Pros and Cons Depending on Your Employment Goals
Pros
This job allows me to work intermittently and fit in doctor appointments, allowing me to choose days worked, subjects, and grade levels. It also keeps me in poverty so I can qualify for State of Arizona Medicaid, AHCCS. It has a low entry level qualification which includes a special substitute certificate from the State of Arizona which only requires a Bachelor's in any subject not necessarily Education, a certificate registered at the County Seat (Phoenix), a clean background fingerprint clearance card, all your childhood vaccines, and adult booster verifications, a TB test, and 3 professional references, and not even an interview is all that is needed to be accepted as substitute teacher. No COVID vaccine required.
Cons
Cons, will since I don't want to get noticed by a principal in order to be hired on as a regular teacher the lack of prestige in this job which I encountered while being interviewing for other business jobs is a downfall. A con which I also listed as a pro is that this job keeps me in poverty. As a Substitute you are not included in any teacher collective bargaining, and you are considered a noncontractual employment at will employee. Career opportunities for someone looking to enter the teaching full-time field great, but for a person trying to get a job in the district Business office, poor.
