The Human Resources Department and your school offices are always working to reduce the number of unfilled absences each day. We wanted to share some information about this topic with you:
- BUILDING SUBS: We hire as many qualified building subs as we can get, but we currently have a posting on WECAN to help us find even more building subs. The job market is very tight right now and there are few candidates for these positions. Districts across the state are experiencing challenges filling their absences. If your building does not have a building sub right now, that is because we cannot find the ideal candidate for that position.
- SUBSTITUTE TEACHER LICENCES: DPI will issue a substitute teacher license to anyone with at least an associate's degree. If you know anyone who would be a great fit for such a role, please forward them to Lauren Swenson in the HR office at 262-335-5402.
- THE MORE NOTICE, THE BETTER: The "fill rate" is the percentage of substitute jobs that are filled with a sub. We want high fill rates. The sooner we can put an absence in the system, the better the fill rate. Obviously, there are many times that giving more notice is just not possible. However, if you know you are going to be absent please do everything you can to get that absence entered into the system as quickly as possible to avoid the absence being unfilled. Fill rate stats for the district this year:
- Absences with at least 24 hours advance notice have a 93% fill rate
- Absences with 12-24 hours notice have a 77% fill rate
- Absences with less than 12-hour notice have a 57% fill rate
- SUB FILL RATES: We are doing well this year filling teacher absences, but struggling with aide absences.
- Our teacher fill rate this year is 95%
- Our aide fill rate this year is 45%
- LOOKING FOR AIDE SUBS: If you know of anyone who might enjoy the flexible hours of an aide sub position, only a high school diploma and a successful background check is required to qualify. Please tell anyone you know who might be interested in such a role to contact Lauren Swenson at 262-335-5402 and we can get them signed up.
