I have decided to work as a substitute teacher, but unfortunately I can’t do it right away because I want to adjust my existing job’s schedule around subbing (that way I can do both jobs). When I talked with my manager she said she would do her best to arrange my schedule the way I want it, but it might take a bit of time because she’s already having personell problems (2 people leaving, 1 person who was gone for a long time and supposed to come back but so far is AWOL, sloooooow training process, etc).
In a parting comment, she told me she wished me the best of luck, but warned me that other coworkers of mine had attempted the same arrangement as I was planning (sub during the day, tutor during the late afternoon/evening) and were extremely frustrated by the unreliability of substitute teaching.
This has me a little bit concerned. I wanted to rearrange my schedule so that when I started working as a sub, I would have the entire week available to substitute, in order to improve my chances of getting called. I’m also going to be calling multiple districts, both near where I live and near where my other job is located. I was hoping this would maximize my chances of having work any given day of the week but perhaps I am being really naive about the whole thing?