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Development of a Handbook for Substitute Teachers in the East Irondequoit School District
All schools rely on substitute teachers to provide teaching coverage when full-time teachers experience sickness or personal issues. The purpose of this this study is to use the data in the creation of a “Substitute Teacher Handbook” for East Irondequoit School District to act as a reference for …
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Policies and Practices for Recruiting, Training, and Evaluating High-Quality Substitute Teachers: a Delphi Study
Effective substitute teachers are needed in classrooms across the United States; however, little attention is given to the policies and practices that school districts use to recruit, train, and evaluate them. The challenge of finding quality substitute teachers, despite the absence of definitive …
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What Challenges do K-5 Substitute Teachers Face and How can a School Support Their Efforts
… paper poses the question “What Challenges Do K-5 Substitute Teachers Face and How Can A School Support Their Efforts?” The subject is explored both by literature review and a questionnaire sent to currently active classroom teachers and substitute teachers. The questions posed in the survey were …
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The Effects of Substitute Teacher Training on the Teaching Efficacy of Prospective Substitute Teachers in the State of West Virginia
… attrition have led to a widespread shortage of substitute teachers throughout the United States , resulting in the hiring of individuals who lack teacher certification and educational pedagogy. In the past decade, West Virginia joined many other states confronted with the decreased substitute …
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An analysis of differences in classroom routines of regular teachers and their substitute teacher counterparts
… accepted routines of the regular teacher and the substitute replacement. The study was designed to systematically determine the teaching routines of fifteen secondary classroom teachers and the teaching routines of the fifteen substitute teachers which replaced them during a one-day absence. The …
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A case study of peer-driven efforts to improve instructional effectiveness during teacher absences: Implications for school leaders in an era of accountability
… is absent. The regular classroom teacher, the substitute teacher, and the students are all factors which determine whether a day of school covered by a substitute teacher is effective. However, this study chose to look at what methods the school administrators utilized to develop positive …
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Leadership Practices That Influence Teacher Attendance in a Low and High Teacher Absentee School
… and behavior as well as the morale of other teachers. It strains an already overburdened school budget and poorly trained substitute teachers are with students for as much as one whole year of the time that students are in school from kindergarten to twelfth grade. The primary purpose of this …
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The Acceptance and Feasibility of Alternatives to a Centralized Substitute Teacher System
The problem. Centralized substitute teacher systems are widely used in urhan high schools, but without instructional effectiveness. With the demand for greater accountability and the increased use of school-based management, there is a need to investigate the acceptance and feasibility of …
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Case Studies of First-Year Elementary Teachers on St. Croix to Develop a Model for Teacher Leadership
First-year teachers in the St. Croix School District represent an infusion of new blood into the profession whose retention, personal and professional growth are of paramount importance to the future of the profession. The purposes of this research were: (1) to examine the assumptions, concerns, …
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A study of feelings of alienation among relief teachers servicing Western Australian government metropolitan primary schools
It is perhaps fair to say that the relief (substitute) teacher should be viewed as an extremely important educational resource, Reviewed literature spanning the better part of twenty years indicates that in parts of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, many students spend as much as …