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Substitute Information

Substitute Information:  Teachers, Nurses, Aides, & Secretaries
 

NEW substitute teacher/aide, nurse and secretary applications will be posted for the spring semester from November 21, 2025 through January 4, 2026.  All applications must be completed on-line through our website – NO EXCEPTIONS.

MANDATORY NEW SUBSTITUTE TRAINING will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, from 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. at the Administration Building, 776 Magnolia, Port Neches, Texas

Substitute Teacher Handbook 2025-26.pdf
General Information

It is the desire of the Port Neches-Groves Independent School District to have substitute teachers who hold Texas Teaching Certificates.  Non-certified substitute teachers are used when certified substitutes are unavailable.  In pursuit of this aim, three classifications of substitute teachers are maintained. 

A Class I substitute teacher is defined as degreed and certified.  (Registered nurses are included)

  • $  90 per day
  • $  95 per day in same assignment after 10 consecutive days
  • $150 per day in same assignment after 20 consecutive days
  • $150 per day in same assignment if the principal requests for a full semester
  • $125 per day if principal requests for a 6 week period

A Class II substitute teacher is defined as a college degree only - not certified.

  • $  85 per day
  • $  90 per day in same assignment after 10 consecutive days
  • $130 per day in same assignment after 20 consecutive days

A Class III substitute is defined as a substitute aide, clerk or secretary with a high school diploma and/or some college hours.  LVN's are included here

  • $  75 per day
  • $  80 per day in same assignment after 10 consecutive days

Substitute custodians will be paid $11 hour
Substitute bus drivers will be paid the rate of $20 hour 
Substitute bus aides will be paid the rate of $10 per hour
Substitute food service workers will be paid $10 hour

For payroll purposes a half-day will be defined as any portion of the period from 7:45 a.m. through the lunch period or from the end of the lunch period through the end of the school day. A substitute will receive full pay for a major portion of a school day.

All substitute help inquiries should be sent to substitutehelp@pngisd.org