Top 3 Substitute Teacher Tips and Tricks 

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I substitute teach in my town's two high schools. Substitute teachers are not allowed to give detentions to students. For major problems, I can call the office and get an administrator to come to the room. Otherwise, I leave a note for the regular classroom teacher and I explain any problem behaviors. It is up to them to handle the inappropriate behavior when they return. But, detentions -- nope!

Love this video!!! Subs are out there just trying to have fun and get attention lol 😂

We, the people, including substitute teachers, cannot just hand out a detention without due process, and also there is a hierarchy of levels which the student must offend before a detention is processed. We must 1st provide overt expectations, due process warning for any broken classroom rules, except for property or personal violence. Thus, before the detention may be issued the warning must be understood. Following the warning is the following hierarchy of the regular teacher's recommendations. Some work with a teacher in the next classroom and will provide an outlet for acting out students. If this fails, then the substitute teacher must actually write out a detention stating why the student is being sent to the detention officer, or administrator in charge of naughty students. Long-term substitute teacher's may have the privilege of calling the acting out students parent but this is usually not done by a daily classroom substitute teacher. The rule in California that prohibits a sub from subbing in any 1 class for more than 30 days keeps most subs from ever gaining this much power to call students homes and communicate to guardians info, sometimes confidential info regarding the minors offenses. Keeping all this in mind, my most recent research really makes sense. Get the students on task Immediately as they enter the classroom. Attendance will follow and most teacher's have great seating charts. Once the assignments are passed out, the substitute teachers job becomes a little easier. Thank God for classroom Chromebooks too. Most students will enter the class, sit down, be ready for the sub to explain the assignment, or refer them to check out their teacher's lesson plan on Google Classroom. Once they are all busy the sub may begin taking attendance. By the time attendance is done and students have heard the lesson plans or opened their Chromebooks up, there will be about 20 minutes left for classroom work time. Come prepared with an additional word puzzle to reward the students done early who may want something else to work on until the last 5 minutes of class. Sincerely, A district sub of 25+ yrs ....... Miss Em M.S.

Writing their names on the board is a good idea…IF you know their names. If you are a traveling sub, you often have NO idea who these kids are, even after taking attendance. That’s the tough part. 😖😖

How do you know their names in the attention getting part? The first three that you were on the board? Do they tell you?

For seating chart I ask for a volunteer to help me with pronunciation.

Hello, thanks for your video. Can you send send me the two lessons you discussed in your video. Thanks

You give detention at the junior high level?

90% of time, teachers do not leave a seating chart. I do better with kids in 3rd grade to high school. Problem is when I accept a job, the system doesn't tell me what grade I am supposed to teach.

Detention don't work in the hood. But you are partly correct. Lemme show you how it go: 1. Please stay seated 2. Keep hands & feet to yourself 3. Keep voices at a low/med volume All that other stuff you're talking about is NOT gonna work!

I think the short videos are really entertaining. The background music, however, I find really distracting. It might be just me, but the video would be more accessible for me without it.

Send them to Buddy rooms

Hello. I just sent you an email requesting a copy of your Lesson Plan and 20 Questions. Thank you!

Please send me a copy of your emergency back up lessons

Do you really wear a hat when you teach? 😆