Supply teachingTeaching on supply
The most common way for probationers on the Flexible Route to build up their teaching service is through employment in supply posts or by completing temporary contracts in Scottish state schools.
Finding support in your school
Once you have secured a supply teaching position it is vital that you make the headteacher aware that you have a probationary period to complete. They may be able to make arrangements to have relevant support put in place for you and to arrange to have your teaching observed.
Recording your teaching service
For teaching service fewer than 20 days in one school, you should keep a record of these days on a Record of Teaching Service form and have it signed by the headteacher.
For periods of teaching service amounting to more than 20 days an Interim Report should be submitted either at the end of your teaching within the school or at the end of each term if you are employed on a contract.
