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Post by fiddlesticks on Jun 18, 2024 18:20:24 GMT
Yay for you! I think it is great that you are taking the leap!
I tried clicking on the link you provided and it didn't work. And then I tried searching by kindergarten-kindergarten and once I put the hyphen in it worked and I found you!
I also tried to "follow you" and it gave me the same "page is not working right now". I just thought it might be helpful to know!
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Post by questioning on Jun 18, 2024 19:36:15 GMT
Congratulations! It seems like a way to earn while doing the best or favorite parts of your job. And help others too.
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Post by hop2 on Jun 18, 2024 19:41:06 GMT
I hope your new venture takes off and is a satisfying and lucrative venture for you!
Good luck.
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Post by mom on Jun 18, 2024 20:51:38 GMT
Congrats!!! I believe in you!
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Post by silverlining on Jun 18, 2024 21:20:14 GMT
I wish you much success! I'm guessing you have a ton of ideas of what teachers need based on teaching in two different states and teaching various grade levels that you could expand to if you want to.
I know that many districts in CA pay their subs very well. If you wanted to sub once a week, it would help you get to know principals and teachers at various schools who would be eager to choose you for long-term sub jobs or a permanent position down the road if that's what you desire. It would also help you come up with lots more ideas for what kids and teachers need. You might find you have lots more time after work because you aren't planning for the next day.
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Post by pinkgreen on Jun 18, 2024 21:31:32 GMT
Are you on TikTok? I’ve been seeing a lot of videos on my For You feed for TPT creators. There’s been a lot of great info and tips!
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Post by katybee on Jun 18, 2024 22:06:30 GMT
Yay for you! I think it is great that you are taking the leap! I tried clicking on the link you provided and it didn't work. And then I tried searching by kindergarten-kindergarten and once I put the hyphen in it worked and I found you! I also tried to "follow you" and it gave me the same "page is not working right now". I just thought it might be helpful to know! TPT is right in the middle of a big update. That might be rage reason, but I will keep an eye on it. Thanks! |
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Post by sean&marysmommy on Jun 19, 2024 1:01:18 GMT
Best wishes on your new venture! As a homeschooler, I often use TPT when my daughter needs more practice with a certain skill, or when our curriculum is lacking in a certain area. I've also enjoyed doing some mini-units from TPT creators. I hope it goes well for you, even if it ends up being a temporary pursuit for a few years.
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Post by peabay on Jun 19, 2024 12:04:20 GMT
Our district has forbidden teachers to use TPT. A parent complained that they saw that one of their child's teachers was using it and not "doing her own work" and then everyone was told they couldn't use the site.
Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous?
Best of luck - sounds like a good plan!
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 19, 2024 13:37:08 GMT
Our district has forbidden teachers to use TPT. A parent complained that they saw that one of their child's teachers was using it and not "doing her own work" and then everyone was told they couldn't use the site. Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous? Best of luck - sounds like a good plan! That's silly. What does that parent think happens in a grade (usually elementary) that does collaborative planning? At the school where I sub there are several grades where one teacher plans language arts, one does math, and one does science/social studies. Then they get together to share those plans and talk about how they'll implement them. So none of them are "doing their own work" any more than your teachers would be when they buy TPT plans. Clearly that parent has no idea how things work... It's the implementation of ideas and plans that will make or break the lesson, not the fact that the teacher bought a lesson outline. |
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 19, 2024 13:40:08 GMT
katybee -- I'm sorry that you've had to come to this, but I know for a fact (as do you) that your stress level will go WAY down if you're not in a classroom. Subbing doesn't count as stress, lol. Sure there might be some stress as you're walking into an unknown classroom, but we all know it's not the same. We subs have a much easier life! No grades, no planning, no meetings, no admin, no parents, no bringing work home... etc.  Good luck as you move forward with TPT. I know a lot of teachers who buy things from there and they're always happy with what they get. 
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Post by Merge on Jun 19, 2024 13:43:06 GMT
Our district has forbidden teachers to use TPT. A parent complained that they saw that one of their child's teachers was using it and not "doing her own work" and then everyone was told they couldn't use the site. Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous? Best of luck - sounds like a good plan! That's silly. What does that parent think happens in a grade (usually elementary) that does collaborative planning? At the school where I sub there are several grades where one teacher plans language arts, one does math, and one does science/social studies. Then they get together to share those plans and talk about how they'll implement them. So none of them are "doing their own work" any more than your teachers would be when they buy TPT plans. Clearly that parent has no idea how things work... It's the implementation of ideas and plans that will make or break the lesson, not the fact that the teacher bought a lesson outline. Not to mention that in many cases they have required curriculum from the district that has to be used in lessons. The work is in massaging the curriculum to fit the needs of the kids in front of you. Sometimes that means picking up some supplemental materials from a place like TpT. We’re not all going on Canva to reinvent the wheel every time when there are beautiful options available elsewhere for a few bucks. |
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Post by ellen on Jun 19, 2024 16:21:33 GMT
katybee -- I'm sorry that you've had to come to this, but I know for a fact (as do you) that your stress level will go WAY down if you're not in a classroom. Subbing doesn't count as stress, lol. Sure there might be some stress as you're walking into an unknown classroom, but we all know it's not the same. We subs have a much easier life! No grades, no planning, no meetings, no admin, no parents, no bringing work home... etc.  Good luck as you move forward with TPT. I know a lot of teachers who buy things from there and they're always happy with what they get.  One of the best things about subbing is that if you take a job that you don’t like, you don’t have to go back the next day. I had several jobs where I didn’t like the work they left me, the kids were difficult, and I knew at 2:45 I would be completely done with it. By the time I hit January, I had nothing but good days. I knew exactly what jobs I should take or avoid. |
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 19, 2024 16:26:44 GMT
My masters was in curriculum and instruction and I loved to make curriculum for every subject I taught. It was my thing. I get wanting to try it for a year.
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 19, 2024 18:21:34 GMT
katybee -- I'm sorry that you've had to come to this, but I know for a fact (as do you) that your stress level will go WAY down if you're not in a classroom. Subbing doesn't count as stress, lol. Sure there might be some stress as you're walking into an unknown classroom, but we all know it's not the same. We subs have a much easier life! No grades, no planning, no meetings, no admin, no parents, no bringing work home... etc. Good luck as you move forward with TPT. I know a lot of teachers who buy things from there and they're always happy with what they get. One of the best things about subbing is that if you take a job that you don’t like, you don’t have to go back the next day. I had several jobs where I didn’t like the work they left me, the kids were difficult, and I knew at 2:45 I would be completely done with it. By the time I hit January, I had nothing but good days. I knew exactly what jobs I should take or avoid. Yep. I have certain teachers who I will always sub for no matter who is in their class (this is elementary only) because I know they will leave good plans, I know they insist on discipline in their room, etc. Other teachers I might sub for depending on who's in their class, because I know exactly which kid is going to be difficult and if a teacher doesn't have good classroom management...well, no thanks. And then there are teachers who I avoid altogether because their plans are a hot mess and even kids who were not a behavior problem going in to that class will have a tendency to backslide. Nope. katybee, as soon as word gets around that you're subbing teachers will be chasing after you in the hallways to get your contact info. You will be able to totally pick and choose. |
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Post by FurryP on Jun 19, 2024 18:30:09 GMT
@monkeylady123, monklady123 do teachers have to find their own sub? Or how does that work that they they will be chasing after her? ETA: Oops I always read that as "monkeylady"  |
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Post by Merge on Jun 19, 2024 18:53:46 GMT
One of the best things about subbing is that if you take a job that you don’t like, you don’t have to go back the next day. I had several jobs where I didn’t like the work they left me, the kids were difficult, and I knew at 2:45 I would be completely done with it. By the time I hit January, I had nothing but good days. I knew exactly what jobs I should take or avoid. Yep. I have certain teachers who I will always sub for no matter who is in their class (this is elementary only) because I know they will leave good plans, I know they insist on discipline in their room, etc. Other teachers I might sub for depending on who's in their class, because I know exactly which kid is going to be difficult and if a teacher doesn't have good classroom management...well, no thanks. And then there are teachers who I avoid altogether because their plans are a hot mess and even kids who were not a behavior problem going in to that class will have a tendency to backslide. Nope. katybee, as soon as word gets around that you're subbing teachers will be chasing after you in the hallways to get your contact info. You will be able to totally pick and choose. Do you never get moved to another, “more important” classroom? It was very common for me or one of my specialist teammates to line up a sub ahead of time and leave good plans, only for the sub to get moved by admin to a regular classroom where the teacher called in last minute and split the specials classes up among the other teachers. Same thing with primary grades vs the all important tested grades. You might agree to first grade and find yourself moved to fourth. |
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 19, 2024 21:12:58 GMT
@monkeylady123, monklady123 do teachers have to find their own sub? Or how does that work that they they will be chasing after her? ETA: Oops I always read that as "monkeylady"  Sometimes, yes. Some principals will say that a teacher has to find their own sub if they're taking personal days. Obviously not if they call in sick. Some principals even say they have to if they're going to mandatory training. That's ridiculous, in my opinion. But we have such a huge shortage of subs that when teachers know of one, especially a good one like katybee will be, they will chase them down to ask for contact info so they can ask them the next time they need a sub. I get almost all my jobs from direct requests from teachers, almost never from picking up a job from the actual county job list. |
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 19, 2024 21:21:03 GMT
Yep. I have certain teachers who I will always sub for no matter who is in their class (this is elementary only) because I know they will leave good plans, I know they insist on discipline in their room, etc. Other teachers I might sub for depending on who's in their class, because I know exactly which kid is going to be difficult and if a teacher doesn't have good classroom management...well, no thanks. And then there are teachers who I avoid altogether because their plans are a hot mess and even kids who were not a behavior problem going in to that class will have a tendency to backslide. Nope. katybee , as soon as word gets around that you're subbing teachers will be chasing after you in the hallways to get your contact info. You will be able to totally pick and choose. Do you never get moved to another, “more important” classroom? It was very common for me or one of my specialist teammates to line up a sub ahead of time and leave good plans, only for the sub to get moved by admin to a regular classroom where the teacher called in last minute and split the specials classes up among the other teachers. Same thing with primary grades vs the all important tested grades. You might agree to first grade and find yourself moved to fourth. Some years ago the previous principal tried to pull that a few times when I would sub for a reading teacher. Back then our reading teachers did push-in, and pulled out small groups all day long. That principal would sometimes switch me if there was a classroom vacancy. But never from one classroom to another. Our current principal has never tried it. We don't have those reading teachers anymore so the only time she might try it is when I sub for a SPED resource teacher since they also do not have their own classroom. But she's never tried it. She knows subs hate being switched, plus with our sub shortage she probably doesn't want to do anything to make me mad.  I only sub at this one school, and I do plenty of classroom jobs, so she knows I'm not trying to avoid the more difficult jobs. I've never subbed for the specials, and honestly they can rarely get subs. I won't do art because 25 kids plus art supplies? no thank you.  I would do music except that I don't like our music teacher, and he has a reputation for being scatterbrained and disorganized so I don't want to know what his sub plans would look like. PE? no way. hahaha ETA: I'm not saying that SPED resource is an easier job than being a classroom teacher, not for the professionals. But for a sub it is, absolutely. |
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Post by ellen on Jun 19, 2024 23:15:02 GMT
Yep. I have certain teachers who I will always sub for no matter who is in their class (this is elementary only) because I know they will leave good plans, I know they insist on discipline in their room, etc. Other teachers I might sub for depending on who's in their class, because I know exactly which kid is going to be difficult and if a teacher doesn't have good classroom management...well, no thanks. And then there are teachers who I avoid altogether because their plans are a hot mess and even kids who were not a behavior problem going in to that class will have a tendency to backslide. Nope. katybee , as soon as word gets around that you're subbing teachers will be chasing after you in the hallways to get your contact info. You will be able to totally pick and choose. Do you never get moved to another, “more important” classroom? It was very common for me or one of my specialist teammates to line up a sub ahead of time and leave good plans, only for the sub to get moved by admin to a regular classroom where the teacher called in last minute and split the specials classes up among the other teachers. Same thing with primary grades vs the all important tested grades. You might agree to first grade and find yourself moved to fourth. I was never asked to and if they would have asked I would have said no. There is a pretty serious shortage of subs and they aren’t going to risk having one not return to the school by sticking them in jobs they did not commit to. My husband subbed at the school where he had worked and a couple different times they asked him if he would sub for the PE teacher when they were short. I did notice that the jobs of specialists often went unfilled. I subbed at four different schools and that really worked well for me. I had so many options for jobs. My favorite by far was subbing in FACS classrooms. I sometimes wonder if I was the only one who jumped at those jobs. I was an elementary teacher and was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed subbing at a local high school. The admin at that school were former colleagues of mine, so it gave me the confidence to do it. |
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Post by zuke on Jun 21, 2024 11:32:58 GMT
Yay for you! I think it is great that you are taking the leap! I tried clicking on the link you provided and it didn't work. And then I tried searching by kindergarten-kindergarten and once I put the hyphen in it worked and I found you! I also tried to "follow you" and it gave me the same "page is not working right now". I just thought it might be helpful to know! TPT is right in the middle of a big update. That might be rage reason, but I will keep an eye on it. Thanks! |
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Post by artbabe on Jun 21, 2024 11:53:44 GMT
I love TPT. Sometimes I'm planning a lesson and decide at the last minute that the lesson needs something extra. TPT has helped me a few times. I also am a big fan of sub plans and early finisher word. I can make my own but why reinvent the wheel? If I remember right, my district doesn't want us to sell on TPT- I think they think that anything we create doing our job is their intellectual property. Which is stupid. They haven't said anything about buying TPT stuff, though. If they did I'd just buy it on my home computer. I won't do art because 25 kids plus art supplies? no thank you. Coward!   I usually try to leave something that is drawing, so my lessons don't require much work. There were a couple of times when the kids threw markers all over the room, though. Sometimes I'll come in after a sub and think "what the heck happened here?" I've had some great subs and some really horrible ones. I left a comic book page for the kids once and the sub told them I wasn't going to grade it anyway so just put a star in every panel. I was so mad! I still get steamed when I think about it. I also have come back and had paint supplies left on the tables and sink. Uh, my lesson plan didn't involve painting... Ugh. We are so desperate for subs that we put up with some real doozies. I also have a sub that I love. She already has art lesson plans, including handouts. She always emails me and asks me if I want to do sub plans or should she do her lesson. Uh, definitely her lessons- they are pretty good and I don't have to write sub plans! Yay! The other teachers are jealous of me. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 21, 2024 12:03:57 GMT
Congratulations! That's exciting!
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I only sub at this one school, and I do plenty of classroom jobs, so she knows I'm not trying to avoid the more difficult jobs. I've never subbed for the specials, and honestly they can rarely get subs. I won't do art because 25 kids plus art supplies? no thank you. 
I would do music except that I don't like our music teacher, and he has a reputation for being scatterbrained and disorganized so I don't want to know what his sub plans would look like. PE? no way. hahaha
I usually try to leave something that is drawing, so my lessons don't require much work. There were a couple of times when the kids threw markers all over the room, though. Sometimes I'll come in after a sub and think "what the heck happened here?" I've had some great subs and some really horrible ones. I left a comic book page for the kids once and the sub told them I wasn't going to grade it anyway so just put a star in every panel. I was so mad! I still get steamed when I think about it. I also have come back and had paint supplies left on the tables and sink. Uh, my lesson plan didn't involve painting... Ugh. We are so desperate for subs that we put up with some real doozies.