The Substitute Teaching Institute at Utah State University (STI/USU) was established in 1995 to provide substitute teachers with handbooks containing educational “how-to’s” and classroom fill-in activities. Since then, STI/USU has evolved and grown to become the national leader in the improvement of substitute teaching by providing products and services to school districts and substitute teachers nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Education recognized the leadership of STI/USU in 1997 with the first-ever awarding of federal funds for field-initiated research in the realm of substitute teaching. Since then STI/USU has forged ahead implementing research-based practices to improve recruiting, training, and retention efforts in school districts throughout the United States.

STI/USU currently provides a wide variety of training materials and services designed to improve the quality of substitute teaching and the work of those who manage substitute teachers.

• Substitute Teacher Handbook
• SubInstructor eTraining
• Classroom Management CD
• SubJournal
• SubExchange
• SubOrientation Video
• SubReady—Preparing Schools for Substitute Teachers
• SubTrainer Manual

• Annual SubSolutions Conference
• Annual Preconference Workshop—Focusing on Training and Best Practices in Substitute Teacher Management
• Online Training
• Onsite Training
• SubAssist Workshops