| has gloss | eng: A substitute teacher is a person who teaches a school class when the regular teacher is unavailable; e.g., because of illness, personal leave, or other reasons. "Substitute teacher" is the most commonly used phrase in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Australia, while supply teacher is the most commonly used term in the United Kingdom. Common synonyms for substitute teacher include relief teacher (used in Australia and New Zealand), "emergency teacher" and "sub" (used in the United States and Australia). Regional variants in terminology are common, such as the use of the term teacher on call T.O.C. in the Canadian province of British Columbia and occasional teacher in the Canadian province of Ontario. |