critic100 wrote:
Been there, done that. You cannot let that get you down. I do a great job subbing and make the subject matter more interesting than the regular teacher (even it you have to make stuff up).
The students will take care of the disrespectful teacher by letting them know you are a much better teacher than the present teacher. They will ask you, "why won't you become our teacher all the time?
Trust me, they will share their comments to the teacher who give you nothing... and believe me, this burns them up beyond believe. Word will get around and students will start requesting you. Now that teacher will want to meet you.
Thank you for posting.
Yes in the past when I did substitute (I was mostly a regular staff teacher-coach for 30 years) the kids often said they preferred me. Administrators treated me like gold as a substitute. Most days I enjoyed substitute teaching even when
I had to make a long commute and had to arrive after the students were there. I went over and above the call of duty.
What happened to me last week is they said I did not follow the lesson plan, but gave no further details. This came from the personnel director.
I wrote an email asking for an audience with this administrator but decided against sending it. To me he is just screwing himself into the ground with his short notes to substitutes. I mean he should give me a clue as what he meant by not following the lesson plan. The teacher said what I did was fine. Probably what I might do is to work half days. I already have four out of the next five days next week scheduled.