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Post by monklady123 on Jun 16, 2023 10:17:53 GMT
I've been in this one 3rd grade class for about 2.5 weeks now because the teacher had to have heart bypass surgery. She wrote plans for the first few days, then one of the other teachers wrote plans for the next week. Then for this last week they decided to split up my teacher's class, with me in one room helping. We gave that teacher more of the class since she'd have me to help. Thankfully the classes were smaller to begin with. We ended up with 27 in the class that I was helping with. It worked well because we had the absent teacher's room for me to pull groups of kids, and we used that room for a couple of whole-grade events. They split the class because they decided that would be easier than trying to write plans for me for the last week when they hardly know what they'll be doing from day to day. lol Yesterday was Field Day and we all survived that, and I didn't even hate it. hahaha But, my co-teacher started coming down with a cold on Wednesday. Yesterday she felt pretty bad and her voice was going so I did most of the loud talking, I went to fetch the kids from lunch, etc. After school she went to urgent care because her ears were bothering her, and her plans were to leave this evening for her family's drive to Tennessee (they leave immediately like that because they're crazy, lol...  ) Well... not only does she have a double ear infection, but SHE HAS COVID! omg  When I asked her yesterday what we were doing today she said "I haven't figured that out yet". oy... I'm sure she and the other teacher have it all worked out by now, and the other teacher said she'd take my two main troublemakers... But I hate to have her do that since she has her own troublemakers. We will see about that. I'd love to see mine be able to finish the year with their friends, so I'll threaten them... good behavior or they can go next door to Mrs. M. hahaha Thankfully we're out in the trailer so it's all self-contained and noise doesn't really matter. Omg... I always said I'd never sub the last week of school, plus I'd never do Field Day. And look where I am now.  I feel bad for the teacher who has covid because now she doesn't get to say goodbye. Yesterday I pulled all the kids from the heart bypass teacher's class, took them to the vacant room, and did a little video of them saying goodbye and that they loved her. So I might try to do that today with the whole group. Seriously, they definitely do not pay teachers enough. But I am here to say that they don't pay us subs enough either!  |
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 16, 2023 10:32:11 GMT
You are so right! Teachers work incredibly hard. And spend a LOT of their own money. People have no idea. By the end of the year they are running on fumes.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jun 16, 2023 11:12:22 GMT
I Hope you manage to avoid getting COVID too!!!! The video idea is SO sweet, that is so thoughtful!  |
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 16, 2023 13:00:25 GMT
You are such a great person! I love that you made goodbye videos for the 2 teachers.
Best wishes as you wrap this whirlwind of a week!
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Post by worrywart on Jun 16, 2023 13:29:36 GMT
That video idea is so thoughtful and sweet for both the teacher and the students!!
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Post by mimima on Jun 16, 2023 15:21:50 GMT
Covid is the gift that keeps on giving.
What a sweet idea, thank you
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Post by Merge on Jun 16, 2023 16:28:31 GMT
Uggghhh. Thank you for taking such good care of those classes. I'm sure their regular teachers are very grateful.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 16, 2023 16:35:28 GMT
That is a pretty sucky end of the year for the grade level. May it go quickly. Four out our six grades have to split up classes when they need a sub. It is generally mild chaos trying to accommodate kids who are split up. The number 27 isn't bad, but having kids who don't have space, the lessons they were doing etc. can be rough. Is there enough money out there to sub?  |
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Post by Lexica on Jun 16, 2023 16:46:43 GMT
I so agree that teachers and nurses give and give and give of themselves and don’t get commensurate pay for all they do.
I think some of the millions that movie stars and sports figures get should be spread around to those that take care of everyone’s children.
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Just know that all of your efforts do not go unseen. I am 69 years old and I can still remember as clear as day what a few of my elementary teachers did for their students. Back then they were allowed to give us hugs and let us sit on their laps to calm us after a fall on the playground. I had some amazing teachers!
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 16, 2023 17:27:31 GMT
Those kids are fortunate to have an experienced sub get them through the rest of school. That is such a great idea to do the videos for the teachers!
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Post by kate on Jun 16, 2023 21:43:56 GMT
Covid has ravaged our school in the last couple of weeks, too. It's tearing through like the Delta variant did.
God bless you for holding down the fort!
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Post by peabay on Jun 16, 2023 22:23:48 GMT
I'm a sub too - and I agree with everything you've said.
Our district is increasing our pay for next year, so that's good.
But teachers? Wow - I learned so much this year subbing and there's nothing better than a good teacher (and nothing worse than a bad one!!!)
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 16, 2023 22:45:25 GMT
I'm a sub too - and I agree with everything you've said. Our district is increasing our pay for next year, so that's good. But teachers? Wow - I learned so much this year subbing and there's nothing better than a good teacher (and nothing worse than a bad one!!!) We're getting a raise too! From $18/hour to $22/hour. First time for a raise in a looooooong time. |
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Post by elaine on Jun 18, 2023 14:39:42 GMT
monklady123 and peabay, thank you SO MUCH for subbing. People don’t realize how hard it is for so little money. It is very hard not to have your own classroom, to have to lug all your supplies around with you (for instance, a number of teachers would lock up their dry erase markers when they were absent, so if I wanted to write on the board, I had to bring my own), and sometimes it feels like you are treated as simply a babysitter. Two years ago when I decided to go back to work, I was offered a job at Wegman’s to be a cashier. It would have paid more than being a substitute, but I knew that my ultimate goal was to get my teaching license, so I subbed for a year, including 3 months as a long term sub. So, thank you, thank you, thank you. The videos you made, monklady123, sound amazing! You will deserve that raise! We are getting a 3% raise as teachers in our district, which doesn’t keep up with inflation, but at least it is something. Teachers, and especially substitutes, aren’t paid enough.
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Post by peabay on Jun 18, 2023 15:06:06 GMT
monklady123 and peabay , thank you SO MUCH for subbing. People don’t realize how hard it is for so little money. It is very hard not to have your own classroom, to have to lug all your supplies around with you (for instance, a number of teachers would lock up their dry erase markers when they were absent, so if I wanted to write on the board, I had to bring my own), and sometimes it feels like you are treated as simply a babysitter. Two years ago when I decided to go back to work, I was offered a job at Wegman’s to be a cashier. It would have paid more than being a substitute, but I knew that my ultimate goal was to get my teaching license, so I subbed for a year, including 3 months as a long term sub. So, thank you, thank you, thank you. The videos you made, monklady123 , sound amazing! You will deserve that raise! We are getting a 3% raise as teachers in our district, which doesn’t keep up with inflation, but at least it is something. Teachers, and especially substitutes, aren’t paid enough. That's so nice. I was looking for more to do and I loved my kids' elementary school so much - so I took the job as a building sub. The first few weeks were rough (got my first case of Covid; they gave me PE to teach one day - I'm very indoorsy; really didn't know how to manage a classroom etc...) but over the months, I grew to love it. I liked being in and out of different classrooms; LOVED getting to know the kids; gained a whole new perspective on the profession - it's been a really positive experience! |
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 18, 2023 15:48:04 GMT
monklady123 and peabay , thank you SO MUCH for subbing. People don’t realize how hard it is for so little money. It is very hard not to have your own classroom, to have to lug all your supplies around with you (for instance, a number of teachers would lock up their dry erase markers when they were absent, so if I wanted to write on the board, I had to bring my own), and sometimes it feels like you are treated as simply a babysitter. Two years ago when I decided to go back to work, I was offered a job at Wegman’s to be a cashier. It would have paid more than being a substitute, but I knew that my ultimate goal was to get my teaching license, so I subbed for a year, including 3 months as a long term sub. So, thank you, thank you, thank you. The videos you made, monklady123 , sound amazing! You will deserve that raise! We are getting a 3% raise as teachers in our district, which doesn’t keep up with inflation, but at least it is something. Teachers, and especially substitutes, aren’t paid enough. Thanks!  Thankfully, since I only sub in one school, all the teachers know me so I haven't had the problem of supplies being locked up. And mostly they leave me real lessons in the plans. This is one of the reasons why I'd never sub in high school -- from what I hear from other subs it's mostly babysitting in high school. I mean, that makes sense because I sure as heck couldn't actually *teach* high school math or science. I have enough trouble sometimes with 5th grade math! hahahaha peabay I also could never be a building sub because then I'd end up in classes that I didn't want to be in. Like next year's 5th grade. omg... I didn't sub once this year in 4th except when I was in for a SPED or ESL resource who did push-in to 4th. One teacher asked me once and because I knew her pretty well by that point (from subbing for the push-in teachers) I just said "I'm sorry but honestly I don't have the patience for this class." She just rolled her eyes and said "I don't blame you at all." And in fact she won't be back next year, partly because of this difficult class. She found a SPED resource job in another county. Because she has a SPED certificate (or whatever it would be called) they loaded her up with SPED kids with very little extra help. Just because she's SPED certified doesn't mean it's any easier to deal with 8 or so of them, a few ESL kids, plus all the other kids. Anyway, kudos for being a building sub! It's not for me.  |
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Post by peabay on Jun 18, 2023 15:56:29 GMT
monklady123 and peabay , thank you SO MUCH for subbing. People don’t realize how hard it is for so little money. It is very hard not to have your own classroom, to have to lug all your supplies around with you (for instance, a number of teachers would lock up their dry erase markers when they were absent, so if I wanted to write on the board, I had to bring my own), and sometimes it feels like you are treated as simply a babysitter. Two years ago when I decided to go back to work, I was offered a job at Wegman’s to be a cashier. It would have paid more than being a substitute, but I knew that my ultimate goal was to get my teaching license, so I subbed for a year, including 3 months as a long term sub. So, thank you, thank you, thank you. The videos you made, monklady123 , sound amazing! You will deserve that raise! We are getting a 3% raise as teachers in our district, which doesn’t keep up with inflation, but at least it is something. Teachers, and especially substitutes, aren’t paid enough. Thanks! Thankfully, since I only sub in one school, all the teachers know me so I haven't had the problem of supplies being locked up. And mostly they leave me real lessons in the plans. This is one of the reasons why I'd never sub in high school -- from what I hear from other subs it's mostly babysitting in high school. I mean, that makes sense because I sure as heck couldn't actually *teach* high school math or science. I have enough trouble sometimes with 5th grade math! hahahaha peabay I also could never be a building sub because then I'd end up in classes that I didn't want to be in. Like next year's 5th grade. omg... I didn't sub once this year in 4th except when I was in for a SPED or ESL resource who did push-in to 4th. One teacher asked me once and because I knew her pretty well by that point (from subbing for the push-in teachers) I just said "I'm sorry but honestly I don't have the patience for this class." She just rolled her eyes and said "I don't blame you at all." And in fact she won't be back next year, partly because of this difficult class. She found a SPED resource job in another county. Because she has a SPED certificate (or whatever it would be called) they loaded her up with SPED kids with very little extra help. Just because she's SPED certified doesn't mean it's any easier to deal with 8 or so of them, a few ESL kids, plus all the other kids. Anyway, kudos for being a building sub! It's not for me. there are 3 building subs and all 3 of us preferred not to be in certain classes. Our second grade this year is extremely boy-heavy and they are TOUGH. But it all depended on the classroom teacher and how well she ran the classroom - one of the 2nd grade teachers ran a super tight ship and it wasn't at all difficult to control her class. The other two? The lunatics were running the asylum, so subbing in there was rough. |
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Post by Zee on Jun 18, 2023 16:37:31 GMT
That's so incredibly sweet of you to make a video with the kids for the heart surgery teacher. You're right, you don't get paid enough for sure. ❤️❤️❤️
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Post by elaine on Jun 18, 2023 17:22:38 GMT
monklady123 and peabay , thank you SO MUCH for subbing. People don’t realize how hard it is for so little money. It is very hard not to have your own classroom, to have to lug all your supplies around with you (for instance, a number of teachers would lock up their dry erase markers when they were absent, so if I wanted to write on the board, I had to bring my own), and sometimes it feels like you are treated as simply a babysitter. Two years ago when I decided to go back to work, I was offered a job at Wegman’s to be a cashier. It would have paid more than being a substitute, but I knew that my ultimate goal was to get my teaching license, so I subbed for a year, including 3 months as a long term sub. So, thank you, thank you, thank you. The videos you made, monklady123 , sound amazing! You will deserve that raise! We are getting a 3% raise as teachers in our district, which doesn’t keep up with inflation, but at least it is something. Teachers, and especially substitutes, aren’t paid enough. That's so nice. I was looking for more to do and I loved my kids' elementary school so much - so I took the job as a building sub. The first few weeks were rough (got my first case of Covid; they gave me PE to teach one day - I'm very indoorsy; really didn't know how to manage a classroom etc...) but over the months, I grew to love it. I liked being in and out of different classrooms; LOVED getting to know the kids; gained a whole new perspective on the profession - it's been a really positive experience! ❤️❤️❤️ I started out subbing around the district, but quickly limited myself to the elementary, middle and high schools my sons went to. I loved my kids’ elementary school so much that I decided that is where I would teach with my license. I just finished my first full year - teaching 3rd grade - and will be moving to 6th grade next year. 6th grade is a much better fit for me - it was exhausting to be the voice of conscience and impulse control for 22 8-9 year olds. I prefer teaching without having to stop mid sentence multiple times per hour to say things like “stop using your scissors to poke your neighbor,” “keep your hands and feet to yourself,” “stop throwing books - treat them with respect.” I so agree that teachers and nurses give and give and give of themselves and don’t get commensurate pay for all they do. I think some of the millions that movie stars and sports figures get should be spread around to those that take care of everyone’s children. ****** Just know that all of your efforts do not go unseen. I am 69 years old and I can still remember as clear as day what a few of my elementary teachers did for their students. Back then they were allowed to give us hugs and let us sit on their laps to calm us after a fall on the playground. I had some amazing teachers! I don’t ever initiate hugs, but am allowed to return them - I must hug students 20-30 times each day. At the elementary level, we still nurture quite a bit. |
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Post by peabay on Jun 18, 2023 17:59:07 GMT
I don’t ever initiate hugs, but am allowed to return them - I must hug students 20-30 times each day. At the elementary level, we still nurture quite a bit. Very much the same. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jun 19, 2023 1:20:45 GMT
Goodness, you really took one for the team in your last few weeks of subbing! I love that you did the videos. I bet it meant a lot to those teachers.
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Post by leannec on Jun 19, 2023 13:48:22 GMT
We're getting a raise too! From $18/hour to $22/hour. First time for a raise in a looooooong time. You are worth so much more!! Dd#1 is subbing here in Calgary for the public board (the board I teach for) and makes a daily rate of about $230 CAD ... if she is booked for multiple days for the same teacher she gets paid more |
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