Addressed to teachers, administrators, resource and referral workers, and substitutes, this booklet offers advice about finding and retaining good substitute child care workers. Sections concern (1) causes of the "crisis" in substitute care, including the expansion of child care, provider turnover, shortage of elementary school teachers,…

Explores the roles of substitute teachers in public high schools by focusing on recruitment, socialization, the round-of-work, task demands, and adaptations of order maintenance and assignment execution. (AOS)

This research verifies complaints of substitute teachers that their work is dreary and unfulfilling. To improve this situation substitute teachers must be accepted by students and school personnel as full-fledged teachers with legitimate authority, rights, and responsibilities. Assigning them to specific subjects and grades will help them to…

Outlines ways that child care center directors can improve their policies and procedures regarding hiring and keeping substitute child caregivers. These measures include defining who should arrange for substitutes; hiring policies; adequate orientation and supervision; and how to work with substitutes professionally and socially. (BB)

Discusses one child care center director's attempts to solve the problem of finding a reliable substitute teacher by sharing one substitute teacher between two day care centers. Also discusses the effectiveness of such a solution. (BB)

The purpose of this practicum was to develop, implement, and evaluate a substitute teacher program. The project stressed the familiarization of substitute teachers and school administrators with their respective support roles based on the assessed needs of each group. The program stressed needs for available materials and for communication among…

This article discusses the liability of teachers, administrators, and school systems for actions by substitutes, paraprofessionals, student teachers, and new teachers, examining who is responsible if an individual is negligent. Case examples are provided. Four principles for states where there are no applicable immunity statutes are presented. (SM)

This second edition contains updated information and new case studies, offering guidance for safer programs and management of risk while reinforcing sound educational practices. The book features overviews of legal concepts and presents examples of situations from the trenches. Case studies illustrate a variety of teacher, coach, and administrator…

Described as differing from most books about teaching, this handbook deals with what teachers identify as their greatest concerns. These concerns are uniformly matters of classroom management (such as discipline, time, pressure, effectiveness, and working with parents). The first chapter of the handbook, which provides an overview of classroom…

This report examines policies and procedures in the use of substitute teachers. A total of 488 school systems in 49 states responded to a survey that included items on substitute program organization; application, selection, evaluation, and dismissal procedures; absence policies for regular teachers; size and costs of substitute teacher forces;…

This book presents tips, in the form of questions and answers, to help beginning teachers feel less isolated. There are six sections. "Getting Your Act Together" includes "What To Do Before School Opens"; "The First Day of School"; "Open House"; "Goal Setting"; and "Last Day of School.""Getting To Know You" includes "Administrators"; "Board of…