How to Pass the STEDI Substitute Teacher Exam
Do you need to pass a STEDI substitute teacher exam in order to start substitute teaching in your district? Read on for tips and tricks that helped me pass the STEDI SubSkills...
Substitute Teaching
Okay, I prefer the title part-time teacher nomad. Here I document my adventures, misfortunes and tips on substitute teaching while balancing motherhood and various other life undertakings. Take a look!
Steal My Introduction From Every Time I Substitute Teach
Over my years as a substitute teacher, I have made introductions in hundreds of new classrooms. These mysterious settings, these enigmatic four walls, these uncharted territories of scholarship serve as my blank...
Classroom Survival Kit: Engaging Brain Teasers
One of my top classroom tips for a smooth substitute teaching day includes having a set of brain breaks and other engaging time-fillers on hand. I've written about some of these low-tech...
Life as a Postpartum Substitute Teacher: What It’s Really Like
I carried some doubts and an awkwardly packed tote bag containing my pumping equipment as I crossed the courtyard into the double doors of a school just beginning to hum to life....
How to Make a Simple Pencil Shirt
When it comes to teacher fashion, what do you think of? Does a wonderfully rustic, handmade pencil shirt fit into that first flurry of ideas? Perhaps there are a range of images...
Substitute Teaching: Pandemic Edition
When news of the pandemic spread, its effects began to reach into every sector society, schools included. School systems were upended by sudden changes and totally new ways of doing things. Substitute...
Substitute Teaching as a Financial Freedom Lever
There's plenty of talk on the Internet these days about achieving "financial freedom." Forums, YouTube playlists and social media platforms seem to have been set ablaze with discussing this new goal. If...
How to Become a Substitute Teacher for the 2024-2025 School Year
The 2024-2025 school year is now in full swing where I'm from, as well as all over the country. There's something about a new school year. Freshly sharpened pencils, newly printed schedules...
Former Teachers Now Mamas: Try Substitute Teaching
"I just can't find any job that's worth it," my fellow former teacher friend sighed, as she recounted her stop-and-go experiences with numerous dead ends. For former teachers that took time off...
Substitute Teaching for Specials and Electives
Substitute teaching for specials and electives classes can be different and even more chaotic than a regular day, but these interesting courses also carry the potential for more excitement and fun. At...
How to Substitute Teach as a Super Young Adult
Each new substitute teaching assignment brings with it a new day of possibilities. The day starts when a sea of young faces stare at you from their desks, testing the first introductory...
3 Keys for Effectively Teaching All Ages as a Substitute
I’m lucky to be teaching all kinds of different ages of students in various schools. In fact, there’s only one age group I haven’t taught-- and that’s high school. I’ve subbed for...