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Post by monklady123 on Jan 2, 2022 19:58:58 GMT
In my very small county! 158 open jobs!  The school where I do all my subbing has six. As I was texting with a 3rd grade teacher about it all I received a text from a 1st grade teacher and an email from a 5th grade teacher. The 1st grade teacher said she had just tested positive so she needs a sub for the entire week and she hoped I could do it. hahahahahahahahahahaha IF I was going to sub at all I would already be booked for tomorrow. wow. 158 and that's just the jobs that have been put into the system. I would think there will be more, either from teachers who will test positive today, or whose kids will so they'll have to stay home. Both of our Pre-K teachers are out and believe me NO ONE wants to sub in pre-K during covid because none of those kids are eligible for a vaccine (they're all too young). On top of all that the weather is still predicting some sort of snow "wintery mix" event, which might mean canceling school anyway. Wow. What's the situation like where you are? UPDATE: School is canceled tomorrow, but not because of covid absences. It's because of the impending snow. Which may or may not arrive, since the DC area is well-known for gloom and doom forecasts that don't end up happening. We will see.. |
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Post by Merge on Jan 2, 2022 20:01:31 GMT
In my very small county! 158 open jobs!  The school where I do all my subbing has six. As I was texting with a 3rd grade teacher about it all I received a text from a 1st grade teacher and an email from a 5th grade teacher. The 1st grade teacher said she had just tested positive so she needs a sub for the entire week and she hoped I could do it. hahahahahahahahahahaha IF I was going to sub at all I would already be booked for tomorrow. wow. 158 and that's just the jobs that have been put into the system. I would think there will be more, either from teachers who will test positive today, or whose kids will so they'll have to stay home. Both of our Pre-K teachers are out and believe me NO ONE wants to sub in pre-K during covid because none of those kids are eligible for a vaccine (they're all too young). On top of all that the weather is still predicting some sort of snow "wintery mix" event, which might mean canceling school anyway. Wow. What's the situation like where you are? Won’t know until we get there tomorrow morning. Should be fun! (With that many teachers out, I’d wonder if your teachers are staging a sick-out. But maybe not.) |
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Post by TankTop on Jan 2, 2022 20:03:29 GMT
And so it begins…
Ultimately aides and non-regular Ed classroom teachers will be pulled.
If your child has any sort of services being provided by the school, I would
Keep a very close eye on it. Many IEP minutes will not be met. The teachers who service kiddos with IEPs can only do so much. We need parents to speak up for us so we can do our jobs.
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Post by ntsf on Jan 2, 2022 20:08:04 GMT
there is a desperate need for subs here, but the public school makes the application process so difficult, many just give up.
they have raised the pay to over $200.. but I wouldn't do it. I used to sub, but made more money as a nanny..more flexible and more fun. glad to be retired.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2022 20:10:39 GMT
And so it begins… Ultimately aides and non-regular Ed classroom teachers will be pulled. If your child has any sort of services being provided by the school, I would Keep a very close eye on it. Many IEP minutes will not be met. The teachers who service kiddos with IEPs can only do so much. We need parents to speak up for us so we can do our jobs. Been a topic of discussion between myself and special services directors for years. Special Services staff/teachers appreciate my hard work in getting things fixed. Sad that they wont listen to those who have to deal with consequences on the daily but when a few parents speak up, then they listen. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2022 20:11:50 GMT
there is a desperate need for subs here, but the public school makes the application process so difficult, many just give up. they have raised the pay to over $200.. but I wouldn't do it. I used to sub, but made more money as a nanny..more flexible and more fun. glad to be retired. Many districts here require a BA or BS as well as the amount of money a future sub person has to pay out to qualify. Its a huge loop to work through for crappy situations. Just because one has a BA or BS doesnt mean they are qualified. |
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 2, 2022 20:13:20 GMT
In my very small county! 158 open jobs! The school where I do all my subbing has six. As I was texting with a 3rd grade teacher about it all I received a text from a 1st grade teacher and an email from a 5th grade teacher. The 1st grade teacher said she had just tested positive so she needs a sub for the entire week and she hoped I could do it. hahahahahahahahahahaha IF I was going to sub at all I would already be booked for tomorrow. wow. 158 and that's just the jobs that have been put into the system. I would think there will be more, either from teachers who will test positive today, or whose kids will so they'll have to stay home. Both of our Pre-K teachers are out and believe me NO ONE wants to sub in pre-K during covid because none of those kids are eligible for a vaccine (they're all too young). On top of all that the weather is still predicting some sort of snow "wintery mix" event, which might mean canceling school anyway. Wow. What's the situation like where you are? Won’t know until we get there tomorrow morning. Should be fun! (With that many teachers out, I’d wonder if your teachers are staging a sick-out. But maybe not.) No, I don't think that's it. I think I would have heard about it because I have several friends who are teachers, including two who are at the school where I sub. That doesn't mean that some aren't doing it "unofficially", but it's not an organized thing. |
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 2, 2022 20:14:40 GMT
Yikes!
I am more worried about the upcoming month than I was when we started back in September.
We already have one child who said they are not coming this week. Not illness related, but I'm wondering if the parents are just being careful since they are not able to be vaccinated.
I worry about our staff just because we are so ratio-based and we don't have any subs. If a teacher is out in the aftercare program, it is very very difficult to cover. Same with our prek.
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Post by MichyM on Jan 2, 2022 20:17:52 GMT
It has been predicted that January is going to be a very very tough month due to Omicron, and lots of people will be out sick. Buckle up (and good luck) folks, I have a feeling it's just going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
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Post by luckyjune on Jan 2, 2022 20:23:32 GMT
Add in that people might be having difficulty getting flights home...I have a teacher friend who is stuck in CA, hoping to get home this afternoon, to be back in her classroom tomorrow morning!
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Post by quinlove on Jan 2, 2022 20:32:38 GMT
My daughter is a first grade teacher. ( 20+ years ). This year they do not have anywhere near enough subs. Two teachers take half of the absent teacher’s class. Then they split the sub pay. Of course, they don’t like this solution, but it’s what the school/district came up with. She almost never misses. Half a day if she must.
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Post by ntsf on Jan 2, 2022 20:33:32 GMT
yeah, 10 yrs ago (and I think now), you had to have a college degree, spend over $100 for a background check and spend almost as much to pass a general knowledge test (cbest). and the district took months to deal with hiring process. too many other jobs easier to get. one friend I have who is a sub (and is retired from other profession) is not working now as the risk is too high for covid.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jan 2, 2022 20:51:00 GMT
My son's cooperating teacher texted him yesterday that he has asymptomatic COVID. So, he'll be out for at least 2 days. As I mentioned on another thread, tmw is Ds's first day taking over 2 classes full time. He is scared and excited and more scared. An absent CT on your first real teaching day is an EEK moment. His CT caught it on vacation. Their school had 3 cases per week and I anticipate that will increase a lot.
Thank you to our teachers/subs and aids and staff for walking into the COVID fire each day.
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Post by seaexplore on Jan 2, 2022 21:08:46 GMT
If we had that many subs needed in my district every single person would be out including most aides and office personnel.
No idea what our sub situation looks like in my district, we go back on Tuesday for a 3 day week with a Professional Development day on Friday. I guess I should prepare to not have prep periods for a while. Our PE teacher is notorious for not coming to work when the wind blows the wrong direction. He's FREAKED out about Covid and won't be in a classroom so if it rains, he doesn't come in and we lose our prep period because they don't get him a sub. We do get paid $45/missed prep period but sometimes it's just not worth it. I need that time to get shit done. They pull the PE teacher to sub sometimes too if he's at school already and they don't tell him ahead of time. Principal will be pulled too. I won't be out because I just go over what I suspect is Omicron. Go me. LOL
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Post by Jen in NCal on Jan 2, 2022 21:15:32 GMT
We go back on Wednesday and a lot of parents are talking about keeping kids home. They want the district office to push back the return date to next Monday. I haven't heard anything about teachers but we've had a sub shortage all year long. We have about 20 full-time positions that haven't been filled and have had rotating subs or teachers covering the class. One high school teacher hasn't had his daily prep period all year long because he has had to cover one class or another.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 2, 2022 21:37:17 GMT
I see a lot of you have mentioned the shortage of subs...Yes, even pre-Omicron this was a big problem. But now most of the subs here don't want to go into classes where they happily subbed before Christmas. We didn't have Omicron at that point (although I think it was just arriving here because the two days before our winter break we had a sudden increase in positive tests in our in-school testing program). But anyway... shortage or not, we don't want to go into classrooms. And happily that is one perk of subbing, we get to choose. It's all you regular teachers who have to do it no matter what, unless you are actually sick or exposed.  |
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Post by epeanymous on Jan 2, 2022 21:58:30 GMT
We had two different high schools have staff sick/call outs the week before break. Right now school is cancelled for Monday and there are mass testing centers.
I predict schools here will be online within two weeks. Ugh.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jan 2, 2022 22:19:04 GMT
Yikes! I am more worried about the upcoming month than I was when we started back in September. We already have one child who said they are not coming this week. Not illness related, but I'm wondering if the parents are just being careful since they are not able to be vaccinated. I worry about our staff just because we are so ratio-based and we don't have any subs. If a teacher is out in the aftercare program, it is very very difficult to cover. Same with our prek. Why? The number who can't vaccinate is miniscule - both parents - I call bullshit - get the fucking shot |
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 2, 2022 22:32:13 GMT
Yikes! I am more worried about the upcoming month than I was when we started back in September. We already have one child who said they are not coming this week. Not illness related, but I'm wondering if the parents are just being careful since they are not able to be vaccinated. I worry about our staff just because we are so ratio-based and we don't have any subs. If a teacher is out in the aftercare program, it is very very difficult to cover. Same with our prek. Why? The number who can't vaccinate is miniscule - both parents - I call bullshit - get the fucking shot I think she was talking about the kids. And I believe she works with preschool kids so none of them can be vaccinated yet. |
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Post by pyccku on Jan 2, 2022 22:33:59 GMT
I did see a tweet from a doctor this morning that said any parent who thinks that their children will be in-person throughout the entire month is delusional. While schools won't close down for safety purposes, they will have to consider it when they simply don't have enough people available to run the schools safely - bus drivers, custodians, teachers, security, cafeteria workers etc.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jan 2, 2022 22:48:00 GMT
Why? The number who can't vaccinate is miniscule - both parents - I call bullshit - get the fucking shot I think she was talking about the kids. And I believe she works with preschool kids so none of them can be vaccinated yet. sorry the OP was about school aged kids so if I misunderstood I apologize, layer in the we can't...it was probably bullshit - at this point when you say you can't vaccinated that's probably what it means - but they're your fb friends so whatever |
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Post by rainangel on Jan 2, 2022 23:03:40 GMT
Schools start back tomorrow here in Norway. Today my teenagers each picked up a home test because the entire country is mass testing kids in junior high and high schools.
My kids are negative. I hope this will weed out a few unknowingly infected kids.
But we are about 5.5 million people here. This is a big undertaking, but it's manageable. It would be more difficult to do in the US.
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Post by Zee on Jan 2, 2022 23:05:28 GMT
There's a real shortage of staff nurses now too. And they can't even get people to come in for an extra $90/hr in addition to OT because you know it's going to suck so hard. Plus they take so much in taxes it's barely worth it.
We finally got done new travel nurses but there just aren't enough. I'm dreading having to go back to work but grateful they didn't try to tell me I couldn't use my vacation time.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 2, 2022 23:18:10 GMT
I think she was talking about the kids. And I believe she works with preschool kids so none of them can be vaccinated yet. sorry the OP was about school aged kids so if I misunderstood I apologize, layer in the we can't...it was probably bullshit - at this point when you say you can't vaccinated that's probably what it means - but they're your fb friends so whatever I am the OP, and I did mention preschool.  Most elementary schools here have pre-K classes in the same building as K-5. My school has one pre-k autism room, and two VPI preschools. VPI = Virginia Preschool Initiative, to provide preschool for low-income kids. I do enjoy subbing in pre-k (not the autism pre-k) in normal times... I mean, they take a long nap in the afternoon and I have my Kindle... what's not to like? lol. But, not now. No way. They're little germ factories even in the best of times.  |
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Jan 2, 2022 23:24:11 GMT
Wow! Thats crazy. It is good it works out to be a snowday.
I am subbing tomorrow. I have a full week assigned already. It will be interesting to see how it all goes.
I had been a sahm for 16 years. Finally this past fall my boys are at the same charter school so I signed up to sub because I am more than ready to start working. The hours are good, it's "baby steps" getting out if the house everyday, it is good for me mentally and it's extra money we didn't have before.
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Post by elaine on Jan 2, 2022 23:27:05 GMT
In my very small county! 158 open jobs! The school where I do all my subbing has six. As I was texting with a 3rd grade teacher about it all I received a text from a 1st grade teacher and an email from a 5th grade teacher. The 1st grade teacher said she had just tested positive so she needs a sub for the entire week and she hoped I could do it. hahahahahahahahahahaha IF I was going to sub at all I would already be booked for tomorrow. wow. 158 and that's just the jobs that have been put into the system. I would think there will be more, either from teachers who will test positive today, or whose kids will so they'll have to stay home. Both of our Pre-K teachers are out and believe me NO ONE wants to sub in pre-K during covid because none of those kids are eligible for a vaccine (they're all too young). On top of all that the weather is still predicting some sort of snow "wintery mix" event, which might mean canceling school anyway. Wow. What's the situation like where you are? UPDATE: School is canceled tomorrow, but not because of covid absences. It's because of the impending snow. Which may or may not arrive, since the DC area is well-known for gloom and doom forecasts that don't end up happening. We will see.. Our district is closed too. I think that the reality is that they aren’t as concerned about using a snow day that might not be needed given that it will minutely forestall the disaster that Omicron is going to wreak on K-12 now that winter break is over. |
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Post by Merge on Jan 2, 2022 23:32:16 GMT
Something that’s different now vs. when we opened last January is that every adult has had the opportunity to be vaccinated, and CDC requirements have changed to say that fully vaccinated people do not need to quarantine after exposure unless they have symptoms or a positive test.
I suspect that most districts, like mine, have accordingly taken special paid quarantine leave off the table unless you have symptoms or a positive test. Most teachers and other staff will not use their own paid personal time to quarantine after an exposure because we’d like to save it for if/when we get sick.
So that will keep more adults in school than some might expect, particularly in areas with a high vaccination rate.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jan 2, 2022 23:35:00 GMT
Half our school library staff is positive with COVID and won't be in tomorrow. Seems great. This week should be super fun.
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Post by elaine on Jan 2, 2022 23:35:44 GMT
Won’t know until we get there tomorrow morning. Should be fun! (With that many teachers out, I’d wonder if your teachers are staging a sick-out. But maybe not.) No, I don't think that's it. I think I would have heard about it because I have several friends who are teachers, including two who are at the school where I sub. That doesn't mean that some aren't doing it "unofficially", but it's not an organized thing. No one is doing a sick-out in my district (next door to yours). I would definitely have heard about it from my teacher friends (including long time FB friends). We have 200 schools in our district and I’m guessing that currently we probably have at least 400-500+ open substitute slots on any given school day this year. I’m booked solid and still get emails and texts coming in a few per day asking me to fill in for one teacher or another. My husband and I had the talk today about the reality that I will almost certainly bring home Omicron by the end of January. He teleworks, so it will be okay for him as long as he doesn’t feel too cruddy. I will end up having to cancel all my sub assignments if I get sick, and I think that things will have to close down within a week of going back simply due to not being able to staff in-person classrooms. |
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 2, 2022 23:46:11 GMT
Yikes! I am more worried about the upcoming month than I was when we started back in September. We already have one child who said they are not coming this week. Not illness related, but I'm wondering if the parents are just being careful since they are not able to be vaccinated. I worry about our staff just because we are so ratio-based and we don't have any subs. If a teacher is out in the aftercare program, it is very very difficult to cover. Same with our prek. Why? The number who can't vaccinate is miniscule - both parents - I call bullshit - get the fucking shot I work with 3-5 year olds. Only 3 of our students are vaccinated. |
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The school where I do all my subbing has six. As I was texting with a 3rd grade teacher about it all I received a text from a 1st grade teacher and an email from a 5th grade teacher. The 1st grade teacher said she had just tested positive so she needs a sub for the entire week and she hoped I could do it. hahahahahahahahahahaha IF I was going to sub at all I would already be booked for tomorrow. wow. 158 and that's just the jobs that have been put into the system. I would think there will be more, either from teachers who will test positive today, or whose kids will so they'll have to stay home. Both of our Pre-K teachers are out and believe me NO ONE wants to sub in pre-K during covid because none of those kids are eligible for a vaccine (they're all too young). 
The school where I do all my subbing has six. As I was texting with a 3rd grade teacher about it all I received a text from a 1st grade teacher and an email from a 5th grade teacher. The 1st grade teacher said she had just tested positive so she needs a sub for the entire week and she hoped I could do it. hahahahahahahahahahaha IF I was going to sub at all I would already be booked for tomorrow. wow. 158 and that's just the jobs that have been put into the system. I would think there will be more, either from teachers who will test positive today, or whose kids will so they'll have to stay home. Both of our Pre-K teachers are out and believe me NO ONE wants to sub in pre-K during covid because none of those kids are eligible for a vaccine (they're all too young). 
Most elementary schools here have pre-K classes in the same building as K-5. My school has one pre-k autism room, and two VPI preschools. VPI = Virginia Preschool Initiative, to provide preschool for low-income kids. I do enjoy subbing in pre-k (not the autism pre-k) in normal times... I mean, they take a long nap in the afternoon and I have my Kindle... what's not to like? lol. But, not now. No way. They're little germ factories even in the best of times. 
