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The snow is beautifully coming down in our neck of the suburbs, and the sub system is going nuts with calls. I know we must have a lot of upset kids who want to just pop out of those school doors and enjoy the snow. Most of the surrounding districts canceled
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An aide leaned over to me today and told me that a student was misbehaving because of me. She explained that the behavior was all for my benefit. Okay, I was a little irritated. She was letting me know that I was the problem. Was she just letting herself
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This is a teaching weekend for me. Although I retired from teaching a few years ago, I am not really retired. I substitute in my local district and also teach childbirth classes at a hospital. Teaching adults is something I never thought I'd do. Just
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This year has just flown by for me. If someone had told me last May that I would be substituting this year, I would have laughed. "Never say never" is one of my new expressions. It goes right along with "Get over your fine self." This school year I learned
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With all of the unusual celebrity children's names, it just seems like someone would have the name Elemeno P. How has this name been overlooked? As a substitute teacher, I sometimes struggle with kids' names. There are just so many ways any name can be
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When I was a regular classroom teacher, I held onto my room, my grade level, and my subject as much as I could. Of course, principals upset my apple cart a few times, but for the most part, things didn't change all that much. Looking back, I'm not so
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A few years back I told one of my good teaching buddies that I was invisible to another teacher. They happened to be best friends, and he said he didn't believe me. Andy felt that his friend was nice to everyone. We let it go since there is always so
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I've joined the texting world and am delighted to say that I found an awesome way to keep up with the lingo . Why, you ask? For one thing, I can read the notes the kids are writing when I substitute teach. Keeping a step ahead or just staying afloat can
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Even substitutes manage to embarrass themselves on occasion. Wednesday I placed my right foot in (a bucket) and slid all about. I did more than the hokey pokey. It was kind of like ice skating without the ice. I had placed a plastic bucket containing
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I have substituted in two classes lately that have Jeopardy games set up as Powerpoints. All I have to do is click on the screen, get a question, and click again for the answer. The kids love it, and the game keeps them actively involved. In both cases,
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It seems like the economy is causing a lot of professionals to sign up to substitute teach. This comes as no surprise to me since I meet a lot of these people in schools on a daily basis. They have lost their jobs and are unable to find another one in
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For some reason, I have turned my retirement years into something other than gardening, and I absolutely love it. Substitute teaching is something I thought I'd never do. I used to watch subs in the building and wonder why they would ever choose to do
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As a sub who loves technology, I have found that every school is a little bit different. One thing that would really help me is a "cheat sheet" of step by step instructions left in a convenient, obvious place so I can get the job done. Most of the time,
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It seems like a lot of people are wanting to sub. I've been caught off guard a couple of times this week. This morning I almost fell out of bed trying to retrieve my new cell phone, shiny green guy, in order to punch in the correct numbers to hear about
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It's back to the races this week, even for substitutes. School actually starts tomorrow in our district, so the sub calls probably won't come until later in the week. That's fine with me since today is cold, rainy, and the kind of day that goes well with
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