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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long story short, I was supposed to volunteer to help the teacher do some copying this AM. She texted me telling me not to come in, that her child got sick overnight and she wouldn’t be there and they would have a sub.

It got me thinking. How does the sub know what to do/teach? I’m assuming the teacher had no idea she’d be absent today, so I would assume she didn’t leave supplies out for a sub? Or do teachers leave things out every night, just in case?

Can anyone explain how the sub will know what to do with the kids for 7 hours?[/quote]

I'm a substitute teacher (FCPS). If a teacher knows he/she will be out, they always put sub plans on their desk for me. Depending on the grade or subject, they'll leave books, worksheets, or a Power Point for me to complete, or some other activity that's been set up. If it's a last minute thing, like a sick child, they'll usually email the sub plans to either the main office or one of their co-workers in the same grade level, and then the plan is given to me when I arrive. The other teachers in that grade level usually check in to make sure I know where to find everything and ask if I have any questions. I think a lot of schools ask teachers to keep an emergency sub plan on file with the main office, but I've never had to use one.

I've had to improvise a couple times, like when I was supposed to do a lesson on the SmartBoard and it wouldn't turn on (the IT guy came in and fixed it later). Reading as a group or letting older kids read independently or catch up on work is always a good way to keep the kids busy for a half-hour or so. [/quote]

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