{"id":140331,"date":"2018-09-16T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/?post_type=podcasts&p=140331"},"modified":"2024-08-12T02:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T07:18:53","slug":"emergency-sub-plans","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/truth-for-teachers-podcast\/emergency-sub-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways to simplify prep for substitutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week on the Truth for Teachers<\/a> podcast, I’ll share 5 ways to make life easier for your substitute and you during an absence, and let you know where to find ready-to-use sub plans that are engaging and rigorous.<\/em><\/p>\n

A few months ago, I asked members of the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club<\/a> what new printables I could make for them which would help them feel less stressed and overwhelmed. There was one answer I got more often than any other, particularly from the elementary teachers, and that is, a set of emergency sub plans.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need to tell you how many teachers feel like it\u2019s less work to go into school sick than to write plans for a sub. If I wasn\u2019t contagious, I showed up to my classroom every day, because planning lessons for six subject areas and prepping\/organizing all the materials was a massive job. Not to mention, I\u2019d come back after an absence to see our beautifully organized classroom looking like a tornado tore through, and be faced with a complex web of reported behavioral issues and interpersonal disputes between students that I now needed to deal with.<\/p>\n

Depending on my class in any given year, it was sometimes really hard to fully relax or disconnect from what was happening in the classroom during a sick day, and I know I\u2019m not alone in that. I\u2019ve heard from teachers who will Skype with their classes multiple times a day when they\u2019re out in order to keep things on track. They say moms and dads never get a day off, and I feel like it\u2019s the same for teachers: If your students are in the classroom that day, you still feel a bit of responsibility for what\u2019s happening, even when you\u2019re not there.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the solution?<\/p>\n

Unexpected absences aren\u2019t really unexpected: We know they\u2019re going to happen from time to time. So even though you don\u2019t know when<\/i>, you can still do the bulk of your preparation in advance, and set up your expectations and routines to make things go more smoothly. Here are 5 tips to help.<\/p>\n

\"Emergency<\/p>\n

Want to listen instead of\u00a0read?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Listen to episode 138 below,
\n<\/strong>or subscribe in your podcast app.<\/strong><\/h3>\n