School districts prepare for lack of substitutes

School districts prepare for lack of substitutes

MICHIGAN ALREADY HAS A SHORTAGEOF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS... ANDTHAT PROBLEM MAYGET WORSE IF COVID-19 IS STILLSPREADING IN MICHIGAN..

WHENKIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

FOX 47'SMAUREEN HALLIDAY HAS A LOOK ATHOW DISTRICTS ARE ALREADYWORKING TORECRUIT MORE SUBS.MAUREEN HALLIDAYLOOKLIVE: THE INGHAM COUNTYSCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTTELLS ME THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADDMORE SUBSTITUTES FOR THIS COMINGSCHOOL YEAR BUT THEY MIGHT BECOMING UP SHORT.JASON MELLEMA, INGHAM COUNTYSCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT"ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF SUBSTITURESWE TYPICALLY WE HAVE ARE NOTINTERESTED SO WE'VE HADCHALLENGES WITH SUBSTITUTETEACHERS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVETO CONTINUE TO EVALUATETHAT."INGHAM COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTSUPERINTENDENT JASON MELLEMASAYS 75 TO 80 PERCENT OFSUBSTITUTE TEACHERS HAVE AGREEDTO RETURN FOR THIS COMING SCHOOLYEAR.

BUT AS A BACKUPPLAN--MELLEMA ISLOOKING TO RECRUIT MORESUBSTITUES."ULTIMATLY THE BEST SUBSTITUTESARE USUALLY PEOPLE RIGHT FROMTHE COMMUNTIES WHERE THEIRCHILDREN ARE ATTENDING BECAUSETHEY OBVIOUSLY SHARE THOSEVALUES AND THEY WANT THEIRCHILDRENTO BE SUCCESSFUL."SUBSTITUES WILL BE REQUIRED TOREPORT TO ONLY ONE SCHOOL NOTALL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

"IEXPECT DISTRICTS WILL TRY TOUTILIZE BUILDING SPECIFIC SUBSOR DISTRICT SPECIFIC SUBS TOHELPMINIMIZE SOME OF THE OUTSIDEEXPOSURE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BEA VERY VIABLE STRATEGY." BUTTSO YOU GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENTGRADES YOU COULD WORK WITHIN BUTIT'S STILL ONLY ONE PERSONCOMING IN AS OPPOSED OTOMULTIPLE SUBS."SUBSTITUTES MIGHT NEED TO LEARNVIRTUAL EDUCATION."I THINK WE WILL ABSOLUTLY HAVESOME SUBS TRAIN IN VIRTUALINSTRUCTION I JUST DONT KNOW HOWMANY ANDI DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TODO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE STILLLEARNING WITH OUR OWN STAFF.

"MELLEMA SAYS DISTRICTS WILLPROBABLY START COMMUNICATINGWITH FAMILIES ABOUT SCHOOLPLANS TOWARDS THE END OF JULY.IN EAST LANSING MAUREEN HALLIDAYFOX 47 NEWS.THANK YOU MAUREEN.IF YOU WANT TO APPLY TO BE ASUBSTIUTE... WE HAVE INFORMATIONON HOW TO DO THAT... UPON OUR WEBSITE FOR YOU.JUST CLICK ON THIS STORY ON FOX