Is it worth being a substitute teacher without a staff? I am a normal school student who graduated this year. I did not pass the entrance examination. Now I have a substitute teaching job like this.

Some students think that it is too stressful to prepare for the exam full-time. They can prepare for the exam while taking a substitute class. They can earn income and accumulate teaching experience. Let’s analyze it now:

1. Recruitment of substitute teachers

Nature of recruitment: The school aims to supplement the teacher vacancies caused by insufficient staffing. For the school, it can reduce costs and solve the problem of insufficient teacher resources.

Assessment method: Interview only; written test + interview.

Recruitment form: Most of the recruitment is organized by the school itself, and the salary is paid by the school. A small number of students are directly recruited by the local Education and Sports Bureau.

Salary: Generally speaking, the salary of substitute teachers is generally lower than that of established teachers. Some recruitment announcements will directly state the salary payment form: calculated based on class fees

2. Advantages of substitute teachers

1. Fast personal growth: as a substitute teacher, candidates who are preparing for the full-time recruitment are better than candidates who are preparing for the full-time recruitment. With more places to practice, you can apply theoretical knowledge and improve your teaching skills in daily lectures. This will also lay the foundation for future exams and interviews.

At the same time, when I am a substitute teacher at school, I also have more opportunities to learn from the excellent teachers around me, so that I can continuously improve myself.

2. Sufficient time to prepare for the exam: Continuously strengthen your trial teaching skills during class, and cherish the time after class to prepare for the written exam. At the same time, substitute teachers also have winter and summer vacations, and some schools still have paid vacations. You can take advantage of this I took a long vacation to prepare for the exam.

3. Disadvantages of substitute teachers

1. No establishment: Needless to say, this is obviously a helpless choice for many candidates when preparing for the exam.

2. Poor salary: I believe that many students with substitute teaching experience know this deeply. For the same job, the salary they get is not even a little bit different from that of current teachers

3. Many teaching tasks: After the “double reduction” was implemented this year, some substitute teachers responded: In addition to basic teaching tasks, extended classes were added, and the workload increased.

Of course, this is just an individual phenomenon, and the details are subject to local education policies and the actual teaching situation of the school.

4. Will you choose to prepare for the exam while taking a substitute class?

A few suggestions for those who are confused:

1. Are you mentally prepared? Preparing for exams as a substitute teacher requires more time and energy, but the treatment is quite different from that of regular teachers. Can you learn to adjust your mentality and turn the gap into motivation for exams?

2. Do you lack teaching experience? If you have little or even 0 teaching experience, it will be difficult to stand out in the fierce competition among teachers. Recruitment tests test theoretical and practical abilities. A solid theoretical foundation is not enough. Substitute teachers can be used as a springboard for recruitment, and they can choose one semester or one academic year to accumulate experience.