How to Use substitute teacher in a Sentence

substitute teacher

noun
  • The school needed a substitute teacher for the last part of the year.
    — Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
  • West was a substitute teacher who became a full-time staff member.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Lee’s wife, Maria, was friends with the head of the school and a substitute teacher who were among those killed.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • Flo Rice, who was a substitute teacher on the day of the shooting, was shot six times and survived.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Then a frustrating school day two years ago helped seal the deal for the now 43-year-old substitute teacher.
    — Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
  • As a substitute teacher, classes ranged from kindergarten to special needs.
    — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The school district said that a substitute teacher would be filling in for Amy during her leave.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The school district said that a substitute teacher would be filling in for Amy during her leave.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Henson, a former substitute teacher, wants kids to know how important their own voice is.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 18 June 2024
  • Right now, Vitello looks less like a manager and more like a substitute teacher.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • Adams’s mom, a former substitute teacher, comes over twice a week to tidy up the house and fix up the flower beds for $25 an hour.
    — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Hill worked as a custodian, and Peak was a substitute teacher.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Three 9-year-old students were killed, as well as the head of the grade school, a custodian and a substitute teacher.
    — Jonathan Mattise, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Take the pending federal case brought by a substitute teacher who claims he was let go by a Catholic high school for being gay.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
  • One day Knickerbocker came in as a substitute teacher and the two instantly clicked.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
  • At Elmhurst, the coach — who also works as a substitute teacher at the school — reported the death threat to police.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Criss Smith worked in financial services for 30 years and now works as a substitute teacher.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Caleb had served as a substitute teacher during the 2022-23 school year.
    — Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • There, Denogean was a substitute teacher who taught English as a second language.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Perez’s mother was a substitute teacher and his father worked at restaurants as a dishwasher and busboy.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 May 2025
  • Nathan Martin is a 36-year-old substitute teacher and high school coach from Michigan.
    — Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
  • If a teacher leaves mid-year, their curriculum goes with them, and the substitute teacher arriving in their place has few resources to work with.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
  • Ashman had been walking home from his job as a substitute teacher at El Toro High School.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Sha-Ri is now a substitute teacher and track coach, per TV Insider.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
  • Dewey has spent years crashing with his former bandmate Ned, a pushover who strayed from the divine light of rock and roll to become a substitute teacher.
    — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Devine is a substitute teacher who lives on Boston Street in Altadena.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Donna taught in Hopkins and later was a substitute teacher in Hutchinson.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The three children killed in the attack were 9-year-old students, and the adults killed were a custodian, a substitute teacher and the head of school.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • He was also known — even as a schools leader — to sometimes serve as a substitute teacher in Stafford classrooms and shadow students for a day.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
  • His father was a railroad brakeman who died when Billy was about 10; his mother was a substitute teacher.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023

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