This annotated bibliography reviews 12 publications dealing with substitute teaching, including an article listing at least five ways principals can avoid problems with substitute teachers, a guidebook providing detailed advice for substitute teachers, an article suggesting community people with special knowledge be called in as an alternative to hiring a substitute, two articles on increasing the effectiveness of substitute teachers, and a description and analysis of a college sociology professor's experiences as a substitute teacher. Other articles give advice for devising strategies to make substitutes an effective part of the school's mission; report the results of a comprehensive survey of substitute programs in 1,728 school districts; describe examples of innovative programs that have proved to be successful in improving the quality of substitute teaching; describe a Houston program for training effective substitutes; give advice to regular teachers, department chairpersons, and administrators on what exactly a substitute can or cannot do and on the cooperation necessary to integrate substitutes into the regular classroom without disruption; and offer a checklist to evaluate a substitute teacher program. (DCS)