Career/ The supply teacher's survival guide
As a supply teacher your class, school and working environment may change daily. Try our tips on where and when to find work, how to get re-booked and how to forge a good relationship with your supply teaching agency
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10 reasons to consider supply teaching
If you’re thinking about teaching on a supply basis, it’s worth finding out why many teachers have already chosen this route.
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Supply teaching: winning repeat business
Up to 50 per cent of an agency’s work can be requests for specific teachers who have made a good impression, so it’s worth going the extra mile. Here’s what to do.
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The best and worst of supply teaching
The variation between good and bad day can be extreme for supply teachers. Helen Lewis chronicles her best and worst.
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Supply teaching: how to get booked
Your first job as supply teacher is to forge a good relationship with your agency. Here are the agents’ tips
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Essential skills for supply teachers
Supply teaching calls for a unique set of skills. Two teachers who’ve arrived in the sector for different reasons, explain how they give of their best - every day.
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Seven ways to keep teacher happy
Keeping the teacher you temporarily replace happy is the best way to be asked back. Here’s how.
