Sunday, February 19, 2017

To sub or not to sub during teacher prep time?

Just having some fun with my visuals...I know teacher prep time is an opportunity to get organized for upcoming lessons but I think it is also a time to regroup alone or with other colleagues before the next teaching period. As a special ed teacher, we are often the first to be called at our site during our prep or even during our co-teaching times because they figure our classes can go on without us. It definitely is a guilt trip if we say no but I have found it easier to just not answer my office phone when it starts to ring and I can see it is the front office...so bad to avoid but I figure if it is a true emergency, they would come and find me. I think building a good repore with the staff will be beneficial when there are times we will need to ask for help during their prep time. I would also make sure that it does not happen often that I lean on them during their prep. If there is an ongoing issue with finding subs to cover classes, I would make every effort to figure out how get those classes covered without making it harder on our own teachers.

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