Substitute teaching

[Beach Sportsfan]

I am a current teacher and have zero interest in subbing once I retire in a couple of years, with that said thanks to all of you who do sub, you are badly needed and is not an easy job.

[soulsurv]

[quote=Beach Sportsfan;51112819]I am a current teacher and have zero interest in subbing once I retire in a couple of years, with that said thanks to all of you who do sub, you are badly needed and is not an easy job.[/QUOTE

Just here to complain today In one of the wealthiest districts in the state, they gave me EIGHT 50-minute classes (8th graders) today with a 25-minute lunch!! If they had used a FT, unionized teacher on their staff to cover the extra classes, they would have had to pay her/him a nice additional stipend - so of COURSE they simply squeezed me in for the "generous" daily rate (NET $94.00). SO GLAD that this is my last year. Okay, rant over

[SouthernSusana]

[quote=soulsurv;51702630]

Originally Posted by Beach Sportsfan

I am a current teacher and have zero interest in subbing once I retire in a couple of years, with that said thanks to all of you who do sub, you are badly needed and is not an easy job.[/QUOTE

Just here to complain today In one of the wealthiest districts in the state, they gave me EIGHT 50-minute classes (8th graders) today with a 25-minute lunch!! If they had used a FT, unionized teacher on their staff to cover the extra classes, they would have had to pay her/him a nice additional stipend - so of COURSE they simply squeezed me in for the "generous" daily rate (NET $94.00). SO GLAD that this is my last year. Okay, rant over

I'm also planning on retiring in a couple of years, and I definitely plan on substituting just so I can see my colleagues, etc. I will pick and choose, but sometimes you still have to cover an extra class. So do our certified teachers. Kids simply can't be unsupervised.

I'm a high school teacher, and our subs don't teach. They supervise. The teacher who is out is expected to provide a lesson that requires minimal effort on the substitute's part.

Long-term subs are a different game. I will never do that.

[suziq38]

I would not be a substitute for teachers if children unless I needed the money for food. Many of the students are nuts. I wish their parents could see how they act. No one really cares, much less them. When you call the parents in, they act worse than their kids. No respect.

I prefer teaching adults at the adult school. I occasionally substitute for teachers at my own school who work on a day that I don't or at night. My two classes are during the day.