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It was a great experience working with at risk youth. Also if you want to get teaching experience and the schools like you it us possible you could get hired on through them in a permanent position this is the best route to go and only way to get benefits and insurance.  The pay ranges from $95 a day to 192 but keep in mind it is 1099 work so not taxed. I dont understand how they let schools pay you 95 to 120 a day in Los Angeles county which is a poverty wage in los Angeles.  The animo and kipp schools are the only schools worth working at because they pay 184 to 192 a day, also if you are in it to reach at risk youth and show them love and kindness they are great schools to work in because you can really make a difference. The schools I didnt like working at were in Hollywood and mar vista and had very snobby students and staff and only paid 110 to 120 a day like citizens of the world for example. I didnt feel like I was helping anyone there and they let the rich kids have too much say because they are raised spoiled. But the schools in south Los Angeles were a pleasure to work in if they kids know your in it to help them and are real and pay more.  It's not a career unless you hurt hired full time by one of the charter districts like animo or KIPP. Which is very possible to do. If the children like you it doesn't really matter if the staff doesn't. They can be a handful but if you see it as a form of ministry it is worth it like i said subbing in the affluent areas aren't as rewarding and the staff and students can be very snobby and the pay is low.  If you view just a job it isnt for you but if you are into inner city outreach and ministry it is perfect for you and I would recommend working for them and only working in the south la area schools because you can really make a difference.

It is the hardest to get a hold of anyone in the event of an emergency. Working for swing was great when we were all independent contractors. However, it was a pain point to have to figure out your own taxes. Swing culture isn't really something I can say I've experienced as a 4th year sub but maybe people who are not subs get connected to that experience. The hardest part of being at Swing now is the communication. Sometimes you can have an issue and someone will respond but then still not let you know the resolution. They also have no working telephone line where you can talk to someone. All you can do is text and email and wait. The people who answer are kind but sometimes writing things down is not as easily understood as if you were to be able to talk it out.

The Pay.
So I ran into this this year. The pay went down from what it was when we were IC's. I came to find out how much my school pays swing for me to work there and was appalled at how much is taken. Also There are 3 teachers at the school that do the exact same thing and are all paid differently. 1 is credentialed and I understand, me and the other two are not be we aren't even offered the same pay. I was ok with free ipads for working but now its tea pots and Starbucks. It's not that I am ungrateful, I just would rather be paid more especially given the fact that teachers are in short supply during this time. 

The most enjoyable part is they offer helpful workshops and they have an app system for selecting jobs. I love it! No company have I ever seen ever had this ease of finding a position. I hope this never changes. 

About 3 years ago when I started with Swing, there were four of us who accepted a long-term assignment at an elementary school when the Covid lockdowns were happening.  We agreed to go onsite and help these kids who were falling behind because of virtual lessons that they weren't attending.

We had a long-term payrate that we assumed would be honored, but Swing management didn't.  They cut our payrate by several dollars an hour, and then obfuscated about exactly why this was happening.  We were basically told to accept this reduced rate, or just quit.  There were a couple of weeks left in the assignment, so I chose to be loyal to the kids and finish the assignment.  It made me hesitant to ever trust the people at Swing again.

These days, I am in their system but just work enough to continue to be active.  It's just a backup plan if my main source of income disappears.  That's the main benefit of Swing.  It's quite flexible.

Just don't trust them or put all your financial eggs in their basket.  They try to get you to accept assignments for as little as possible.  They don't give a set rate.  For example, they offered a same day assignment that lasted 4 hours for $19 per hour.  If I accepted it, I would have grossed just $76.  Today, they wanted someone to take a kindergarten assignment that paid $30 an hour, but lasted from 10:48 am until 1:15 pm.  I received the message at 10:03 am.  Are people really expected to drop everything they are doing, commute to the job site, work 2.5 hours, and earn a gross pay of $75?  I am just thankful that I'm not so desperate to earn money to pay my bills.

Being a substitute is challenging. It is hard to gain respect from some students in just a few hours. Be kind, professional and adaptable. Everything else is out of your control. If you do have a disrespectful or difficult class, DO NOT report it to Swing or school administration (they might retaliate against you), get through the day and never return to that school! 

Advice: Work 1 day at several different schools and Districts. You will figure out the best ones (hint: the schools that teach students to be respectful, safe and kind). Only accept jobs at those schools.

I enjoy Swing because they pay weekly and I can create my own schedule. At first I was confused by the text message job assignment system because I expected to get requests the day before but most of them come in the morning between 6-7am so you need to be awake and ready if you know you want to work. As you keep working you start getting requests days ahead of time which is nice. If you work with schools  regularly and they get up know you, Swing rewards you with bonuses. I just got offered the swing hero recognition this week after working with them for three months :) This is a very convenient way for me to make extra money on the side as a graduate student when thecstipend doesn’t cover my bills! So helpful, especially with the holidays coming up! The only thing I wish they would do is pay more for working with the younger kids. You get paid 142 and up per day for working with high school kids but only about 136 and some change for working with elementary school children who are much more difficult to keep in their seats and doing their work. Especially the little little ones!

I really enjoyed working with this company from the time I applied for a teaching position with them online. They presented themselves professional. 
The online interaction was easy to use. 
They pay and expectation for the various jobs was consistently on target. I never had to wonder what my pay would be or if there we any hidden rates or taxes.
The assignments appeared to be well thought out in relation to the school choice, grade, and length of the assignment. The assignments I experienced with SWING made me proud about working for them. I also felt they did a good job accurately connecting you to the location, distance and time of travel. Despite the heavy traffic in the area I was able to always be on time because of accurate information. 
I felt supported by the administrative team when one assignment didn' t work out so well. It was a very unpleasant experience but my decision not to take on any more assignments with that school was well received. Overall good experience and yes I would recommend them over some of the platforms in this industry. Thank You!

I was working about full time back in fall 2023 with Swing. There was plenty of work.. so much so that I would get notifications while at an assignment. The app worked fantastic, you could filter out jobs that weren’t your fit like no elementary school assignments, etc. I had/ still have a high sub rating (star sub). I’ve worked 161 days at 52 different schools in multiple districts, in all k-12 grade levels including SPED & alternative education, even aiding. I have been preferred 4 times and have 3 positive reviews, 1 district even wrote me a written positive review. Yet the amount of jobs in the past year have fallen off the face of the earth.. I’m hardly working anymore with Swing because there is hardly any assignments anymore.. and if there are they release around 3-4 am and many times they release at 7-8 am for some reason, which was never the case before. Back when Swing was great, they would release in the afternoon/ evenings usually. The app is a job killer, but there’s also no work, thus Swing is unalive.

Tried to get help from HR which is a company called REACH. Waste of time. Tried to get help from the support team. Waste of time. It's like they are given a script and they only use that. Very robotic. There is no way to advocate for yourself. If you get sick, you are marked as unreliable. If you get a flat tire and you are late, you will be deemed unreliable, etc.  Some schools  have no parking. The job description is often generic and limited. I would only take day to day. This way you get a feel for the school. If you take longer assignments, there's no way out. When I first started with the company two years ago, it was pretty good. I'm not sure what has happened over time, but it could be that the current support team lacks the skills on many levels that the prior team had. On the other hand, a lot of the schools are great and the students are wonderful. I've noticed that a lot of the schools request help when the kids are sick or have been sick. So, wear a mask and bring sanitizer just in case. Protect yourself. 

While it has an easy yet long hiring process I think it’s a good way to establish whether Substitute teaching is for you.  After that I’d say it’s better to go through a district. The pay and distance to schools I found to be not worth it for me. To get work at all you need to be up at dawn and just select whatever pops up in the feed  if you can even get that. Once you get a text notification, just know the job is all ready gone. It’s been impossible to get any long term positions as schools put you on a wait list and you won’t know if you got the job till the day you’re supposed  to work. I’ve had to drive 90 + minutes away from home to get decent pay but the traffic and gas prices are just too much to keep that up for  the one or two day assignments I get every other week. 
Overall: Okay if you want experience and/or a very light work schedule. Not good if you need to make a living wage. This job will not make rent and larger bill payments. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part about working for Swing Education is the freedom of being able to pick and choose when you want to work and be able to block off days on your calendar of when you’re not available to work. This is by far my favorite job that Iv’e ever had. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part that I would say is working part-time instead of full-time especially when the pay for certain jobs isn’t a livable wage. Most jobs are about a 30-35 min drive do to traffic in the morning 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s very laid back and you don’t have to worry about being harassed by management. They let you do your thing which is great. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typical day is clocking in at the school site and doing my job, clocking out for lunch then clocking back in to finish the rest of the day out then clock out for the day. Pretty straight forward

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