Substitute teachers

Substitute teachers

Have you ever had a substitute? (I’m pretty sure you have.) Is having a substitute awesome or horrible (Neutral. Can you get on with it?)

Short term subs:

1. Attendance (in other words, calling out names) = sometimes wrong pronunciation = annoyed student = “this happens almost every time”. (But when a sub calls your name correctly by guess, you get so happy…)
2.  Original teachers’ instructions = teacher reading off the list = students getting bored/impatient = student telling sub that he/she is incorrect because “blah blah blah…” = teacher telling student that he/she is reading off the list
3.  Working time = classroom very quiet = people starts talking = (strict) teachers quiet class down by doing something…
4. End of class = people start talking more = people start walking toward door and standing around = teachers telling students to quiet down and sit down until bell (which always happens to ring after teachers say that)
5. Feedback = students talking about that teacher = students comments on the teacher = deciding whether teacher is awesome, or not so awesome  

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Long term subs:

1. Attendance (in other words, calling out names) = Tells a student to bring the attendance sheet up to the office
2. Their own daily/weekly class schedule = sub explaining the week (sometimes) = students getting bored/impatient = student “aww”ing because the assignment/plan is boring for the week
3. Working time = classroom very noisy = people starts talking = sub quiet class down by doing something…
4. End of class = people start talking more = people start walking toward door and standing around = teachers telling students to quiet down and sit down until bell (which always happens to ring after teachers say that)
5. Feedback = students talking about that teacher = students comments on the teacher = deciding whether teacher is awesome, or not so awesome