Are you thinking about a job as a substitute teacher or wondering what the qualifications are for the person taking over your child’s class? A substitute teacher, which is a non-contracted assignment ...

Becoming a substitute teacher in California has become easier and more financially lucrative in the last few years. California school districts have struggled to find enough substitute teachers to ...

Growing up, my peers and I always associated substitute teachers with having a laid-back and easy day. Having an alternative teacher was an opportunity to act as if we didn’t have any “home training,” ...

California school districts, already struggling to find enough teachers for classrooms, are facing a substitute shortage so severe that officials at smaller districts fear temporary school closures.

Exhausted school leaders are scrambling for creative ways to find substitute teachers during the latest COVID-19 surge, which has forced some schools to close temporarily due to staffing shortages.

Hoping to help curb what officials are calling an “extraordinary shortage” of substitute teachers across the state, the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission announced a new rule ...