substitute teacher

noun

US
: a teacher who teaches a class when the usual teacher is not available

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West was a substitute teacher who became a full-time staff member. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024 The school said West worked as a substitute teacher for three years before taking a full-time staff role as an in-house substitute teacher and coordinator. Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024 West worked as a substitute coordinator and substitute teacher at the school. Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 Molly Ringwald, Wishin' and Hopin' (2014) The Brat Pack sweetheart, Molly Ringwald, fronts the Lifetime movie as a substitute teacher working in a Connecticut Catholic school in the 1960s. EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for substitute teacher 

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