Substitute Services

Daily Rate of Pay for Substitute Teachers

$115.00 with a minimum of a High School Diploma
$125.00 with a minimum of 60 college credit hours
$135.00 with bachelor’s degree and above
$140.00 with valid teachers' certification from TEA
$150.00 for retired FWISD teachers

Please note in working as a Librarian Substitute you must have Librarian certification from TEA, or the approval of Library Media department rates are below: 

$115.00 with a minimum of a High School Diploma
$125.00 with a minimum of 60 college credit hours
$135.00 with bachelor’s degree and above
$140.00 with valid teachers' certification from TEA  
$140.00 for with a valid librarian's certification from TEA

Long-Term Pay

Substitute teachers with a bachelor’s degree, working in a single classroom assignment past ten days, are eligible for an elevated daily rate of pay. This compensation shall remain at the higher rate of pay until such time as the substitute teacher changes or completes the assignment. If the substitute misses a day during the continuous assignment, then the rate will revert to the regular substitute daily rate for the next ten days. Non-degreed substitutes are not eligible for the higher rate of pay regardless of the number of days worked. Long-term substitute teachers who are used in other capacities will not be eligible to receive the higher rate of pay.

Certification Rate: Must hold a Texas Education Agency Teaching Certificate.

Substitutes are not paid for absences. An absence while working a long-term assignment (single assignment of 11 days or more) is cause for the higher rate of pay to end.  

Substitutes who take a half-day assignment will be paid half of their daily rate of pay.  
Substitutes working a long-term assignment must work a full workday (8hrs) in order to qualify for long-term pay.

Requirements for Substitute Teachers

• Applicants must have at least a High School Diploma or GED and be able to submit an original transcript.
• Only U.S. citizens or aliens legally entitled to work in the United States are eligible for employment. Legal documents supporting eligibility to work must be provided at the time of hiring.
• Applicants must be available to work at least two (2) days per week.

Required Documents

• State Driver’s License or State Issued ID
• Social Security Card
• Completed Criminal Record Check Form 
• For Substitute Teachers: An official transcript (Must be Original)  listing a minimum of 60 college hours from an accredited college or university. (Transcripts must reflect all coursework. To qualify for the higher rate of pay, the transcript must show the conferred Bachelor's Degree. All foreign transcripts must be equivocated, course by course, through an approved agency.) If your institution provides E-scripts, please have them email it to us directly at substitutes@fwisd.org.

• Submission of Two References

• One (1) must be your most recent supervisor
• One (1) must be a personal reference
  • Family members cannot be accepted

Daily Rate of Pay for Substitute Auxiliary Positions

Clerk

• $105 per day

Secretary

• $105 per day

Teacher Assistant (TA)

• $105 per day
• Additional $5.00 per day for Special Education TA Intensive assignments

Clerical Retirees

• $110 per day when working in a clerical position

Half-Day Assignments

• Substitutes who accept a half-day assignment will be paid one-half of the daily rate of pay

Requirements for Substitute Auxiliary

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.        

Required Documents

• State Driver’s License or State Issued ID
• Social Security Card
• Completed Criminal Record Check Form 
• For Substitute Auxiliary: An official high school diploma from an accredited institution or G.E.D. certificate. (Must be Original)

• Submission of Two References

• One (1) must be your most recent supervisor
• One (1) must be a personal reference
  • Family members cannot be accepted

Daily Rate of Pay for Retired Substitute Teachers

$150.00 for retired FWISD teachers

(You must have retired from the FWISD to receive the retiree rate of pay)

Substitutes who take a half-day assignment will be paid half of their daily rate of pay.

TRS

We appreciate your interest in returning to the Fort Worth Independent School District. As a retiree, it is of the utmost importance that you contact TRS to check your status prior to returning to work for the FWISD. It is a TRS requirement that all retirees must observe a one full, calendar-month break in all service with a TRS-covered employer after retirement and the retirement may be revoked if one works as a substitute during the required one full, calendar-month break in service (whether in the place of a current employee or if the position is vacant);.

There may also be TRS-Care and Pension surcharges applied to your annuity. To contact TRS by phone, please call: 1-800-223-8778

TRS-Care and Pension Surcharges are due if the employment of the retiree exceeds the one-half time in a calendar month. See Pension Surcharge and TRS-Care Surcharge Guidelines for more information.

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