Today in our Field Experience, Ms. Coake wasn't there so we had a substitute teacher. With talking to the other student teachers in my class, I realized that taking a day off takes a lot more planning than assumed. Knowing in advance that you will have to take a day off for either personal reasons or teacher conferences will be very helpful for your students as well as the substitute that will be teaching your class. Having the day off is really on if you think about all the work that needs to be done before the day even starts. Waking up sick as a teacher is almost one of the worst things that can happen. For the substitute that teachers your classroom, the schedule for the day has to be very precise so that everything is easy to go through.
The substitute in our classroom today has been a substitute in the classroom before which was easier for her as well as the students. It was helpful to have the 3 of us student teachers there to help her out if there was a question we could search around for the answer. The activities are set but sometimes things are left out that are not always thought out.
Ex. Doing a Social Studies lesson/activity and needing Atlas' but not knowing where those are affects the lesson. By not being able to do the lesson without the Atlas's causes a problem.
For substitute teacher, I could see how it could be a challenge to make it through the day. Connecting with the students could also be challenging so I think that it is important to give substitute teachers a lot more respect and credit for stepping into an environment that they are not in every day.
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