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Substitute teachers find jobs by first completing the application and interview process from their local school district. Once approved, they will either be enrolled in an automated calling system or more currently, via a system that uses the internet to post available substitute teaching assignments. Substitutes can also find work by contacting private schools in their district. Most substitute teachers in the U.S. can be assigned to work in all academic subject areas as needed (except for long-term substituting assignments). The substitute is generally responsible for closely following and continuing with the lesson plans left by the teacher, and to maintain student order and productivity. As with locum tenens physicians, the idea is that …show more content…
A limited service teacher is defined as a regular substitute teacher who works twenty-one or more consecutive days for the same teacher and who has been recommended by the principal to receive limited service pay of $85.00 per day. He/she will be paid an additional $20.00 per day for the twenty days already worked in that same position. Many districts are concerned about the new Affordable Care Act and the potential that substitute teachers, who've never previously qualified for benefits, could become eligible under the new law. Out of concern for the financial impact this could have, some districts have already taken the precaution to limit the number of hours substitutes can work. The most common is limiting substitutes to no more than 30 hours per week. Not long after, the media, districts and teachers alike began to wonder if fill rates for teacher absences would take a hit from this precaution. Surprisingly, the data from Aesop shows that, on average, districts limiting substitute hours per week have identical fill rates to those not limiting hours. Most likely, districts in reality have very few substitutes who are working more than 30 hours a week, and so the impact of limiting hours affects few substitutes. Of course, the full impact of the law has yet to be seen and the number above is based on an average. Districts should monitor their own data carefully and make informed decisions about whether or not to limit hours for

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