Program created for substitute teachers

Staff report

grove city, pa.

A shortage in substitutes with state certification has school officials scrambling every day to cover the classes of absent teachers.

Responding to that crisis, Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV created a Guest Teacher Training Program designed to turn college graduates with a bachelor’s degree into emergency substitute teachers who can fill in when a certified substitute teacher can’t be found.

Through the MIU IV’s emergency substitute consortium, potential subs attend a three-day training session and then apply to the Pennsylvania Department of Education for an emergency substitute certificate.

With certification through MIU IV, substitutes can teach in any school district participating in the consortium.

The intermediate unit has scheduled a three-day training session Sept. 21, 24 and 25.

For a flier and registration form, contact the MIU IV Continuing Education Department at 724-458-6700, ext. 1209, or send email to lorinda_hess@miu4.k12.pa.us.