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by Ms. Gwin

May 23, 2016

Mrs. Matt, I thank you & I'm in my 1st yr. of Subbing. I wasn't putting down the profession. I'm find a mentor to help me write out lesson plans when the teachers leave me no lesson plan & in classroom mgmt.

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Lee On 5/23/16, Ms. Gwin wrote: > Mrs. Matt, I thank you & I'm in my 1st yr. of Subbing. I > wasn't putting down the profession. I'm find a mentor to > help me write out lesson plans when the teachers leave me > no lesson plan & in classroom mgmt.

I apologize if I was hard on you last night. I co-teach and have had a couple...See MoreOn 5/23/16, Ms. Gwin wrote: > Mrs. Matt, I thank you & I'm in my 1st yr. of Subbing. I > wasn't putting down the profession. I'm find a mentor to > help me write out lesson plans when the teachers leave me > no lesson plan & in classroom mgmt.

I apologize if I was hard on you last night. I co-teach and have had a couple of lousy subs in the past week who were in for my co-teachers. I ended up having two students removed from the room when ended in them being suspended for an incident that was caused by the sub. I would have preferred to have thrown her out instead.

Anyway, as far as classroom management goes look yo Harry Wong. He has written several books and articles on the subject. I believe there is a collection of his articles on this site at teachers.net/gazette/wong.html There are also a couple of short videos on you tube.

Unless it is a long term position, you should NOT be writing lesson plans. The department head or sub caller should have an emergency set of plans for each teacher. There should also be other grade/subject level teachers around who can help you. At the high school level, the kids should be able to tell you where they are. Worst case scenario, have them read and outline their book or answer review questions. Collect their work. It doesn't matter if the teacher does anything with it or not. It's a way for the teacher to see what the students did in his or her absence or didn't do. If the students know it's going to be collected, it helps keep them on task which leads to a managed classroom.

Try to make up a seating chart if one isn't available. Use it. Calling the students by name also helps with control. If there isn't a list available, ask the secretary or sub person for one, preferably with pictures. Most grading programs also have a seating chart option with pictures. I leave those in my sub packet. Ask for an ID with your picture on it if you can get one. The kids will think you are regular staff and that also makes a difference. Those "guest" tags cause more problems in my opinion. It's like wearing a neon sign that says sub.

I hope this helps.

Lee

May 24, 2016

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