substitute teacher
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Rigby, a longtime substitute teacher, is finishing up requirements for her teacher’s license and plans to care for her daughter this summer instead of working.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
He worked three years as a staffer for school board member Scott Schmerelson and five years as a district substitute teacher.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“Prices have already been skyrocketing with inflation, and this feels like it’s doubling down on top of us,” said Wickham, who lives in Savannah, Ga. with his parents—a retiree and a substitute teacher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
During the day, he worked as a substitute teacher, and I worked at being a stand-up comedian in L.A., which, if you look closely enough, is not work at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
One day in the fall of 2015, two ninth-grade students sat in Biology class at Oakland High School watching a substitute teacher try in vain to control the classroom.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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