Substitute teaching in Duval County Public Schools: how the Frontline job board works

Duval County Public Schools, in Florida, posts its substitute jobs through Frontline Absence Management (the system many subs still call Aesop). If you're on the sub list here, everything below is about that board: what shows up on it, how it's written, and what it takes to get the jobs you actually want.

Schools that post substitute jobs

We've seen postings from 128 sites in Duval County Public Schools (the first 40 are listed here). Exactly as they appear on the board, which matters if you filter by school name:

• A. Philip Randolph Academy
• Abess Park Elementary
• Alden Road - ESE Center (Para $112/day)
• Alfred DuPont Middle School
• Alimacani Elementary
• Anchor Academy
• Andrew Jackson High School
• Andrew Robinson Elem. - $131/day (Teacher Only)
• Arlington Heights Elem. - $131/day (Teacher Only)
• Arlington Middle School
• Atlantic Beach Elementary
• Atlantic Coast High School
• Baldwin Middle High School
• Bartram Springs Elementary
• Bayview Elementary
• Beauclerc Elementary
• Biltmore Elementary - $131/day (Teacher Only)
• Biscayne Elementary
• Brookview Elementary
• BTS Academy Middle ( St Clair Evans) - AS
• Cedar Hills Elementary - $131/day (Teacher Only)
• Central Riverside Elementary
• Chaffee Trail Elementary
• Chaffee Trail Middle
• Chets Creek Elementary
• Chimney Lakes Elementary
• Crown Point Elementary
• Crystal Springs Elementary
• Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School
• Dinsmore Elementary
• Edward H. White High School
• Englewood Elementary
• Englewood High School
• Enterprise Academy Elementary
• First Coast High School
• Fishweir Elementary
• Fletcher High School
• Fletcher Middle School
• Fort Caroline Elementary
• Frank H. Peterson High School

Spelling on the board is what counts. A district that writes “ELEM” instead of “Elementary”, or lists a campus under a classified-staff name, will trip up any filter that expects the official name. Copy the names above when you set preferences anywhere.

How Duval County Public Schools writes its postings

Every Frontline district writes its posting titles its own way: some put the grade in the title (“Grade 5”, “TK Teacher”), some only the subject, some only the teacher's name. Aide and assistant jobs share the board with teaching jobs, and special-education jobs are labeled with whichever abbreviation the district settled on years ago. Spend a week reading titles on the Duval County Public Schools board before you decide what to filter on.

When jobs post in Duval County Public Schools

Postings here are spread across the day. Of the 40 postings we've tracked in Duval County Public Schools, about 20% first appeared between 4 and 8 AM local time, 45% during the school day, and 35% in the evening or overnight. The single busiest hour was around 6 PM.

95% of those postings were full-day jobs (six hours or more). 100% started by 8 AM. 8% were multi-day assignments.

These numbers come from postings Sub Concierge watched for its members in this district. They describe what we saw, not every job the district ever posted, and they shift with the season.

How to get the jobs you want here

• Get on the preferred lists. Teachers in Duval County Public Schools can name preferred subs, and preferred subs see a posting before the rest of the list does. A short note to a teacher after a good day is the highest-return thing you can do.
• Know the board's spelling. School names and titles above are how the district actually writes them. Filters and alerts that don't match the spelling silently miss jobs.
• Decide your rules once. Which schools, which grades, full-day only or not, how much notice you need. Subs who decide in advance say yes in seconds; subs who decide per posting lose the race.
• Cancel cleanly. Frontline tracks cancellations, and districts notice. Take fewer jobs and keep them.

For the mechanics of the board itself, read how the Frontline job board works and why jobs disappear in seconds.