UNemployment:
Q: Can Substitutes apply for Unemployment Insurance in Oregon: YES!!!
Q: What are the key definitions and details to support an Unemployment Claim in Oregon: If you work for an outsourced company -ESS or EduStaff, if you answer the question about how much instruction you provide, just right, you have a good chance of receiving unemployment benefits.
Q: What does Intent to Employ or Employment Assurance mean for Substitute Teachers: This is not what they want you to think it means. A few of our members have challenged their denial of claims and by pointing out that although you sign the Assurance form, and agree to work for them, there is nothing guaranteeing that you will be contacted to work.
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Pay Rates, Long Term Assignments and Temporary Contracts:
Q: What are Substitute Teachers paid in Oregon?
$221.02 is the bottom level of pay. Some subs are paid more, especially those that work in unionized districts, such as Portland, Beaverton and Eugene.
Q: Why is ORS 342.610 the Substitute Teacher Minimum Pay Statute: It is because of the hard work the early OSTA Members tirelessly spent time writing testimonies and talking with legislators about substitute teaching. They are the reason that Oregon subs, are given stable work hours of a half or a whole day, and not allowed to be called in for just a couple hours pay.