Substitute Teacher Training You’ve Been Called To Sub, Now What?

1. Substitute Teacher TrainingYou’ve Been Called To Sub, Now What? Vance Granville Community College Beverly Spivey-Judkins, Adjunct Instructor

2. The next step… • Do you just wait for someone to call you to substitute? What’s next? • Class Discussion

3. The next step… • Keep in touch with Human Resource for your approval. • Introduce yourself to office personnel at various schools. • Give them your contact information (card). • Let them know that you have been approved by School Board (HR will notify them, but you want to put the personal spin on things.

4. The next step… • Familiarize yourself with the Student Code of Conduct at the Franklin County Schools website, http://www.fcschools.net/. • The Student Code of Conduct will help you know what behavior is accepted and what is not. Each school will have its own rules and procedures

5. They called, now what? • You have just received your first telephone call to substitute at one of the local elementary schools, how do you handle the call?

6. While your are on the phone… • Have a pen and paper handy • Write down all of the specifics: • Name of person calling you and his/her contact number • Name and location of school • Time of arrival/end of school day • Class and grade in which you will substitute • Ask if the teacher left a lesson plan?

7. It’s Show Time • Report to the Office • Ask about student passes/write up slips, other rules and regulations • Ask about other duties, such as bus duty, etc. • Ask if there will be any assembly’s fire drills, etc. • Ask if there are any keys, reports, etc., needed • Know where all exits and restrooms that are near your room.

8. Before the Students Arrive • Write your name on the board/or in a visible location. • Review all rules and expectations left by the teacher. • Review the lesson plan and all other details • Locate books and all other material needed for the day. • Familiarize yourself with the seating chart, if there isn’t one there make one.

9. Your Position …Is Important • Stand by the doorway to greet students as they arrive. • Circulate through the classroom, while students are working. • Stand at/by the doorway as students exit the classroom.

10. You Can Define the Classroom Atmosphere Three Tips to Effective Discipline in the Classroom: • 1.Treat all students respectfully and with dignity. • 2.Immediately define your position in the classroom. • 3.Keep students actively engaged.

11. Aretha said it best ….RESPECT • Stay on track • Family History • Whole class discipline • Show them you care • Avoid Sarcasm • Forced Apologies • Threats • Idol Threats • Yelling

12. Monitor… • Circulate and move • End class with an organizing task • Dismiss students • Ensure proper ventilation • Enforce appropriate discipline • Speak clearly and in moderate tone • Provide positive feedback

13. Have an Active Engagement • Student assignments. • Call on students regularly. • Read and write the directions for students. • You can offer incentives, be careful and (Begin with the end in mind) • Learn names as quickly as possible

14. During Class • Follow the Lesson Plans that are left for you. • Challenge students to recall projects and topics they have studied that day. • Remind students of homework. • Straighten and clean the area around their desks. • Answer any questions or concerns.

15. Positive Feedback • Great Work • Kudos • Good Going • Fantastic • Amazing • Super Job • Keep Trying

16. Teamwork • 1.With your partner, create a scenario that shows respect between teacher and student. • 2.With your partner, create a scenario that show students inactively engaged in the classroom. • 3. With your partner, create a scenario that shows a teacher who has defined his/her position in the classroom.

17. At the End of the Day • Leave a report for the teacher • Organize desk, bookshelves, etc. • Close windows, turn off lights, return equipment, keys, money collected, etc. • Keep a journal for yourself.