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A 'substitute teacher' is a person who teaches a school class when the regular teacher is unavailable because of illness or other reason. While "substitute teacher" is the generally used phrase in the United States, Canada and Ireland, 'supply teacher' is the more common term in the United Kingdom (though the term is also used in Canada), and 'relief teacher' is used in Australia.There are also various other terms which may be used in a particular region (such as 'teacher on call' in the Canadian province of British Columbia).
In some regions, the qualifications for substitute teaching may not be as strict as a regular teacher. Some areas require a college degree and the successful completion of competency tests; others require only that the applicant possess a high school diploma or its equivalent: others again insist on possession of full teaching qualifications. Some authorities will allow a substitute teacher without any training in the subject to be taught and who may simply be present so that students can maintain the routine of going to their regularly scheduled class, even if no new material is covered.
Rates of pay for substitute teachers vary very widely. In the United States the position is often very poorly paid, with the national average being only US$65 per day,[1]
although where there is high demand school districts may pay significantly more. In the United Kingdom, however, teachers employed by a local education authority or school directly must be paid a daily rate of 1/195 of the annual salary to which they would be entitled were they employed in the position on a full-time basis.[2]
Teachers employed through agencies are not subject to this rule, but nevertheless daily rates are generally around UK£100-125. Long-term substitutes may get increased pay the longer they work in one assignment.
The United States observes a ''Substitute Educator's Day'', which was instituted by the National Education Association (NEA). The purpose of this day is to highlight the role and importance of the substitute teacher by providing information about, advocating for, and helping to increase appreciation and respect for this unique professional. This day also focuses on the needs of substitutes, which include better wages and health benefits and continual professional development. Substitute Educator's Day is observed on the Friday during ''American Education Week''. Other countries and jurisdictions have similar observances.
★ A series of movies feature a mercenary posing as a substitute teacher in order to take on criminal elements within the school. The first, ''The Substitute'', starred Tom Berenger. The remaining three starred Treat Williams, and were ''The Substitute 2: School's Out'', ''The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All'', and ''The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option''.
★ A sequel to ''Class of 1999'', which featured teachers in gang-run schools being replaced by deadly robots, was titled ''Class of 1999 II: The Substitute''.
★ A scene in ''Catch Me If You Can'' portrays famed con man Frank Abagnale convincing a class that, rather than being a new student, he is in fact their substitute teacher.
★ Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed an undercover police officer who disguised himself as a long-term substitute teacher in the movie ''Kindergarten Cop''.
★ Harry Allard and James Marshall wrote a series of children's picture books about Miss Nelson and her alter ego, a strict substitute teacher named Miss Viola Swamp.
★ Mike Thaler and illustrator Jared Lee wrote and ilustrated a series of children's picture books titled ''The Teacher from the Black Lagoon'' and one of those books is ''The Substitute Teacher from the Black Lagoon''.
★ The character of Steve Barkin, from ''Kim Possible'', is Middleton High School's "permanent substitute teacher", having taught just about every class at some point.
★ The character of Ms. Wilder, from ''The Revenge of the Substitute Teacher'', is a terrible, gullible substitute teacher who replaced Mr. Manlin, a strict 5th grade classroom teacher who decided to go away for awhile.
★ The character of Mr. Becker. from ''Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery'', is a very forgetful substite teacher who forgot the note from Ms. Dee, the math assignment she left, and the jacket on his back. When his cell phone and car keys go missing, young Cam Jansen steps in to help solve the mystery and find the lost belongings.
★ The character of Mr. Hiram Wuerst, from ''The Wacky Substitute'', is about a a Mr. Magoo of the education world.
★ The character of Miss Huff, from ''Substitute Teacher Plans'', is an elementary teacher who gets fed up with her students after they start swinging from the light fixture and growling like wild animals. So, she calls in a substutute and makes two lists one for her vacation day and the other for the substitute teacher. The lists get inadvertently reveresed and to everyone's delight. As the children and the sub go off to ride a roller coaster, skydive, build a huge sand castle, and so on, the teacher happily settles down to read, write, practice math by paying her bills, etc. The clay, acrylic, collage, and Photoshop illustrations are lively, and Smith supports this fine flight of fancy with diverse, fantastical figures. When Miss Huff returns the following day, she finds a thank-you note from her stand-in. The principal arrives asking for an explanation and is promptly invited to join Miss Huff and her class to take acrobatic flight training.
★ In a second season episode of ''The Simpsons'', Lisa Simpson develops feelings for an unconventional substitute teacher named Mr. Bergstrom voiced by Dustin Hoffman in the episode ''Lisa's Substitute''.
★ The character Peggy Hill from King of the Hill is a substitute Spanish teacher, although her Spanish skills are substandard to say the least.
★ The character of Dorothy Zbornak (played by actress Bea Arthur), from ''The Golden Girls'', is a substitute English teacher, although she takes on many additional odd jobs throughout the series.
1.
Requirements for substitute teachers in the US
2. Supply teachers Pay, conditions & working time Sept 2006- Aug 2007
★ National Substitute Teachers Alliance: a U.S. organization that offers a unified voice for substitutes
★ "Tricks of the Trade": website that discusses the experiences of a substitute teacher, offers advice for people who want to be a substitute and why someone would want to go into the field
★ "Substitute Teaching: An Insider's View": an article providing guidance to current and potential substitute teachers
★ Education World: Substitute Teaching: a complete description of the good, bad, and the ugly of Substitute Teaching
★ Substitute Teaching: Teacher-Tested Tips: tips for subs by subs and classroom teachers
★ Not Just a Warm Body: Changing Images of the Substitute Teacher - From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education
| Contents |
| General qualifications |
| Pay |
| Substitute Educator's Day |
| Substitute teachers in fiction |
| References |
| External links |
General qualifications
In some regions, the qualifications for substitute teaching may not be as strict as a regular teacher. Some areas require a college degree and the successful completion of competency tests; others require only that the applicant possess a high school diploma or its equivalent: others again insist on possession of full teaching qualifications. Some authorities will allow a substitute teacher without any training in the subject to be taught and who may simply be present so that students can maintain the routine of going to their regularly scheduled class, even if no new material is covered.
Pay
Rates of pay for substitute teachers vary very widely. In the United States the position is often very poorly paid, with the national average being only US$65 per day,[1]
although where there is high demand school districts may pay significantly more. In the United Kingdom, however, teachers employed by a local education authority or school directly must be paid a daily rate of 1/195 of the annual salary to which they would be entitled were they employed in the position on a full-time basis.[2]
Teachers employed through agencies are not subject to this rule, but nevertheless daily rates are generally around UK£100-125. Long-term substitutes may get increased pay the longer they work in one assignment.
Substitute Educator's Day
The United States observes a ''Substitute Educator's Day'', which was instituted by the National Education Association (NEA). The purpose of this day is to highlight the role and importance of the substitute teacher by providing information about, advocating for, and helping to increase appreciation and respect for this unique professional. This day also focuses on the needs of substitutes, which include better wages and health benefits and continual professional development. Substitute Educator's Day is observed on the Friday during ''American Education Week''. Other countries and jurisdictions have similar observances.
Substitute teachers in fiction
★ A series of movies feature a mercenary posing as a substitute teacher in order to take on criminal elements within the school. The first, ''The Substitute'', starred Tom Berenger. The remaining three starred Treat Williams, and were ''The Substitute 2: School's Out'', ''The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All'', and ''The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option''.
★ A sequel to ''Class of 1999'', which featured teachers in gang-run schools being replaced by deadly robots, was titled ''Class of 1999 II: The Substitute''.
★ A scene in ''Catch Me If You Can'' portrays famed con man Frank Abagnale convincing a class that, rather than being a new student, he is in fact their substitute teacher.
★ Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed an undercover police officer who disguised himself as a long-term substitute teacher in the movie ''Kindergarten Cop''.
★ Harry Allard and James Marshall wrote a series of children's picture books about Miss Nelson and her alter ego, a strict substitute teacher named Miss Viola Swamp.
★ Mike Thaler and illustrator Jared Lee wrote and ilustrated a series of children's picture books titled ''The Teacher from the Black Lagoon'' and one of those books is ''The Substitute Teacher from the Black Lagoon''.
★ The character of Steve Barkin, from ''Kim Possible'', is Middleton High School's "permanent substitute teacher", having taught just about every class at some point.
★ The character of Ms. Wilder, from ''The Revenge of the Substitute Teacher'', is a terrible, gullible substitute teacher who replaced Mr. Manlin, a strict 5th grade classroom teacher who decided to go away for awhile.
★ The character of Mr. Becker. from ''Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery'', is a very forgetful substite teacher who forgot the note from Ms. Dee, the math assignment she left, and the jacket on his back. When his cell phone and car keys go missing, young Cam Jansen steps in to help solve the mystery and find the lost belongings.
★ The character of Mr. Hiram Wuerst, from ''The Wacky Substitute'', is about a a Mr. Magoo of the education world.
★ The character of Miss Huff, from ''Substitute Teacher Plans'', is an elementary teacher who gets fed up with her students after they start swinging from the light fixture and growling like wild animals. So, she calls in a substutute and makes two lists one for her vacation day and the other for the substitute teacher. The lists get inadvertently reveresed and to everyone's delight. As the children and the sub go off to ride a roller coaster, skydive, build a huge sand castle, and so on, the teacher happily settles down to read, write, practice math by paying her bills, etc. The clay, acrylic, collage, and Photoshop illustrations are lively, and Smith supports this fine flight of fancy with diverse, fantastical figures. When Miss Huff returns the following day, she finds a thank-you note from her stand-in. The principal arrives asking for an explanation and is promptly invited to join Miss Huff and her class to take acrobatic flight training.
★ In a second season episode of ''The Simpsons'', Lisa Simpson develops feelings for an unconventional substitute teacher named Mr. Bergstrom voiced by Dustin Hoffman in the episode ''Lisa's Substitute''.
★ The character Peggy Hill from King of the Hill is a substitute Spanish teacher, although her Spanish skills are substandard to say the least.
★ The character of Dorothy Zbornak (played by actress Bea Arthur), from ''The Golden Girls'', is a substitute English teacher, although she takes on many additional odd jobs throughout the series.
References
1.
Requirements for substitute teachers in the US
2. Supply teachers Pay, conditions & working time Sept 2006- Aug 2007
External links
★ National Substitute Teachers Alliance: a U.S. organization that offers a unified voice for substitutes
★ "Tricks of the Trade": website that discusses the experiences of a substitute teacher, offers advice for people who want to be a substitute and why someone would want to go into the field
★ "Substitute Teaching: An Insider's View": an article providing guidance to current and potential substitute teachers
★ Education World: Substitute Teaching: a complete description of the good, bad, and the ugly of Substitute Teaching
★ Substitute Teaching: Teacher-Tested Tips: tips for subs by subs and classroom teachers
★ Not Just a Warm Body: Changing Images of the Substitute Teacher - From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education
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