AReportandRecommendationstoProfessionalize-NEA.docVIP

National Education Association A Report and Recommendations to Professionalize Substitute Teaching Center for Great Public Schools Teacher Quality Department May, 2012 The National Education Association (NEA), the nations largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEAs 3 million members work at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States. NEA Executive Committee Members Dennis Van Roekel, President Lily Eskelsen, Vice-President Rebecca Pringle, Secretary-Treasurer Greg Johnson Christy Levings Paula Monroe Princess Moss Joyce Powell Earl Wiman John C. Stocks, Executive Director While every attempt was made to ensure the accuracy of the data in this report, it is possible that errors have occurred. Please communicate reports of any errors or comments you may have about the report, as well as any updated information to: Linda Davin, NEA Teacher Quality Department, at ldavin@. Becoming a substitute teacher is not very hard. In fact, you dont actually have to have a degree in order to do it, but you should probably be out of high school before you try to apply. Youre going to probably get paid about minimum wage to do this substitute teacher job, so its almost like volunteering. If youre trying to substitute in order to find out if you want to be a teacher, know that this class belongs to another teacher, so its going to be harder for you to sort of teach them anything…. youre going to be more of a stand in, and its really not going to feel completely like having your own class. So the best way, the best route, to becoming a teacher is going to be actually going to get your teaching degree and doing some student teaching because subbing is a lot more like, well frankly, babysitting in many cases. But its a good thing to do in your spare time, if you enjoy doing that kin