Uh-oh, Im subbing at my alma matter tomorrow.....

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Yes you have read the title correctly. I am going to substitute teaching at my old school tomorrow with a sixth grade class. This is going to be interesting. Being an English Education major this is a good way to get my feet wet.

Im having to completely re-work myself in less than 12 hours, like when a novelist is told his characters are still not fleshed out well enough and a character needs re-working. Tomorrow I have to be professional when Im so used to being so laid back.

Its also going to be weird working as a teacher alongside my dad. We'll be in different buildings but close enough that Im betting he will come by and check on me during his prep period.

This is for tomorrow and possibly Friday too if I do well enough.

This is me right now--> :hyper:
 
I can understand why you would be :hyper: but you will do just fine! Just take it on step at a time and act :cool: and you will do just fine.
 
Dixie said:
Yes you have read the title correctly. I am going to substitute teaching at my old school tomorrow with a sixth grade class. This is going to be interesting. Being an English Education major this is a good way to get my feet wet.

Im having to completely re-work myself in less than 12 hours, like when a novelist is told his characters are still not fleshed out well enough and a character needs re-working. Tomorrow I have to be professional when Im so used to being so laid back.

Its also going to be weird working as a teacher alongside my dad. We'll be in different buildings but close enough that Im betting he will come by and check on me during his prep period.

This is for tomorrow and possibly Friday too if I do well enough.

This is me right now--> :hyper:
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Hey, that's cool! Just don't foist War and Peace on the wee ones just yet. :lol::lol:
 
Good luck with your new job!
My sister-in-law herself is a teacher to teach 12th grade students at H.S.
I am sure you will be doing fine.
Again, good luck, Dixie! :)
 
Cool that you are subbing, but is that legal in Arkansas without a Bachelor Degree?
 
Good Luck on your new job tomorrow! Tell us how it went :D

JamieLynn (curious as always :giggle: )
 
Does this mean your turkey plant days are over??

Dixie ----> :fingersx:

I hope that your feet are the only things that get wet. The first days of a new job are always the roughest.
 
That is exciting and also overwhelming all at once. My daughter, who is also an English Major, was just approved to sub at the district I also work for. She is nervous, especially about classroom management. I'll tell you the same thing I told her, you will do just fine. Sometimes it seems like baptism by fire, but roll with it and learn from your students as much as you are trying to teach them.
 
jillio said:
Cool that you are subbing, but is that legal in Arkansas without a Bachelor Degree?
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Pretty much anyone can sub without a Bachelor's Degree. Students do it as an intern. And many do it on an A.S degree or less.





Dixie. Good Luck. I feel you will do great!
 
Thanks everyone. It went well although I did have one disruptive student as expected. He was simply not following my directios to sit down and not disrupt the other students who ere trying to complete their work. I finally told the student to either sit down and follow my directions or go sit in the Principal's office. I hate being that way, but I wont be trampled over by some pimple-faced kid. My ad came by check on me during his prep period as expected and he said I looked like I had everything in order.

I actually did some lecturing in the afternoon classes to give the students some new infrormation to think on. They had to watch a film on the civil rights movement and it went over Central High. The students were interested when I told them the Little Rock Nine were all still alive and Central High is still a functioning public school. Its a bit of history thats close to them and something they could possibly relate to as it occured near us. I didnt want to give too much new information, but something for them to dwell on.
 
Byrdie714 said:
I didn't know if you saw this question or not...........
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In Arkansas it depends on the school district really. For a lot of the smaller ones a Bachelor's usually isn't required but they like for you to have some college education. In the larger districts, however such as Russellvile I do believe they require an associates degree or at least two years of study completed towards a 4 year degree or higher.
 
Right. But usually if a school district knows a teacher might be on medical abscence for maternity leave then they usually get a teacher's aide or paraprofessional to teach the class that is already employed with the district given the actual teacher provides lessons for the duration of the leave.
 
Byrdie714 said:
I found the answer: http://arkansased.org/rules/pdf/current/ade_270_waiverssub_0907_current.pdf

Under employment of Susbtitute Teachers. If you were to be subbing for more than 30 days--then you would have to have a Bachelor's degree.

But an individual that is subbing for a day must have a high diploma or a G.E.D.
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Wow! In Ohio, to even sub for a partial day, you have to have a Bachelor Degree, a sub license, a criminal background check, be fingerprinted, and be listed with the school distict as a substitute.
 
Im scheduled to go in for my fingerprinting and background check sometime this coming up week I believe.

After having spent two days behind the big desk, I feel like this is something I might actually enjoy, although Im sure it is a completely new ball game when you're the actual teacher and not just a sub.

Im learning what works with students and what doesn't so I feel like Im a learning process a bit, if that makes any sense.
 
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