Substitute Educators Day
Substitute Educators Day focuses on the importance of substitute school employees. These professional educators provide a critical link in the education of public schoolchildren by serving as a bridge to provide continued quality education to children in the temporary absence of regular classroom educators.
Substitute Educators Day seeks to:
- Increase respect for substitute educators
- Advocate for all school substitutes to receive wage and health benefits for those who work most to all of a full school year
- Receive genuine, continual professional development in the art of substitute teaching
- Provide a reminder for school staff about effective practices to prepare for, welcome, and support substitute educators.
Substitute Educators Day was established as a result of NEA Representative Assembly's New Business Item (NBI) 2003-41. The purpose of this NBI is to increase appreciation of school substitute employees.
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Substitute Educators Day
NEA Secretary/Treasurer Becky Pringle tells us who won NEA’s third annual Substitute Educators Day poll. We’ll give you a hint: As a substitute, he probably couldn’t fool the children of the revolution!
