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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This happened when I went out on maternity leave. The sub certainly seemed eager to take my 12AP Literature classes but he turned out to be a total dud. He expected me to answer all my work emails and create all the lesson plans while I was out on maternity leave. I was like, sorry dude, that's not what maternity leave is, good luck bye. 
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Yep. If a teacher is out on unpaid sick/masternity leave, it should shock absolutely no one that they are not spending ten hours a week or more answering emails and putting plans together for the sub who is [i]getting paid[/i].

There's usually an overlap day or two where the sub shadows the teacher and learns the basics of what they need to do, who to contact for support, logins, etc. But then the sub is supposed to be teaching on their own--that is what differentiates a long-term position from a daily position. The long-term sub is expected to do everything the teacher does (while not getting paid commensurately, unfortunately). Every teacher I know who has gone out on leave left detailed plans for the first week or two and an outline of what needs to be covered the next few. It's impossible to leave detailed plans, especially at the elementary level, because they depend on how students are doing with their current work.

If subs were paid more, you'd have a better pool of applicants. Every experienced teacher will attest to the degrading quality of subs compared to ten or twenty years ago when they were paid better, especially long-term positions.[/quote]

I work with a teach who just had a baby. She left 4 weeks of sub plans and will be out 12. There’s a big gap there, but leaving 4 weeks is a significant amount.[/quote]

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