The Learning Doesn’t Stop: Schools and Substitutes Turn to ESS to Manage Staff Absences
ESS manages substitutes in the K-12 setting, and their company has experienced significant changes due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the daughter of a substitute school teacher, I found this business fascinating! This piece was written for The Oregonian’s print edition and a link will be posted, if available.
“In a year of upheaval, administrators and educators have adapted in unexpected ways to the global pandemic. Somewhere in the mayhem lies the critical question of substitutes: what happens when a teacher, administrator, or other school employee calls in sick or needs to take a leave of absence?“Learning doesn’t stop because their teacher isn’t there,” said Melissa Merritt, regional manager at ESS, an education and management solution that provides qualified substitutes to school districts exclusively in the preK-12 setting.”
This 750-word article was featured in The Oregonian’s print edition, and published online.
Read the piece at OregonLive.com
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