Pros
Working with kids is rewarding on its own merits. You schedule your days and pick your locations for work within the counties the company operates. Additional certifications can increase your wages. Some counties pay for full day rate even if you work barely more than half the school day. The job changes often and you can learn whether you are someone who is cut out to teach, and at which grade level. You are not required to hold a college degree to work in this position. Working for this company exposes you to many professionals in the instruction field, and you can network with those teachers and administrators to learn about upcoming opportunities and job assignments, as well as get directly assigned to them. They pay fully, weekly, and ON TIME, EVERY TIME. I have never had a late check or been denied pay for any reason whatever. If it was scheduled, it was paid. You get full access to your financial HR file, and can compare your wages over a seried of reports. This is quite handy at tax time, and if you need to get an idea of how your wages or hours are going. This job is supremely flexible to the point that I am attending college full time for my Doctorate while simultaneously working these hours, handling issues for my family, and am still able to dedicate my time in class, in full, to my students. That just must be worth something. If you hold a teaching certification, the wages are far higher if you are teaching a course in your licensed specialty.
Cons
The pay is not very good even in the best of cases. For my county, there are no benefits. The company does not assist you with the costs of gaining additional certifications, so in Florida for example, it costs you a full week of wages plus a little more to take a single certification exam to gain your official teaching license. If you do have a license, and are teaching outside your specialty, your wages decrease. You have to be first to grab assignments on the dedicated website, or you will have to rely on last minute substitutions that you learn about the day of the assignment (usually very early in the morning, to give you time to get to the school sooner than later). Some schools were a great distance from where I lived, but that was part of the job, not the fault of the company. I set my direct deposit documents up months ago, yet I still get paid on the issued Global Cash Card, for some odd reason.
