Dolores de Vera has a substitute teaching job today: supervising in-school suspension. That’s about all she knows. Kids might or might not show up. She’ll likely write some tardy passes. It’s the end ...

Many of us remember the days when having a substitute teacher meant movie day–a wheeled video cart appeared, and the substitute teacher’s main goal was making sure students stayed quiet until the bell ...

During Allegheny Valley School District’s two-month search for a consistent high school biology teacher, Superintendent Patrick Graczyk said other teachers, outside substitutes and even school ...

The Manhattan-Ogden School District is currently being confronted with a major shortage of substitute teachers. According to Proximity Learning Team, Kansas had over 1,600 teaching vacancies in ...

Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: The Boulder Valley School District ...

For substitute teachers to do their jobs well, they must be prepared to shift between age groups, classroom norms, and academic subjects with relative ease. But—as schools rely on them to fill ...

I’m in the middle of giving a lesson about the Cold War to my 7 th grade class when a student returns from the restroom, her face pale. “Hey, Teacher,” she says, “Someone wrote that there’s gonna be a ...

Haley Wood helps the neediest students at Badger Mountain Elementary School. As a long-term substitute filling in as a supplemental support teacher, Wood helps special education students from various ...

The Pasco School District is bumping substitute teacher pay for the remainder of the school year as part of an effort to retain and attract a scarce number of fill-ins. Luis Flores, Pasco’s substitute ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Shari Funck, president of the Marion Independent School District’s board, has served on the school board ...