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16 hours of mandatory unpaid training as a substitute teacher.

I just started substitute teaching in a very large American city. A city so large and desperate for substitute teachers they constantly make national news. I am going to start my masters of Education program in the spring and wanted to get a feel for the land before I become a teacher here in a year. I have been subbing for a few weeks now and it’s been going great. I received an automated email stating I was over due on a huge list of training videos. I emailed the department on how to clock in and get paid for the videos and a week later (today) I finally received a response stating that I will not be getting paid and every employee is required to watch these videos. Not sure if it matters but the video titles are: Back to School Health Protocols Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation Supporting Transgender,…


I just started substitute teaching in a very large American city. A city so large and desperate for substitute teachers they constantly make national news. I am going to start my masters of Education program in the spring and wanted to get a feel for the land before I become a teacher here in a year.

I have been subbing for a few weeks now and it’s been going great. I received an automated email stating I was over due on a huge list of training videos. I emailed the department on how to clock in and get paid for the videos and a week later (today) I finally received a response stating that I will not be getting paid and every employee is required to watch these videos.

Not sure if it matters but the video titles are:

Back to School Health Protocols

Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

Supporting Transgender, Non-binary and Gender Non-conforming Students

Suicide Prevention and Awareness

And other similar material.

What’s the best way to handle this? Honestly I don’t want to spend 16 hours of my free time watching these videos and it’s not okay that they require thousands of employees to do this unpaid. I also enjoy teaching and don’t want to rock any boats here or hurt any of my future employment opportunities.

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