...Hello, 2013-2014 school year.  Labor Day weekend is upon us, and for many of us that means back to school (although, around here school doesn't start until September 9).  Hopefully, this new year brings new jobs for us all.  I am still waiting for a call from my district to find out if I'm going to be a permanent sub again or not.  Nothing like waiting until the last possible minute to figure these things out.  Keeping my fingers crossed for that one.  That being said, good luck to all of you on another great school year ahead!!  

As you may have noticed, I have added a page to the website.  It's a listing of many of the district HR or employment webpages for Long Island schools.  Hopefully, this makes your job search easier.  I know I wish there had been an all inclusive page like this while I've been looking for a teaching job these past few years.

School is starting in about 3 weeks here.....make that 2 and a half weeks.....and still no work on whether I'll be a permanent sub again or not.  I know they wait until the last minute, but it's really sad how they treat us subs.  I can't wait to win the lottery!!!

So I've decided that subbing in summer school is way better than subbing during the regular school year.  First off, you teach 2 out of 3 periods.  Yes, they are about an hour and 45 minutes each, but they go by fast.  Also, if you teach 1st and 2nd, you go home by 11:30, and even if you teach 3rd, you're still home by 1:30.  Finally, the best part...it pays twice as much as a regular school day!  Can't beat that.  Next week I'm proctoring finals, so I'll be there until 4, which means even more money.  I wish they paid this well all year.    

I actually got called to sub in summer school this summer.  I thought after about half of the summer school calendar was over that I didn't have a chance, but all told I'll have worked 4 days by the end of summer school.  Not too bad considering they pay twice as much to sub in