A teacher temporarily employed to replace a teacher who is absent from work.
he went on stress leave for the afternoon, and a relieving teacher was brought in
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We are told relieving teachers are qualified teachers.
I remember my first day as a relieving teacher.
The Board may appoint a full-time relieving teacher at an area school.
His flatmate works a straight job as a relieving teacher.
In one classroom, a relieving teacher, made aware of this restriction, asked for a volunteer to collect the school lunches from across the road.
Just recently a relieving teacher taking swimming at an Eastern Suburbs school panicked at the sight of a child's striped back.
Reduced class sizes would have a huge impact on relieving teacher workloads, enabling better class management, and providing some individual time for each child.
Before the introduction of contract teaching, these absences were filled by permanent relieving teachers who were appointed centrally and paid an extra salary.
Desperate to open the school for term one, the board appointed a relieving teacher.
The Ministry of Education claims that the school is operating "normally" with volunteers and relieving teachers brought in from other areas of the public service.