substitute teacher
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substitute teachers
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Burnham, Dahler told me on Newsnight, comes across like a "cool substitute teacher".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
Managing the logistics and soothing the distraught women, prosecutors allege, was Jennifer Powers, 45, a former model for Hawaiian Tropic and substitute teacher who was arrested along with Rubin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 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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