Nearly 3,700 substitute teachers needed in New York City ahead of vaccine mandate deadline

New York Post ^ | 10/03/2021 | Sam Raskin

[SeekAndFind]

The city Department of Education is looking to plug nearly 3,700 openings for substitute teachers as the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school staffers goes into effect Monday, The Post has learned.

The 3,659 vacancies amount to an average of about two subs per each of the system’s roughly 1,800 schools — though the needs at some schools, including in Brooklyn and Queens, are far greater, according to an email sent Saturday and obtained by The Post.

The starting dates for the fill-in gigs range from Monday to May 2022, though the bulk of the roles begin in October, according to the email sent to the pool of public school substitute teachers.

As an “additional financial incentive,” the DOE is offering subs an extra $50 per day for working at least 10 days between Sept. 20 and Nov. 24, the email says.

The DOE is also looking to cover an additional 3,020 spots for paraprofessional substitute teachers — aides that work with special education and disabled students.

The call for subs was blasted out two days before all DOE employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to enter school buildings.

The roughly 15,000 DOE employees who refused to get the jab by last week’s deadline — including about 5,500 teachers — have the choice of taking a year of unpaid leave with health insurance or leaving the DOE with severance.

In order to fill the gaps, the DOE has vowed that it has at the ready 9,000 vaccinated substitutes, 5,000 substitute paraprofessionals and “qualified” central staff.

[SeekAndFind]

[wetgundog]

HA! HA!, Good luck with that. Mandate your State to Hell.

[Ken H]

Get the popcorn!

[rllngrk33]

Are vaccinations required for the substitutes?

[lee martell]

Some teachers will walk into a new class with students ready to listen and learn.
Other teachers will walk in a virtual war zone, where small groups of students feel as though they are the ones in control of the class, if not much of the school.

[seowulf]

Maybe they can call in the national guard to teach school.

[RomanSoldier19]

[goodnesswins]

Now, THAT might work!!!

[lee martell]

I’m sure the thought will cross a lot of educated minds in the next few months. I have a few family members who are teachers. Most now circling retirement.

[Track9]

I wonder how many bar tenders are needed.

[max americana]

“The roughly 15,000 DOE employees who refused to get the jab by last week’s deadline — including about 5,500 teachers “

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15,0000. That’s a big number for a lefty-run organization. Yet, they couldnt come up with lawyers to stop this legally?

[kiryandil]

What's it like to want, New York?

    

[Luke21]

Countess Dracula compares herself to Jesus and wants vax apostles.

[Pajamajan]

Maybe they can copy California

and bring in the pedos to fill in

🙄

[bray]

Crazy idea, why not eliminate the mandate? The vax doesn’t work anyway.

[pleasenotcalifornia]

Substitute teachers rely on lesson plans or instructions provided by the classroom teacher otherwise that day they substitute can be pure hell. If enough teachers are fired and the remaining teachers have to provide the necessary day to day instructions the whole school system begins to fall apart because of fatigue and poor morale of the remaining teachers who by the way call in sick more often. Substitute teachers won and don’t have to return to any particular classroom or school. They are freelance temp workers.

[bray]

Sorry, the National Guard are doing the surgeries.

[Irish Eyes]

Maybe they can call in the national guard to teach school.

Is the National Guard mandated to take the vaccine?

[Jane Long]

Are vaccinations required for the substitutes?

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Are they mandated for the NY NG, who are replacing healthcare workers?

I don’t think so....they don’t fall under fedG until federalized, under martial law.

[Jane Long]

See 19.