Showing posts with label Substitute Teaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Substitute Teaching. Show all posts

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Thoughts on Substitutes from the Kids


My mother in law has the best job in the world, she works at a church in the preteen department.  She has been able to have many a great conversation with the kids.  Recently she shared this article that she was writing for the parents of her students based on a conversation she had had with them.  I thought I would share this delightful insight with other subs out there.
The Substitute

Friday, May 11, 2012

Sub Reports and Hall Passes

When I started off subbing (5 years ago) I would just write my note to the teacher on a piece of lined paper.  I found that by the end of the day I was having a hard time remembering the details of the beginning of the day.  This led to a brainstorm of how to improve the process, enter my sub report format!

A lot of the note tended to be written about behavior, so I decided to save my time when filling this out by creating a key at the top for scoring the class behavior, breaking it down by time of day/period and then averaging it for an overall score for the day at the top.  Now I was able to spend more time reflecting on the lessons taught (which is what I prefer to know about when I have a sub).  I also included a section for absent students (but only in elementary).  On my version I have my name, email address and phone number at the bottom of the page.  I left those lines blank for you to put your own in, that way teachers can request you back after an awesome day with their class!

I designed these forms on Microsoft Publisher and I print about 20 of them at a time and keep them in my sub binder that I carry with me.  I have three different forms: Elementary, Middle/High School, and Generic.

Elementary:

Middle/High School:

Generic:


Hall Passes:

I hope that someone out there can benefit from these files and find them useful! :)


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