Long-term sub instead of classroom teacher

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have one long term for a core subject teacher who quite mid-year. The sub hands out a packet then sits at her desk the whole class.

And you expect the untrained sub to do what differently?

I expect the school to put in a little more effort to find someone who will actually try to teach something.

You must be new around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have one long term for a core subject teacher who quite mid-year. The sub hands out a packet then sits at her desk the whole class.

And you expect the untrained sub to do what differently?

I expect the school to put in a little more effort to find someone who will actually try to teach something.

I'm not sure you understand how hard this is. But if you want to do the job, by all means give it a try.

Subs -- even long term subs -- don't get any benefits. They're paid a daily rate, and not compensated at all for anything they do outside of classroom hours.

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When I was a longterm sub, I worked so incredibly hard to teach those kids, given the limited resources I was given. It just wasn’t worth it, for all of the reasons previously listed by others. Very discouraging, because there were definitely some lovely kids who were so eager and enthusiastic. And then there were the others - behavioral issues, etc. I gave it a really good shot and then questioned why I was doing that to myself for almost no pay. None of this is the sub’s fault.

This paragraph could have been written by a regular classroom teacher.

PP here - I have the utmost respect for regular classroom teachers after that stint. I truly don't know how any of them do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have one long term for a core subject teacher who quite mid-year. The sub hands out a packet then sits at her desk the whole class.

And you expect the untrained sub to do what differently?

I expect the school to put in a little more effort to find someone who will actually try to teach something.

I'm not sure you understand how hard this is. But if you want to do the job, by all means give it a try.

Subs -- even long term subs -- don't get any benefits. They're paid a daily rate, and not compensated at all for anything they do outside of classroom hours.

+1
When I was a longterm sub, I worked so incredibly hard to teach those kids, given the limited resources I was given. It just wasn’t worth it, for all of the reasons previously listed by others. Very discouraging, because there were definitely some lovely kids who were so eager and enthusiastic. And then there were the others - behavioral issues, etc. I gave it a really good shot and then questioned why I was doing that to myself for almost no pay. None of this is the sub’s fault.

This paragraph could have been written by a regular classroom teacher.

PP here - I have the utmost respect for regular classroom teachers after that stint. I truly don't know how any of them do it.

Teacher here....we hear that a lot from subs at our schools and sadly many don't come back. I don't blame them at all.