What r/SubstituteTeachers is talking about this week

Had a fun one today. True story: I was subbing for HS band class today and it seemed like it was going to be a really chill day. Half the class was on a trip and the kids who stayed behind were...

Hello all! :) Happy Friday!!! I wanted to share a classroom management strategy I tried today that worked AMAZINGLY well! I have one class that I struggle to manage. There are a lot of off-task...

I learned the para I reported for leaving the classroom during a hold got fired. Apparently during the investigation, it was found out that she often left her 1:1 alone to go see her son, a...

I keep getting down voted because I talk about how little I do while at work as a substitute teacher. As we discussed the situation we discovered that many of us are working for vastly different...

In the front office, they asked me to cover another class during first period, and it took me ten minutes into 2nd to even access the coach's desk in the locker room to discover lesson plans...

I subbed for a 3rd grade class last Friday and the teacher did not leave any specific sub plans. She just left the printed-out worksheets they had to do with time stamps on a sticky note. This was...

Me: Hello yes I’m calling because some of my students are telling me that a bunch of students in Room 18 are missing from my class because they’re playing around in the bathroom. Office: Why...

I'm a building sub at a high school. Yesterday, I subbed for the algebra teacher. The majority of the students are freshmen. I absolutely loathe freshmen. They're so immature and still act like...

Pre covid $80 a day, $90 after 45 days. Post covid $204. 2023 $214. 2026 $280 a day. Erie PA.

Anyone else only take 1st-2nd grade pm assignments? Make \~$120 for like three hours of work because, atleast in my district, the primary grades have specials in the pm so that’s an hour break in...