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They are often the unsung heroes of educators who just need a break. They arrive in a room they have often never entered before to deal with young children who they are meeting for the first time. They simply go where they are needed, which typically means they are going to a classroom where the regular teacher is either ill (perhaps from a virus given to them by one of their students), going to a professional development conference to improve their credentials, or is simply indisposed. I’m talking about substitute teachers and this November 20th is National Substitute Educator Day, a perfect time to remind kids and those with kids in school how important they are. Admittedly, I might be a little biased on this topic because I was once a substitute teacher. It was a job that wasn’t exactly stable (you only work when another teacher can’t) and it also wasn’t a job that necessarily paid the bills.

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