Mastering the Art of Substitute Teaching

Grade Level: K-12
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Give substitute teacher the tools to succeed as a competent teaching professional. This unit stresses the active nature substitute teachers must assume to legitimize their teaching to the maximum.

Mastering the Art of Substitute Teaching models a teaching format to gain student cooperation and teach effectively.

Substitute teaching formats, strategies, and activities strictly from the author's personal experience. 80 pages.

Table of Contents

THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
The Myth
More Than Just Surviving
How Substitute Teachers Affect Learning
Classroom Behavior
Taking Charge In The Classroom
Preparing To Teach
Whose Lessons?
Strategies For teaching

INTRODUCTIONS
Name Game
Another Name Game
What's In A Name
Who Is That Substitute Teacher?
Great Masterpieces of Art
Stumpers
Codes

FILLERS
Stories
Initials
Humor
Math Squares
Quicky Handouts
After Effect
Newspaper Headlines
Antiquated Laws
Life's Necessities
Pun Names
The Blackboard
Coin You Believe It?
An Unannounced Test
The Question Is . . .
More Stumpers

SUBJECT AREAS
Fill-In Completions
Did You Hear?
Beat The Teacher
Name Pin-Ons
Postcards
Good News, Bad News
Book Covers
The Facts Matrix
Nonsense Stories
Shirt Designs

LONGER ACTIVITIES
Word Searches
Front Page
Comics
The Road Map Game or Drivin' 'em Crazy
And Now A Word From Our Sponsor
Guided Fantasies

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
For the Substitute Teacher
For the Classroom Teacher
For the Administrator
Substitute Teaching
Commercial Products