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A friend of mine is in a similar situation to you. Just graduated and finished her student teaching. She has two kids(in elem school) and another on the way. She is doing substituting. I don't know how that works in Kansas, but here in Chicago it is done online from what I understand. You can go online in the morning (early) on the days you are able to work and see what sub positions are available for the day. Then you can select them. It works great for her because if she has a day where one of the kids is sick or off school, or she just is beat, then she doesn't look for work that day. The pay is not bad...I don't think she gets benefits, but luckily her husband's job covers that. She hasn't been able to get work every day she wanted it, but it hasn't been too bad. Plus it is kind of exciting to have some variety and she doesn't have all the lesson planning and parent teacher stuff that a regular teacher has, so when she gets home she is done for the day! Might be worth looking into-best of luck.