Better subs deserve more money - Substitute Teacher Denver Public Schools Employee Review

The requirement for a substitute teacher is breathing. The schools always complain about how bad the subs are, but they pay less than a teacher assistant! It is embarrassing to go to work knowing that the helper is making the same if not more than you. They on;y start to pay decently after one has worked 480 hours. That takes most of the school year! They would be able to be more picky and have people willing to be a substitute teacher as an actual career type job if they rewarded the good ones. But they don't.