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Source4Teachers has been (at times) a nightmare to work with for two years. Their "management" team is poor at managing but great at giving you the run-around. It takes forever to get a solution to any problem.

I had an absolutely horrendous, outright HORRIBLE experience when I was first trying to get hired with Source4Teachers. I was fully ready to sub, but the supervisor took absolutely forever to finalize everything. It took approximately three months of waiting (and hours of frustrating phone tag and convoluted, confusing, ridiculous emails) to fully complete my application so that I could go out into schools.

S4T often gets your pay wrong. The tiniest error in TimeClock can set off a cascade of confusion that no one at S4T seems to be able to handle competently or professionally. Double-check your paystubs because you never know if you are going to be paid correctly.

As for the training: Let me preface this by saying that if an individual does not have applicable education in the designated area in which they are subbing, then it only makes sense for him/her to undergo training. But I do think it could be more affordable, and I also think that certified teachers should not have to undergo the training, since they just spent years in college learning classroom management/behavioral management strategies alongside other pedagogy.

Anyway: As a S4T sub, you MAY be required to dole out approximately $70-$80 to undergo training, which, according to the S4T website, is a "pre-employment requirement." I say MAY because I was never asked/required to complete any training. I am a certified teacher with a bachelor's degree, but I don't think that's why. In fact, the website states that even teachers that "have been in the classroom for years" find value in the "full-day training seminar." Which means that even certified teachers are supposed to attend the training. Seems like a waste of time and money, particularly if one already attended college to be a teacher.

In my geographical area, there are several school districts that used to do their sub arrangements in-house, then switched to an outsourcing agency (S4T or another), then switched back to doing in-house again for one or more reason(s). Some have stated that in-house is actually cheaper (or about the same price). All told, there are two school districts in my area that currently do in-house subbing, and these schools seem to be easier to work with and more personable.

Personally, in my circle of fellow substitute teachers, I have not encountered one person who is happy with S4T. I actually just had a conversation with a gentleman who related the experience of having to call S4T about (yet another) pay discrepancy. He was thirty-first in line (or some ridiculous number). He took a leisurely shower only to find that he was still on hold, with several callers still ahead of him. This company is clearly making a good bit of money and still cannot provide competent, professional service. Substitute teachers (and substitute custodians, cafeteria workers, etc.) do a very important job and deserve more respect and courtesy than this.

Reason of review: Bad quality.

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What lawyer would take a case against source4teachers??

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I took their course many years ago, did all the paperwork, paid for certification and...NOTHING! I never received my certification!

I called them many times, no answer and no one returned my calls. Time and money down the drain~

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