Administrators, Principals and Teachers
What is Kelly Educational Staffing?
Kelly Educational Staffing is a service line of global staffing solutions provider Kelly Services, Inc., which specializes in the recruitment, placement, and management of substitute teachers.
As the national leader in educational staffing, Kelly Educational Staffing has partnered with more than 3,000 public and private schools in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the United Kingdom. During the history of our program, Kelly Educational Staffing has successfully filled nearly 4 million classrooms with substitute teachers who meet and/or exceed state and local teacher requirements.
When will this program be in place?
During the contract approval process, the program launch date will be determined to ensure appropriate implementation time for a seamless transition.
What happens to the current substitute teacher pool? Will Kelly automatically hire all of our substitute teachers?
All substitute teachers currently working in the school district will be invited to apply for employment with Kelly Educational Staffing. A transition meeting will be held for current substitute teachers to provide specific program information and to answer their questions. Additionally, per school district policy, current substitute teachers must successfully complete our screening, hiring, and orientation process to become a Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teacher.
What should we tell our current substitute teachers?
There will be on-going communication with all substitute teachers to provide timely and accurate information during the transition and implementation process.
Upon executing the contract, each current substitute teacher will receive written communications from the school district and Kelly Educational Staffing. These communications will explain the program changes, outline Kelly employment benefits, and invite each substitute teacher to meet with a Kelly representative to begin the screening, hiring, and orientation process.
How will substitute teachers know the classroom/school policies?
As part of our implementation process, detailed information is obtained from each school or classification of schools (e.g., elementary, middle, and high schools) and provided to substitute teachers during orientation to ensure they are well-prepared to enter the classroom.
What if my school is not pleased with a substitute teacher?
Kelly Educational Staffing takes the performance and conduct of our substitute teachers very seriously. We encourage teacher/administrator feedback, both positive and negative, regarding our substitute teachers and our service delivery. We will investigate and take the appropriate action to resolve the matter promptly. Should you have any concerns regarding our employees or our service delivery, please notify us immediately.
Who will direct the classroom activities of the substitute teacher?
Kelly Educational Staffing partner school districts always remain in charge of the supervision, direction and control of the individual while performing their substitute teacher duties. All matters of instructional services, such as curriculum design and implementation, lesson planning, classroom activities, etc., remain the responsibility of the school district.
Kelly Educational Staffing provides an employment solution to address school’s challenges in administering a successful substitute teacher program.
What types of qualifications will Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teachers have?
Kelly Educational Staffing mirrors the school district’s hiring process. Our substitute teachers are carefully screened and trained to meet all state, local and school district certification qualifications and requirements.
In the 2007/2008 school year, Kelly Education Staffing provided nearly 25,000 substitute teachers to partner schools. Overall, 87% of our employees attend college or received a college or an advanced degree.
- 58% Bachelor’s degree
- 18% Master’s degree
- 2% Doctorate degree
- 8% Associate’s degree
- 14% Attend college/universities
What kinds of training do Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teachers receive?
All Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teachers must complete an orientation and training session before entering the classroom. This includes:
- School-specific training to meet each school district’s requirements
- Substitute teacher orientation, including a review of topics such as classroom management, teaching strategies, fill-in activities, and legal and health related issues
- A Kelly Educational Staffing program orientation
Each substitute teacher receives a free, comprehensive grade-specific Substitute Teacher Handbook developed by The Substitute Teaching Institute at Utah State University, the national leader in substitute teacher training.
Kelly also offers a variety of web-based educational training and professional development courses via the Kelly Learning Center along with other free software training.
How will principals/teachers request substitute teachers?
Kelly uses an automated scheduling system. The Kelly Automated Scheduling System (KASS) is an easy-to-use system that can be accessed via the Internet or the telephone. Principals and teachers use KASS to log absences.
Substitute teachers use KASS to accept classroom assignments for which they qualify.
Also, our scheduling system enables principals and teachers to assign a specific substitute teacher for a future absence. Additionally, by utilizing our automated scheduling system, many schools benefit from our reporting and diagnostic tools.
Should a private company provide substitute teachers?
With nearly 90 percent of U.S. school districts experiencing significant difficulty in recruiting and retaining a sufficient substitute teacher pool to meet their needs, Kelly Educational Staffing offers a solution to this challenge. Our staffing solution is strongly supported by school districts and is desired by teachers across the country as we fill more than 97% of the requested classrooms nationally with competent, well-prepared professionals.
By utilizing our substitute teacher staffing solution, schools can focus on their core competency––educating children, increase the number of classrooms taught by qualified substitute teachers and enable administrators, principals and teachers to participate in professional development, training and planning actitivies, as the instructional services, such as curriculum design and implementation, lesson planning, and classroom activities remain the responsibility of the school district.