You as a parent don't need to know in advance. why should you? so you can take up time with endless questions about the suitability of the substitutes???

My experience has been that the kids know about planned absences. Sick leave, not so much.

I agree, thinking back to my grade school years, if the teacher said there was a sub. Students would often skip class or act up. It's better if the teacher has a plan in place for special needs students. If a student has severe issues (social/emotional) it might be best if the teacher sends an email to another teacher with the parents cc'd asking if that particular child can take a "time-out" if things get really hectic for said students.

Otherwise, most kids are fine.

I'm a teacher on leave, and I never let my students know of a planned absence (well, other than long term leave, of course). When I first started teaching, I did, and I found that the kids behaved worse when they knew in advance that there would be a sub. If I'm taking emergency sick leave, it's generally all I can to cobble together messages to my administration to let them know, and then to my teammates to pull out relevant materials and/or my emergency plans. An email out to parents is not a priority.

Anonymous wrote:I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.

Does your DD really "need" advance warning? Or are you are just trying to smooth her path in life? If the latter, you could try letting her encounter a feel minor bumps in the road so she can begin to see for herself how resilient she is.

Nope. Kids don't need to know there's a sub. They need to be prepared for everyday like it's a normal day with whatever tests and assignments are scheduled.

NO.

Omg. No. Land the helicopter.

What happens to your DD when there is a sub?

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I often wonder why teachers don't send an email when they are going to be out sick, on jury duty etc. Maybe an auto emailed response. Am I being over bearing or would it be helpful? I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.

OP, does your daughter have difficulty adjusting to unexpected events? Otherwise, as the PPs have said, there's no preparing to do.

geez. No. That's crazy.

You're not the teacher's supervisor. No need to let you know. Land the helicopter lady.

Um, no. She'll find out there's a sub when she gets to school. What sort of "preparing" needs to be done?

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I often wonder why teachers don't send an email when they are going to be out sick, on jury duty etc. Maybe an auto emailed response. Am I being over bearing or would it be helpful? I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.

If your child is a special education student, I can see how that might be helpful; otherwise, not needed.

OP here, I often wonder why teachers don't send an email when they are going to be out sick, on jury duty etc. Maybe an auto emailed response. Am I being over bearing or would it be helpful? I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.