DeKalb County, Illinois

Regional Office of Education Services

Substitute Teachers

Substitute Teachers - must register EACH SCHOOL YEAR with the Regional Office of Education in order to substitute in DeKalb County.   The list of available substitutes is good for the current school year only; new lists are distributed each school year.

Initial substitute lists are sent to the districts in mid-August before the beginning of the school year.  To be on that initial list, you must call the Regional Office of Education before August 1st. 

If you call to re-register after August 1st, your name will be placed on subsequent lists that are sent to the districts after school starts.
 

• Returning Substitute Teacher

• New Substitute Teachers -- Instructions for those who are:
  • Currently holding a valid Illinois Teaching Certificate

  • Currently holding a Bachelor's Degree without a Teaching Certificate

   

• Substitute Paraprofessionals (Teacher’s Aides) are hired by the individual districts.  Please contact the district in which you wish to be a substitute paraprofessional.