substitute teaching
Filling in pedagogically
Substitute teaching is the work of filling in for a regular classroom teacher who is absent.
Substitutes may cover a single day or longer stretches, following lesson plans left by the permanent teacher or managing the class independently.
The job is known for its challenges—walking into unfamiliar classrooms, maintaining order with students who test newcomers: She did substitute teaching while finishing her degree.
- classroomEducational instruction space
- temporaryLimited in duration
- lessonUnit of teaching
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- lesson planStructured teaching outline
absent · fill-in · desk · attendance · worksheet · busy work · bell · period · hallway · hall pass · roster · relief · stand-in · chalkboard · coverage · emergency · last minute · day rate
- side jobspart-time work, moonlighting, odd jobs, weekend job, freelance work
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, interim, freelancing
- temp worktemp, temps, temp agency, temping, warehouse temp
- Student Teachingclassroom observation, lesson planning, practicum
- side gigstutoring, private tutoring, online tutoring, moonlighting, side jobs
- Teaching activitieslesson plans, lectures, grading, tutoring, classroom management
substitute teachingtenured professor
Faculty with permanent appointment
department head · master teacher · lead teacher · principal · school leadership
substitute, teaching, teach, teacher, teachers, teaches, substitutes, substituted, substituting