Customer Reviews

Substitute Teacher's Reference Manual

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This book does help you think about some things you wouldn't normally think about, and there are some helpful worksheets in the back for emergency use and background school information. However, the book is not worth paying money for. I would see if you could check it out at your local library, if not no great loss.

i have been working as a substitute teacher for four years. I have looked all over for a book that would help me as a high school substitute teacher. This book does the job. It offers lots of activities I can use if the plan the teacher left does not work - or if the VCR is broken! It also gave me great advice for how to work with the students. There are helpful forms to use - like seating plans and emergency plans. It is very comprehensve and is great for substitutes at any grade level.

I started Substitute teaching and was looking for a guide to help me out. This manual had only common sense knowledge, and only a few craft ideas, many of which were similar to asking a child to draw a picture. There were no creative ideas to help new teachers. There were mechanical errors all over, and worst of all, the author referred to children as "munchkins" and "gremlins"! They are children, not creatures. Do not waste your money on this book.

This is a small, flimsy spiral bound book which is an easy 20minute read. It is extremely basic information for a sub with NOexperience. It has a few interesting activity ideas (although morethan 50% of the book is activity ideas), and some simple, sound advice. I am returning this book for something with more substance.

I am a new junior high school teacher and this book really helped me out a lot my first year. Lots of good advice on how to manage a classroom and lots of great activities for when I make a mistake in my lesson planning.

The reviews shown for the 2000 edition have little relevance to the 2001 edition. The newer edition is a layflat book, not spiral bound. The 2001 edition is the Third Edition and is greatly improved over the two previous editions as a result of feedback from users all over the country. It now has to be considered the premier aid for substitute teachers. It also is helpful to all teachers for creative ideas that the latest edition includes.