5 Great Workbooks for a New Substitute Teacher

5 Great Workbooks for a New Substitute Teacher

Being a new substitute teacher can be a bit overwhelming. These 5 workbooks are inexpensive and are a wealth of information and ideas.


The Substitute Teacher's Organizer K-6
ISBN: 1-57471-795-2 from Creative Teaching Press
2001, Jan Herbst
This guidebook is great for record keeping, tips, behavior management, and sets of ready-to-go activities. Its chapter on How to Create a Professional Binder' is one of the best guides I've seen on constructing a proper teacher's organizer. It has everything from financial record keeping to calendars and schedules.
Behavior Management - You can have all the stickers and worksheets in the world but if you have a disruptive class it's this section that will help you out. Also included here is a great "reward system" to use. Things like book marks and cutouts, to extra free time are included.
Pages 47-76 are great to duplicate. These are reproducible with ideas on how to use them. My favorites include:
Practical Proverbs- good whole class use and interesting for younger kids
Find Someone Who...Questionnaire- Gets everyone in the class involved. Can get competitive, I'd make it into a scavenger hunt.