I want in like a substitute.

Working as a substitute can be a variety of things. Today I am going to talk about how many days I have worked. I have now been subbing since the 07-08 school year. I have a full year of work in the STRS system towards my retirement from my full time work in 06-07. The STRS system is a bit stacked against full time teaching from my point of view. I only have to get 120 days for a full year of work as a sub. The salaried teacher has to work 180 days, at least according to their contract. With that in mind, it would seem I am getting to be a more popular sub. If I use this time of year as a break point to stop counting, I see some interesting numbers. The first year that I subbed,  I didn't work at all this time. The next year I got to be a bit more popular, working 39 days. This year I have 47 days thus far. The main discrepancy is that this year I have only worked at two schools and one of them wouldn't have called me at all if it weren't for a maternity leave. Last year, I got called by the rockets plenty, but haven't gotten one call to work yet this year. Two years ago, I worked plenty of days over in mustang territory, but SS has not called back since the 08 graduating class. The second half of the year is usually the busiest. However if I go by this years trend, I will only work in one district unless an exact person takes off at PHS. This might not be a bad thing, but the point of subbing is to really try or showcase myself for a real job. I can't say that the noslowdown school is going to have any opening that I might qualify for soon. I would like to get out to to other schools, but am going to say yes whenever I am able bodied.

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