This study is focused in the pressures, pressure influence and pressure adjustment during the work, examination, family and society of the substitute teacher of the elementary schools. Its purpose is to understand the pressure source, its impacts and how they adjusted. The recommendations based on the research conclusions for substitute-teachers and related authorities as a reference. Twelve substitute- teachers are interviewed with half-structured in-depth interview method, and the results after analysis are shown below:1. The motivations of the substitute-teachers include: ”salary attraction”, ”personal interest”, ”stable working hours”, ”professional dignity”, ”because of helpless, maintain in status quo”, and ”give-it-a-try”.2. The sources of pressures of substitute-teachers come from work, examination, family and society. 3. The influences derived from the pressures of substitute teachers are ”lacking of job security”, ”negative feeling from competition”, ”unstable income to impact family economy”, ”frustration from lacking of professional acknowledgement”, and ”future uncertainty”.4. The pressure adjustment of substitute-teachers include: ”strategic problem solving”, ”seeking for backup assistance”, ”self-adjusted easement”, and ”delay facing problems”.