Substitute teacher Training program

1. Substitute teacher Training program Indiana Association of School Principals July 2009 Dr. Al Long

2. Training Overview • General Introduction • H.D.A. • Needs for success • Learning styles • School Expectations • Substitute Expectations • Legal Issues • Day in the life of the Substitute • Role Play • Proven Strategies • Q & A/ Paperwork

3. General Introduction • State Requirements • Importance of Substitute Teacher • Local Requirements • Pay Structure • Hiring Procedures • Corporation Information

4. Facts Students will spend one year of their education with substitute teacher in front of them. Student’s attendance percentage will always be better than the teachers who serve them.

5. General Introduction • State Requirements • Importance of Substitute Teacher • Local Requirements • Pay Structure • Hiring Procedures

6. Hda Activity A & B Exercise

7. Four Factors Critical to Success Information Intelligence Skill Attitude Harvard Business school study concluded that 93% of success was based on “Attitude”

8. Learning styles Visual Auditory Kinesthetic /Tactile

9. School Expectations Of Substitute • Professional in all aspects • Acceptance of positions • Following prescribed procedures • Arrive on time • Actually provide instruction • Maintain orderly classroom • Communicate any problems • Complete evaluations if requested • Provide feedback to staff member

10. Sample Substitute Requirements To obtain certificate: Completed application High School Diploma Attend Training Session Two Days Observation Five (5) References (criminal records check) After Assignment: Evaluations

11. Substitute Expectations Of school • Detailed lesson plans from teacher • Seating charts • Schedule for the day • Special events • Individual student needs • Emergency procedures • Contact person • Treated as professional

12. Legal Issues • Drug Abuse • Child Abuse • Liability • Weapons • All School Discipline Codes • “In loco parentis” • Reasonable and prudent

13. Day in the life Of a substitute • Receive Invitation to Teach • Check In • Information Sheets • Identify Key Students • Familiarize with Building • Bookkeeping Procedures • Special Duties

14. Proven Strategies • Have a “canned lesson plan” • Prepare “sub kit” • Set expectations • Be informed • Sub as often as possible • Be yourself • Error on side of conservative

15. Sub kit • Watch • Whistle • Aspirin • Pencil • Pens • Paper • “Canned” Lesson Plan • Treats/Rewards • Discipline Guides • Emergency Numbers • Building Maps • Schedules • Student Handbook • Staff Handbook Your Ideas!!! Your Attitude!!!

16. Role Play • Ask for volunteer to be the substitute for the day. • Select “students” and identify the grade level. • Suggest that you use a maximum of five “students”. • Go through the day in the life information and assume they have done all the steps you have identified. • Have students do the following; • Have student (1) tell the teacher they have to go to the library to take a test. • Student (2) gets ill and needs to go to the nurse. • Make sure you encourage the sub to set out expectations and objectives for the class at the beginning. • Have other students ”ad lib”

17. Proven Strategies • Show value to staff and subs by adequately educating and training both in how to utilize and maximize resources. • Use same sub staff as much as possible so students become familiar with them. • Include subs in professional development activities, especially staff orientation day. • Consider using different terminology other than “substitute teacher”..ie, adjunct faculty. • Assess success and needs from both staff and subs. • Personally visit each sub on several occasions, but especially at the beginning of their first assignment.

18. Q and A Q and A