This appointment will take approximately thirty minutes to complete. Subsequent training will require from two to three additional hours. Consequently, registration is speedy and necessary changes can be made quickly and easily. Substitutes are given the opportunity to choose those districts for which they would like to teach. Each district sets its own wage scale and will enroll its substitutes in its own payroll system.
Most local districts use a common base rate for new teachers.
Computerized information on a given substitute teacher is available only to those districts chosen by the substitute. Registrations are valid for only one school year. All substitutes must re-register for each new school year. This is normally accomplished by mail or telephone.