Substitute teachers needed in Madison County, says regional superintendent
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Rob Werden says schools are still facing the challenge of recruiting substitute teachers.
Regional Superintendent of Schools for Madison County Werden says for the last five years, most school districts throughout the county have struggled to find qualified individuals to place in classrooms when teachers are in training or ill and school officials say COVID has compounded the problem.
Several of the current substitutes are retired teachers who have continued to help in schools on a part-time basis. Because age or a health condition puts them at a higher risk for COVID, some have decided the risk was too great to continue substitute teaching which has put schools in a difficult position. To keep schools open there must be personnel in place to cover the classrooms when teachers are out.
Substitute teachers needed in Madison County, says regional superintendent
The Intelligencer
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Rob Werden says schools are still facing the challenge of recruiting substitute teachers.
Regional Superintendent of Schools for Madison County Werden says for the last five years, most school districts throughout the county have struggled to find qualified individuals to place in classrooms when teachers are in training or ill and school officials say COVID has compounded the problem.
Several of the current substitutes are retired teachers who have continued to help in schools on a part-time basis. Because age or a health condition puts them at a higher risk for COVID, some have decided the risk was too great to continue substitute teaching which has put schools in a difficult position. To keep schools open there must be personnel in place to cover the classrooms when teachers are out.