If you want to ensure a high-quality teacher in every classroom, every day, then you need to develop and implement an effective substitute teacher program. This report tackles head on what has come to be widely known as the "substitute teacher problem"-the very real likelihood that on any given school day the teaching and learning process will be disrupted for both students and staff-for lack of enough qualified teachers. Identify ways to more effectively recruit, hire, train, and retain quality substitute teachers.

Are you a substitute teacher in need of some classroom management advice? Or maybe you are someone who aids in the classroom and would like to help with classroom management. In either case, your solution is in this handbook. The methods contained in this handbook are researched and have been proven to be best practices. This handbook provides quick and easy access to tools that will allow you to have complete classroom management and will have you being called back for more assignments. More importantly, the students will be engaged and the classroom environment will be well controlled and support learning. Strategies and Practices for Substitute Teachers is divided into three sections, is easy to ready, and the strategies are easy to apply. The topics covered in this handbook are professionalism, strategies, and additional information. After reading all three sections, you will feel empowered and equipped to take on any classroom.

Substitute teachers are brought into a classroom in the absence of the permanent teacher to ensure continuous instruction occurs and students are afforded a safe learning environment. Most substitute teachers must immediately ask themselves two questions when they walk into the classroom: "Do I have control?" and "What am I supposed to do?" Unfortunately, maintaining instructional continuity is not always possible simply due to the challenges substitute teachers must face in this position as a temporary teacher. The purpose of this study was to create an online orientation course to identify what instructional topics best prepare substitute teacher candidates to enter a K-12 public classroom. Data were collected from the literature and participants to identify the skills they believed were needed to prepare substitute teachers for the classrooom. The data collected guided the development of an online instructional intervention administerered to 13 substitute teachers in a rural Mississippi high school. The results of the study aligned with the existing research and identified a need for continous professional development in classroom management and teaching strategies to further develop and equip quality substitute teachers.

Transform Your School’s Substitute Teaching Experience Just like everything else, substitute teaching is about to undergo a big change. In Substantial Classrooms: Redesigning the Substitute Teaching Experience, authors Jill Vialet and Amanda von Moos usher in a new era of innovation in substitute teaching. Threaded with concrete and actionable ways to improve the experience of substitute teaching for administrators, students, and the teachers themselves, Substantial Classrooms is a leading voice for innovation and renewal in substitute teaching. Instead of viewing substitute teachers as a placeholder in an educator’s absence, this book encourages readers to view substitute teachers as vital resources that diversify the typical classroom learning experience. While other books look only at making a bad situation bearable, this book re-examines substitute teaching with an eye towards reinventing it as a unique and valuable part of students’ educational experience. Key themes of Substantial Classrooms include: How substitute teaching works today Applying human-centered design to create change in legacy systems like substitute teaching Concrete and inspiring examples of different models for substitute teaching, for example, reimagining it as paid fieldwork for aspiring teachers. In addition to these key themes, every chapter includes stories and techniques from dynamic and innovative educational practitioners. This must-have guide to substitute teaching can improve schools everywhere and revolutionize the way educators, school and district leaders, colleges, and community partners view the experience of substitute teaching as a lever to positively impact schools.

St. Michel conducted an extensive, two-year examination of the role of substitute teacher and determined that the problems with substitute teacher programs were a result of nonmanagement rather than mismanagement. This unique study records the perspectives of the substitutes themselves, the students they serve, the regular classroom teachers they replace, and the administrators responsible for supervising them. St. Michel's easy-to-use guide provides accurate information and specific recommendations for designing, implementing, and maintaining quality substitute teacher programs. The first book of its kind, Effective Substitute Teachers fills a need shared by teachers, principals, and administrators everywhere.