Monday, December 13, 2010

Substitute Teachers License

Before my phone completely stopped working, I planned on blogging about the very complex process of becoming a Substitute Teacher in NYC nowadays.

So, since 2008, I've been trying to get my Sub license. At first all I needed was a Physical, 2 Recommendations, My transcripts and some other stuff. Although those aren't things you can just pick up, I got all those things. Then I needed to get my fingerprints. That costs like one million dollars but I got those. So now what? Well, now two years later, you need a principal to nominate you to sub in their school. WHO KnOWS PRInCIPALS?! Actually, my mom does. She got me the nomination. Fast forward to last Tuesday when I got called in for the Sub accessment. We found out that there are many many other steps involved before we can be considered to be subs. Ie:

  • Taking a 5 course class online
  • Getting a TB test and a physical
  • Registering for the LAST exam
  • Fingerprints
  • 2 workshops
  • Give them all your eyelashes and name your first three children after them


A long time ago all you had to do was be an adult to be a sub. Right? Because there was no way in hell the people who were subs for my classes had bachelor's degrees and passed exams and things. Wtf dude!!

xo

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