What We Know About: Developing an Effective Substitute Teacher Program

If you want to ensure a high-quality teacher in every classroom, every day, then you need to develop and implement an effective substitute teacher program. This report tackles head on what has come to be widely known as the "substitute teacher problem"-the very real likelihood that on any given school day the teaching and learning process will be disrupted for both students and staff-for lack of enough qualified teachers. Identify ways to more effectively recruit, hire, train, and retain quality substitute teachers.