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For more than 15 years, Source4Teachers has helped school districts across the United States to secure qualified and skilled substitute educators. Source4Teachers handles all hiring, vetting, training, and evaluating of substitute staff, so as to ensure high-quality performance.
To meet the challenge of substitute teaching, an educator must be prepared for anything that the day might bring. Such preparation begins with an early arrival, which allows the substitute to check in with the school secretary and to review lesson plans that the teacher has left. If it appears that the materials available will not quite fill a full day, the substitute can talk with other teachers at the same grade level and ask for activities that would go well with material the class is learning at that point in time.
Experienced substitutes also bring a bag of their own supplies. This may include worksheets, age-appropriate literature, and activities with necessary materials. Many substitutes also have a mental roster of educational games that children enjoy, after first ensuring that they have fulfilled the regular teacher’s daily goals.
Schools tend to appreciate substitutes who report how much of the original lesson plan they were able to cover. Administrators also benefit from feedback on student behavior, both positive and negative, and from notes on any early dismissals, absences, and other attendance anomalies. Before leaving, the substitute can make a good impression by grading any available work and by checking in with the office about future needs.
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