Invisible Educators: Understanding the Role and Impact of Casual Relief Teachers in Turkish Schools
Kübra Yenel,
Ali Duran
Abstract:Casual relief teachers (CRTs) are teachers who take the place of regular classroom teachers (RCTs) in primary schools when they are absent from school for various reasons such as illness, professional development activities or annual leave. Casual relief teaching, which is not defined as an official duty in the legislation of the Turkish education system, usually occurs when surplus teachers nominated to the provincial order are assigned to crowded schools in provincial-district centres. CRTs contribute to the… Show more
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