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These are my favorite links for substitute teachers. Some are solely for subs while others are for all teachers or new teachers.

Please write me if any link does not work and please send me your favorite link for subs.


Marcia’s Lesson Links
Marcia has assembled hundreds of lesson plan links! She has categorized them by subject and by type (printable, interactive, seasonal, etc.). There are more lesson plans here than you will ever use, with new ones all the time. These are mostly for regular teachers, and there is a large section for substitute teachers.

Substitute Teachers Message Board
These pages offer new teachers a way to network with other teachers and to get answers to their classroom questions from veteran teachers.

The Teachers Net Substitute Teachinq Chat-board
The Substitute Teaching Chat-board is a site to exchange ideas, stories, and questions about the wonderful world of teaching. A site to share those rainy lessons, and one-day wonders! Utilize and benefit from this free resource for subs. Go to the home page to find many other teaching resources like lesson plans, classroom management strategies, etc.

Substitute Teaching Institute
The Substitute Teaching Institute at Utah State University is the only university in the world that has a department dedicated solely to substitute teaching and management. Their goal is to revolutionize the role of substitute teachers into an opportunity for educational excellence. STI is the premier organization that researches substitute teaching issues, including training and managing substitutes. An excellent resource for training, materials, and support.

ProTeacher!
Substitute teacher's advice and tips for teaching in elementary school classrooms resources. Click on “Substitute Teachers” for advice and tips for sub teaching chat and advice from experienced subs and teachers. Site includes other school classroom resources.

GuestTeacher.com
Nice site with different sections of tips sent in by guest teachers (substitutes). There are guest teacher tips, real teacher tip, funny stories, time killers, and riddles.

National Substitute Teachers Alliance
NSTA's mission is to promote dignity and respect for substitute teachers who provide educational continuity for our nation's students.

Packet for Substitute Teachers
Find suggestions for contents of a substitute teacher's "bag of tricks", which can be pulled out when class needs something to do. Tips, tricks, ideas, suggestions, and methods for substitute teachers. Check out his section on giving tests, an emergency classroom management technique which can tell you much about your students.

Substitute Teaching
A website by Mr. Sturgeon, Substitute Teacher. As a substitute teacher, you are the Captain of the Ship. A complete description of the good, bad, and the ugly of Substitute Teaching. Written from the Book, SUBSTITUTE TEACHING, Tricks of the Trade, this homepage describes what a Substitute Teacher does, and why some choose this type of work. Interesting, with helpful advice from a sub’s point of view.

National Substitute Teachers Alliance NSTA's mission is to promote dignity and respect for substitute teachers who provide educational continuity for our nation's students.

TeachOne
These pages contain links to other web sites that should interest middle and high school teachers, especially biology and earth/space science teachers. There is also a page of links for new and substitute teachers.

Works4Me Tips Library - Relationships - Substitute Teachers
Presented by the National Education Association. An archive of classroom tips on a variety of subjects, submitted by teachers and other school employees. Sections on lesson plans, seating charts, student cooperation, and a fun section called ‘Little Extras’.
For official information about the NEA and substitute teaching check out this one.

A Homepage for New (And Not So New) Math Teachers
Just what it says. Lots of resources for teaching mathematics.

Mr. T's Web Page for Substitute Teachers
The site is a resource for substitute teachers and indicates lesson plans and activities for classroom use. Mr. T’s site has a great set of links to other sites.