Starting the School Year with a Substitute
No one can plan for medical emergencies or when babies are born. Several times I have been a substitute for the first week or two of school. This particular time, …
The Gift of Thanks
The joy of substituting, every once in a while, you reach someone and help them to understand concepts in review when the teacher leaves work. High school geometry. Multi-step word …
Grammar Geek Turns Algebra Nut
I’ve found that I love demonstrating those long algebra problems on the board for the students when I substitute for math classes. You know the problems. They go all the …
Cluttered Desks, A Substitute’s Nightmare
Substitutes don’t have time to mine the teacher’s desk for classwork or the correct textbooks to use for the lesson plan at hand. Students need to be on task, …