in city classrooms is making an all-out push for staff — but still has a ways to go.
ESS Northeast has about 680 substitute teachers hired for the 2022-23 school year, said Peter Coppola, the recruiter who specializes in Philadelphia staffing for the company. And while he said there was “no ceiling” to the number of substitute teachers ESS hopes to hire, an official with Kelly Services — the company contracted to hire subs last year — said it had about 1,000 sub jobs to fill per day in October, a high but not unprecedented number.from $126.76 for uncertified employees to $229.
'It's got to get better': A look inside the challenging, complicated year at one Philly elementary school Finding substitutes last year was especially difficult for the district, and many others around the country. At most schools, the majority of sub jobs went unfilled, creating significant strain on teachers forced to give up prep periods to cover classes and administrators left to