The Contractor will recruit, interview, select, train, hire, and deploy its employees serving as substitutes to cover absences or vacancies for day-to-day or long-term assignments. Substitute staffing is used by Richland School District Two on a daily basis at the majority of our schools. Staffing needs may be preplanned or may occur at the last minute. The district desires to ensure that every classroom and/or location needing a substitute is appropriately staffed each day with qualified personnel. Staffing categories may include but are not limited to, substitute teachers for grades Pre-K12, paraprofessionals, secretaries, and others, as required. Paraprofessionals may include, but are not limited to, classroom instructional assistants, health room assistants, child development assistants, special education assistants, and clerical personnel. The District requests that the Contractor offer employment to the District’s current substitute employees who are in good standing. Long-term substitutes may be required on occasion. For the purposes of this contract, the definition of a long-term substitute is a certified substitute that works for a certified teacher in the appropriate content/certification area and is in a singular placement for 10 or more consecutive days. The District prefers that each long-term substitute have a valid teaching certificate issued by the South Carolina State Department of Education. In situations where a certified substitute teacher is not available, a certified substitute teacher out of the content area or a non-certified substitute may be used and considered as an extended assignment.