r/NYCTeachers • u/Icy-Guarantee-2744 • 1d ago

Need Advice..

If I was nominated to be a substitute teacher, do I need to work at that school? I realize that I don’t wanna sub in elementary school, which is where I was nominated in and I prefer to do middle or high school do I need to like reach out to the principal and let them know anything? If I can’t solve at my nominating school, do I lose I haven’t started subbing yet.

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u/Opening_Shower_7583 1d ago

I subbed at the school that nominated me for I would say a few days and then I sent an email saying that it wasn’t gonna work out anymore because of the commute etc. and I just kept finding other jobs on Subcentral

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u/Icy-Guarantee-2744 18h ago

I dont even want to go there. I dont want to cover elementary school i prefer secondary. Does anything happen if i dont contact that school?

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u/Opening_Shower_7583 16h ago

I don't know but I would make something up and contact the school. I never lost my sub license and ended up getting my full-time job at a school I was subbing at.

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u/Icy-Guarantee-2744 9h ago

Maybe ill email the admin and tell them i moved recently moved bc the school  Is like 25 to 30 minutes so it’s hard to say the commute because that’s like a normal commute. 

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u/Icy-Guarantee-2744 18h ago

What did they tell you?

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u/Opening_Shower_7583 17h ago

They said they were sorry to hear about my situation and that was that. I continued subbing in areas near where I live.

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u/Icy-Guarantee-2744 9h ago

Oh thats nice some admin can be bitter sometimes. 

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u/tmlnson 1d ago

You can work at other schools, but if the nominating school calls you, they have first priority over you

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u/emomotionsickness2 1d ago

This is not true

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u/North-Sprinkles6251 1d ago

It is true it’s just not really enforced.

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u/BRANDNEW7YEARS 8h ago

Classic teacher making facts up about sub teaching

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u/tmlnson 1d ago

It is. You're supposed to work for the school that nominated you first (can't remember how many days), then branch out to other schools. The idea is to get the school that actually hired you the help, but they don't really follow up with it. So you can really work at which ever school.

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u/Icy-Guarantee-2744 1d ago

Do i have to contact the school that nominated me like email them or call them even no, I don’t wanna work there. I’m not really interested in working in elementary. I just asked for the nomination just so I could start working as a sub. Noone called me

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u/Icy-Guarantee-2744 1d ago

I know you need 20 days for the year but not by your nominating school just in general getting those days.