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Home : 2004 : Aug : 2
I was a Sub for half a year before I recently accepted my first teaching job. My advice is to be firm and strict with the students. Many tend to take advantage of subs (it happened to me!). I set up my expectations right away at the beginning of the day with the students. Depending on the age, I warned them that I would write their name and a note for their teacher if they caused problems. I also followed the teacher's behavior plan if there was one set in place. If you don't know how it works, kids are great at explaining it! One two occassions I sent students down to the principal's office. They want you to do that if students are being disrespectful and misbehaving after being given warnings. They want good subs to come back, so they want to help you. Actually there were a couple schools I refused to go back to, but overall my experiences were good. Problems occured most at middle schools!! I also had a goodie bag. This consisted of my books from home (depending on the grade level) that I would read if there was extra time or lack of planning on the teacher's part. I would also think of some simple games that can be played as whole class. The worst is when there's nothing planned and you have 20-some little faces looking up at you! Sometimes I also had candy with me. I only used it if I absolutely needed it. Although I don't believe in giving kids tons of candy, it's sometimes a necessity to get through a day! For the most part teachers leave good plans to follow. If not, you can always ask another teacher at that grade level for some ideas.
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