A district with an open math or science teaching job it cannot fill is the buyer with the most urgent reason to talk to Subject this year. Those vacancies are posted publicly on district and state job boards, so the list builds itself.
First action
Pull every 6-12 math, science and world-language posting open 30+ days in one state and count how many districts it covers.
How to measure it
Meetings per 100 vacancy-triggered calls
- Now
- –
- Target
- 8
- By
- end of the January class's first month
Steps
Define the trigger
Secondary core and hard-to-staff postings open 30+ days, from district and state job boards.
Account Executive 2 hours
Build the weekly pull
One sheet per territory with district, course, days open and posting link.
Account Executive 1 day once
Match the buyer
Superintendent, assistant superintendent for curriculum and HR director for each district.
Account Executive 2 hours a week
Write the opener
Name the course, the days open and the cost of an unfilled classroom ($50K+), then the TOR numbers.
Account Executive 1 hour
Call first, email second
Cold call per the training camp, then a short email with the posting link and one case result.
Account Executive daily
Log the trigger
Tag every opportunity "vacancy" in the CRM so the class can compare it against other sources.
Account Executive ongoing
Review in week four
Meeting rate by course type and district size; keep the triggers that convert.
Account Director 1 hour
Why it works
Every Monday, pull secondary-teacher postings that have stayed open 30+ days in each AE's territory, match them to the district's central-office contacts, and open with one line of math: what the vacancy costs, and what the Teacher of Record program has already replaced (528 teacher equivalents, $28m saved).
The January AE class is trained to cold call in week one and sells district by district; a vacancy is a specific, dated trigger that beats a generic territory list. Subject already sells "fill open courses without hiring", so the first call can name the exact course that is closing.
Ready to use
ScriptVacancy cold-call opener
Hi {name}, this is {AE} with Subject. I saw {district} has had a {course} opening posted since {date}. One unfilled classroom usually costs a district $50K or more before lost enrollment funding. We staff courses like that with state-certified teachers of record: 528 teacher equivalents across 40 schools right now. Would it be worth 20 minutes to see whether {course} could run this spring without the hire?Risks and how to handle them
Vacancy postings go stale or were filled
Confirm the posting is live the morning of the call and lead with a question, not an assumption.
Districts may read it as replacing teachers
Frame it as keeping the course open until they hire, with their staff in charge.
Evidence
- HiringAccount Executive (Austin): January 2027 start "when the K-12 sales calendar actually begins"; AEs join "a class" with a three-week training camp, "certified on cold calls by the end of week one"; own a territory "SMB through Enterprise", multithread "superintendents, curriculum directors, CTOs, and CFOs", build Mutual Action Plans and "navigate procurement vehicles"; "District sales happen in-person, at central offices, board meetings, conferences, on-site demos"; travel up to 60% of the month.Source
- Your websiteTeacher of Record page: "528 full-time teacher equivalent staffed through Subject", "$28m saved vs. the cost of full-time hires", "40 schools across 9 states currently running the program", "3k students receiving full instruction", "+29pts increase in student attendance", "$300k funding retained" at Forest Hills Public Schools, MI.Source
- Your websiteHomepage: "Trusted by 1k+ schools across 38 states"; proof tiles name districts (12.5k credits earned at Oceanside Unified, 2.6x enrollment growth at Forest Hills, $1.36m funding retained at Portage Township, 87% credit-recovery pass rate at Show Low Unified, 3x math proficiency at Upland Unified); "One unfilled classroom can cost $50K+ before lost enrollment funding." The visible text also carries stray template text ("1. buttons (protrude from under the body...") and a typo ("the courses you can't till").Source