Anonymous wrote:Blaminess aside, it is a bummer of a situation. My Deal kid also had a bunch of subs the first week, some of whom were not actual subs but Deal teachers being forced to cover classes during their planning periods. And no lesson plans were left. So not only are the kids not learning anything in the classes where the teachers are out, but the teachers who are acting as subs are either not doing their own planning, or they are doing it at night and on the fast track to getting burned out.
Do you actually think teachers get to do planning during their planning periods? Nope. We're attending team meetings, department meetings, training, data meetings, parent conferences, and completing a gazillion surveys.