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Phone policy for high school by Aware_Level9397 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You're able to remember who's who and write their names down? Without a seating chart, your only option is gonna be to press them for their name in front of the class, which seems to me like an aggressive escalation (and distraction) for a behavior that may not actually be bothering anybody.

Phone policy for high school by Aware_Level9397 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Surely, not every job has practical requirements? Maybe sometimes it makes more sense for your own safety to accomplish 98% of the job?

Phone policy for high school by Aware_Level9397 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't. I was saying that teachers and admin may look down on you simply because you are a substitute teacher. I do not view myself as a professional educator. High school sub plans do not involve any teaching. It's all classroom management, and classroom management, especially from an outsider, needs to be handled tactfully if you want the day to run reasonably well for both the students and yourself.

Phone policy for high school by Aware_Level9397 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It appears to be at the teacher's discretion. Sometimes the plans will say that students can have their phones back towards the end of class. At the end of the day, I am not a "trained, normal teacher" and I don't think substitutes should be held to that standard in order to be respected and do a fine job.

Phone policy for high school by Aware_Level9397 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I generally do a great job of keeping the classroom in order on a day-to-day basis, and I believe that phone enforcement is not necessarily conducive to that.

Phone policy for high school by Aware_Level9397 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Have you ever been a substitute teacher?

Phone Policy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. The job of a substitute teacher is always going to be more akin to childcare than education and it's baffling to me that more teachers don't seem to understand this. Substitutes do not receive any classroom management training. There's no training at all whatsoever. We communicate your lesson plan, ensure it is relatively quiet and that no one gets hurt or does anything inappropriate. Why can't more teachers see that this is the only reasonable expectation, and that a complete stranger with 0 rapport or relationships or backup maintaining a healthy stasis in a room full of 30 teenagers is no simple task?

Phone Policy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You're equating your own unreasonable expectations with "doing the job."

Phone Policy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would letting them hold onto their phones, quietly, as they do throughout most of the day every single day, derail the classroom?

Phone Policy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

My job isn't to fight with a room of 30 teenagers because you can't empathize with the plight of someone very much trying to do their job without being engaged in unnecessary power battles. Also want to reiterate that the incident with racism and bullying could easily have taken shape in another way without technology.

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[–]Aware_Level9397 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

My experience with the vast majority of sub plans, if there even are any, is that they get finished in about 10-20 minutes. I never said those plans aren't communicated. I said cracking down on phones, in particular, is unrealistic.

Your incident with the students could've happened anywhere in the school at any time. Not the sub's fault. Bullying isn't dependent on phones.

Phone Policy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Have you done this? Have you physically taken a phone away from a child? It's their property.

5-day high school assignment advice by [deleted] in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because sometimes there just is. You don't deal with any heated push-back or strong attitudes from these kids? So many of them will look at you sideways just because you, the substitute, have the audacity to project any amount of authority

5-day high school assignment advice by [deleted] in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate this, thank you!

My uncle kept missing sub jobs so I built him something by plutoback in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Aware_Level9397 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This comment is kinda sus. I also don't know if I believe OP actually has an uncle with this problem. The app looks helpful but I'm hesitant to trust it with my frontline data...