To fight the negative stigma students tend to have toward substitutes, the district initiated a program where students learn how to be more respectful around substitutes. LeDoux said she's noticed a change in the way substitutes are treated since the program was created. Jefferson County doesn't have a support group for substitutes, but does plan to survey them on how their jobs can be enhanced and improved. The district also offers its substitutes training on a regular basis. We don't think salary is the only way we're going to entice subs to stay in Jefferson County or come to Jefferson County.
Districts also hold up the job's flexibility as a selling point to entice new candidates.
So I took off a week and a half before school ended. Regular teachers can't do that. They're not allowed to. They're busy testing or busy putting grades together. The flexibility is a really nice thing.