A subbing we will go...

Subbing has been going pretty well since I got back from winter break. Well, the two jobs I've gotten anyway. I think if I can just stay away from Middle school, at least everything but PE, then I'll be good. I love subbing for PE for any grade. When the kids are running around they don't have time to be snotty! :) I subbed for high school the other day for the resource room and it was fantastic! The kids were great, and not mean at all. I talked to another teacher about it. He had previously worked at a middle school and said that he prefers high school too. :)

On a break!

I'm on a break from school so that I can spend the week finishing up my Master's work. That is one of the perks of being a substitute teacher! Wahoo! Love it! :)

I applied for three more jobs, but didn't get them. So I guess I'll just have to try to get highly qualified for at least reading this spring and maybe for Math and Language Arts as well. What a pain, but seems to be necessary. Thoughts?

Staying busy subbing

I am staying busy subbing. I've been to a little over half of all of the elementary schools in our district, as well as all but one of our middle school and one high school.

Yesterday I subbed in a self contained special education room and it made me miss working with those kids. I love how the teacher had the classroom and paraprofessionals all set up. I'm going to have to remember it so I can do something similar when I get a job again. I've applied for a couple of temp special ed jobs, but haven't heard anything yet.

High school isn't so bad!

My day at the big school wasn't so bad! :) The kids weren't snotty, and the day was easy. It was choice day, so the kids could choose between basketball, volleyball, walking or the weight room. I supervised the kids playing basketball. I walked around the gym while I watched them, so that was good exercise. It was a good day. :)

Adventures in Subbing!

Let me just say that I'm not fond of subbing in middle school. There are some kids who just want to make my life as a sub miserable! GRRRRR!!!! There are some very sweet kids in middle school, but the few that make life miserable make me not want to sub in middle school. Lately that seems to be the calls I've been getting though. I'd rather sub in Elementary. Ultimately, I'd rather have my own job, but that isn't going to happen until next year, hopefully.

Monday I have a job subbing in high school! YIKES! It is for a PE/Health teacher. We'll see how it goes. I'm a little scared, and there is locker rooms involved. YIKES! I'll let you know how it turns out.

Music, PE, and a Math teacher

I've been a busy little Jack-of-all-trades. :) Last week I was at an elementary school as a PE and music teacher. Today I was a math teacher in Middle school. The best thing about today was that I got to teach the same lesson all day! :) That makes it a little easier. This is kind of fun. I don't have to deal with any politics. Which I needed a break from.

Speaking of politics, I guess I'm going to take the language arts math competency assessments. That way I'll be covered, unless some day I need to teach science or social studies. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. But I want to be highly qualified by next year. I don't want to spend another year subbing. I want my own classroom.

Subbed in a kindergarten class today

I love kindergarten. Well, I love preschool even more. The kids are so squirlly this time of year. You can tell the kids who went to preschool and those who didn't. The kids who went to preschool can sit, and those who didn't usually can't sit still for any period of time.

I did have fun reading stories to them and singing with them. It was fun, and only for half the day! I love subbing for 1/2 the day. Helped me get out of the house, but I didn't have to work all day. :)