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by Timo Hughes

Dec 1, 2015

I retired as a principal at Yonkers Public Schools on 10/07/15- my 55th birthday. My plan was to sub as a teacher in NYC. I worked 22 days in 18 schools and ran across a wrong-headed co-teacher. In the end I wrote her a critical e-mail- no libel. That night I got cancellations with no notice. The next day I was informed that I was suspended. Today is Day six with the promise of a e-mail from subcentral announcing a appointment with the director. I cant wait for my chance to represent myself. Lesson learned- no e-mails whatsoever!

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sped On 12/01/15, Timo Hughes wrote: > I retired as a principal at Yonkers Public Schools on > 10/07/15- my 55th birthday. My plan was to sub as a teacher > in NYC. I worked 22 days in 18 schools and ran across a > wrong-headed co-teacher. In the end I wrote her a critical > e-mail- no libel. That night I got cancellations with no > no...See More

Dec 3, 2015

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Ze Povinho-crash course for admins who become subs Just in case you missed these, I will post once again several of the tips I have offered to survive the world of substitute teaching, as seen by someone who has done this for almost 20 years. Please read these...they can really help you survive the world of subbing that you are now part of.

In many ways, school sites do resemble totalitar...See MoreJust in case you missed these, I will post once again several of the tips I have offered to survive the world of substitute teaching, as seen by someone who has done this for almost 20 years. Please read these...they can really help you survive the world of subbing that you are now part of.

In many ways, school sites do resemble totalitarian dictatorships as far as subs are concerned. We have zero rights, zero defense, and zero margin for error. You learn quickly as a sub that there is zero room for opinions or dissent, and that if you want to survive (and by surviving, I mean not getting 3 bad evaluations that can easily mean termination from the district), you quickly learn to shut up, not think, not criticize, and to never offer your opinions or comments about anything. Remember...you are not a principal anymore; you are now one of us. Welcome to our world.

You just experienced one of the aspects that the school site (hereafter referred to the Dictatorship) can throw at you: being written up without being able to give your side of the story before the write up was sent to the school district (aka the Regime). In this aspect, subbing, while being subjected to totalitarian style rules, is quite egalitarian and democratic.

How so, you might ask?

As far as the Regime is concerned, it does not matter one bit who you are, were, or think you are. It does not matter if you were a principal, are a retired teacher who had an illustrious career, are someone who has never set foot in a teacher education program and are subbing on an emergency credential basis (as is my case), or are a fully credentialed teacher waiting for that big break. For the Regime, the students, the full time teachers, and the admins, we are one and the same and are equally treated as far as being written up and banned from sites without due process.

You learn to fear your email account and your mailbox because it is there that a negative evaluation (that can be given for the slightest of reasons and for real or imaginary offenses) will be received. You learn that when an admin calls you, the sub, is NEVER for anything good.

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Dec 3, 2015

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Ze Povinho crash course part II Part II.

I have posted about this topic many times in the late 2000s and until recently, too. At times, I have been ridiculed in this board for posting about exclusions and reports against substitutes, and for being negative. I was told that if I did not like subbing, to get out of it. But all these comments that have been directed at me d...See More