Substitute Educator's Day

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2026 USANov 20 USA Fri, Nov 20Observances Holiday 2025 USANov 21 USA Fri, Nov 21Observances Holiday 2024 USANov 22 USA Fri, Nov 22Observances Holiday 2023 USANov 17 USA Fri, Nov 17Observances Holiday 2022 USANov 18 USA Fri, Nov 18Observances Holiday
Summary
This day honors the educators who are called upon to replace regularly employed teachers.

This day takes place annually on the Friday of American Education Week.

The United States observes a Substitute Educator's Day, which was instituted by the National Education Association (NEA). The purpose of this day is to highlight the role and importance of the substitute teacher by providing information about, advocating for, and helping to increase appreciation and respect for this unique professional. This day also focuses on the needs of substitutes, which include better wages and health benefits and continual professional development. Substitute Educator's Day is observed by some on the 3rd Friday of November during American Education Week.

Substitute Educators Day is a result of the National Education Association Representative Assembly's New Business Item 2003-41, which called for an increase appreciation of school substitute employees. These professional educators provide a critical link in the education of public schoolchildren by serving as a bridge to provide continued quality education to children in the temporary absence of regular classroom educators.

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