SubstituteFolderIdeas

Substitute Folder Ideas
 * Placement 1
 * In our school, having a substitute folder is not mandatory. It is up to the teacher to make sure that if she is ever absent, the substitute will be able to teach the class.
 * My cooperating teacher, Mrs. Kratzer, writes her lesson plans in a lesson plan planner. Her lesson plan planner has a column for each day of the week and a row for each subject taught, plus two blank columns for notes or additional information. For example, if for math on Monday she was teaching them long division and working from the workbook. Then, in the Monday column and the math row she would write something like “Long Division textbook pg 45 and practice in workbook pg 30.” She says she has to write enough so that if a substitute was looking at her lesson planner they would know what to teach for the day in case she was absent. She says that this is what she does. She does not have an official substitute folder, however, she is never really absent.
 * Placement 2
 * I personally talked with my cooperating teacher about whether she has a substitute folder or not. She said that she used to have one, however, she was either never absent, or when she was it never really helped. She said now that she does two things if she is absent. The first thing she does is write the substitute teacher a detailed e-mail about what she has to do. She tells her everything they need to know, like what to do, where to find things, the troublemakers, who to call for help, etc. The second thing she does is rely on the teacher across the hall (who is her friend) to help. They plan together and either teach the same things each day or know what the other one is teaching. They help each other out when needed.