Pros
-You can quickly get a k-12 emergency cert. -You can get public school teaching experience.
Cons
-The organization's "training" is a joke. It was half as long as it should've been. There was no practical preparation for the classroom. -the pay and benefits are bad for the amount of work you're expected to do. You're not compensated for transportation, so there's no incentive to take jobs farther away--especially if they are half day. -the incentive programs are...well...insulting. Pay employees more instead of the (and I'm not making this up) doing raffles for gift cards and other junk. -The rate for instructional assistants is insulting and hasn't even been adjusted for recent cost of living increases. Even if you took every fulltime IA job you would not make enough to be able to afford the cost of living in or near the city, which is why you tend to see retirees filling those roles. -I still can't figure out what most of the administration is doing this they're pretty much MIA after you get certified and just send out batch notifications that you could get directly from the district anyway -You do not get internet access as a sub except for a few select schools that may or may not have a spare computer for you. Many of the older buildings are deadzones in most areas, so pray your phone can get a signal if you need to look something up or be flexible with the lesson. -The ID they give you does nothing. It has a barcode, but does open doors or anything. School security will usually ask you for a DL anyway so it actually is functionally useless -They have a referral program ($100). I expect this kind of thing from MLMs and wireless companies, not an agency charged with hiring competent educators. -They only offer a STEM cert. program so good luck if that's not your area of expertise for teaching. In my experience, my students were having the most trouble with reading comprehension and writing, so you'd think there'd be some interest there, but no. -The software company they contract with (Frontline) creates half-broken apps and websites with bad UX. Their support is useless and they have an office building with no phone-number listed. They also juice their Google Reviews with fake ones or employee reviews. Incredibly sketchy stuff.
