Do you keep your license active

[clevergirl67]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

I haven’t taught at K-12 in many years but I was wondering what I would ever do if I got laid off from my current job. Subbing would be a nice fallback. For those who have left the profession, is it worth keeping your teaching license active for situations like this?

Even after he retired, my dad kept his certification active just in case. When my mother died unexpectedly, he was able to start subbing.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

For being a sub, is it as simple as applying at a school district, passing a background check, and them keeping you on a list until they need you? Just wondering how quickly I could get into the classroom and start getting a paycheck in the event that I ever lost my current job.

It will depend. Some places it's that simple after a background. Others require the School Board to approve subs at a meeting.

Fun Fact: had I wanted to sub after retirement I would have had to go through the entire background vetting even though I'd taught 30+ years. My certificate suspension would have been flagged, as it was when I was volunteering as an Instructor for the Department of Natural Resources.

[TMSRetired]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

For being a sub, is it as simple as applying at a school district, passing a background check, and them keeping you on a list until they need you? Just wondering how quickly I could get into the classroom and start getting a paycheck in the event that I ever lost my current job.

Well since you are certified it's a matter of transferring your cert and activating it.
Then it depends on the school district.

Austin...they had lots of subs but that's where I took classes.
Rural counties...they took me right away..3 towns all within 20 minute drive from my house
College Station..I got a full year grant at the middle school there...45 minute drive

My certification was in Math 4-8 and so I was able to teach, not babysit.
Once the teachers got to know me I was even correcting homework while on breaks.

I see you are DFW area ...sorry I'm not familiar with that area at all.

The TEA site is the site for all your "teacher needs".
https://tea.texas.gov/texas-educators

As far as substitute..you need to look at the individual districts to see what they require.

This is Austin ISD website on what they require for their subs:
https://www.austinisd.org/hc/careers/substitutes

And here's College Station ISD sub page:
https://www.csisd.org/departments/hu...itute_teachers

[tgbwc]

I just retired in June after 30 years teaching. I’m in VA. My certification was up and I had everything done to recertify for 10 years so I didn’t see any reason not to. My union reimbursed the fee.

I’m thinking about subbing in the fall. One does not need to be certified to sub and even if you were it wouldn’t get you any more pay in my district. Retired teachers from the district do get a bit more. I applied and did all of the initial online onboarding. I need to provide a negative TB test and get fingerprinted for a background check. After that I’ll go through orientation. There needs to be a 3 month separation before I can start.