Substitute Teacher Info

A Little About Who We Are...

The Ottawa Area Intermediate School District (OAISD) is one of 57 intermediate school districts located in Michigan. The OAISD is comprised of eleven school districts which cover approximately 742 square miles of the West Michigan area. The OAISD serves all public (including public school academies) and non-public schools in the area.

Qualifying to Substitute Teach

To qualify to substitute teach in all districts within the OAISD, you must hold a valid or expired Michigan teaching certificate. Some districts within the OAISD also allow substitute teachers with 90 credit hours to teach within their districts. Those districts include: Coopersville, Grand Haven, Hamilton, Holland, Hudsonville, Jenison and Zeeland.

If you will be teaching with 90 credit hours OR an expired teaching certificate, you are required to hold a "150 Day Permit" from the Michigan Department of Education.

The fee for this permit is $45.00 per school year. Upon registration with PESG - PESG will notify the ISD if a permit application to the state needs to be processed for you. At that time, the ISD will process the permit application for you to the Michigan Department of Education.

New Substitute Teachers - Registering for 2010-2011 School Year

For the 2010-11 school year, many school districts within in the OAISD will continue to contract substitute teachers through Professional Educational Services Group (PESG).

These districts are: Allendale, Coopersville, Grand Haven, Hamilton, Holland, Hudsonville, Jension, Saugatuck, Spring Lake, West Ottawa and Zeeland.

All new sub teachers subbing in a PESG district must attend one of the group enrollment meetings held at the OAISD"s Educational Services Building throughout the school year.

PDF Document Enrollment Schedule

Directions to OAISD's Educational Services Building

PESG information and enrollment packets can be accessed online at www.subpass.com. You can also obtain information by calling PESG at (866) 782-7277.

If you wish to substitute teach exclusively in a non-PESG district (any local academy or private school), please contact the adminstrative office for those schools.

Existing Substitute Teachers

All substitute teachers registered with the OAISD in the 2009-10 school year must re-register in order to sub teach during the 2010-11 school year.

All PESG subs should receive re-registration materials from PESG by email on July 2, 2010. Reactivation documentation can be found at www.subpass.com

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Click on the icon above to link directly to the AESOP site for employee absence reporting and locating substitute teaching opportunities.

For help, please contact Cindy Chapman at 738-8940 x-4084.

Substitute Orientation

This program is intended to provide you with an overview of important health and employment information that you should be aware of while working in our area schools.

Accessible via the Internet, the orientation consists of seven modules, it will take approximately 3 hours to complete. The modules are:

  • A Guide for Substitute Teachers
  • Allergy Management
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
  • FERPA
  • Hazard Communication
  • Sexual Harassment
  • State and Federal Laws

This training has been designed specifically for substitute teachers. Instructions on how to access and navigate the website, as well as a password, will be provided to you by PESG.