of them financial, some unprecedented — to fill widespread vacancies. Some districts are offering thousands in signing bonuses, others adapt to four-day w...

Schools nationwide struggle to fill open positions, hire substitute teachers A nationwide labor shortage has left some schools looking to fill many open positions, but has also left some schools struggling to find replacement staff.

Substitute teaching is a learning experience | Commentary Mark McEwen, the former TV anchor and weatherman, says working as a substitute teacher can be frustrating but ultimately rewarding.

School districts across the country are dealing with severe substitute teacher shortages, despite efforts to recruit and pay them more In an effort to keep and recruit qualified substitutes, several school districts in California and Georgia gave per-day raises for both short and long-term subs.