The Substitute Teaching Survival Guide, Grades 6-12: Emergency Lesson Plans and Essential Advice (J-B Ed:Survival Guides)
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Product Description
When substitute teachers are assigned to a classroom, they often have no directions, no lessons plans, no information and little hope of success. The Substitute Teaching Survival Guide offers substitute (and regular) teachers of grades 6-12 a welcome resource for planning and implementing a productive day of student learning. The Substitute Teaching Survival Guide is filled with helpful suggestions and tips for maintaining order in the classroom and includes 67 ready-to-use emergency lesson plans for language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science targeted for students in grades 6-12. Written for both the experienced and novice substitute teacher, the book also includes 152 suggestions and a daily outline of activities. The book can also be used by regular classroom teachers and principals who want to plan ahead for classroom absences, or by anyone who has to quickly cover a class.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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not too impressed
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The problem I had with this book is that large parts of it are not directed toward the substitute teacher at all. In Chapter 3, he spent most of the time discussing what the regular classroom teacher should do for the substitute, not what the substitute should do with the plans. I have no control over what the regular teacher leaves or what the administration does, so this is not helpful to me at all.
I dropped my teeth when he suggested that if a classroom situation becomes untenable, or you start to lose control, you should "walk", that is, leave the classroom. Huh? I would never be called back to a school if I were to do that, not to mention that it strikes me as a bit cowardly. The only excuse I could think of to walk out on a class is violence, and then you're going to leave the other kids in there? No way--the pay for subs is low, but I'm a mom as well as a teacher.
Some of the advice was good, but overall it's not a useful book.
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Not reccommended
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A substitute teacher has rules to follow, and the first and main rule is one. STAY IN THE CLASSROOM. Stay with the class, never leave them alone. A book that advises a substitute to leave the classroom is one that is suspect, if not dangerous. It exposes a sub who follows that advice to legal liability and possibly criminal negligence should such advice be followed.
In addition to that poor advice the book's lesson plans are a copy-and-paste job, repetitious and dull, and the book tends to be steeped in a political correctness that will not age well.
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Substitute Teaching Survival Guide
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This book has many specific suggestions and good lesson plans. I found it very useful!
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Fairly useful
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This book is divided into two sections. The first is advice for substitute teachers. It is very useful if you are a brand new sub and have never taught before. The second section is sample lesson plans, in case the teacher doesn't leave you one. I have a couple problems with the plans, in that most of the classes in my district are block periods, whereas these are set up to be 45-50 minutes. You could do a couple of them, but I have the feeling that the kids would be bored and quit paying attention to you. They also seem irrelevant to me, unless you were able to find a plan that fit in with where the class was at the time. I think a better backup substitute plan would be an age-appropriate video, and then use this book if you can't use the video. I realize that it is better to teach the kids something, but sometimes you gotta cut your losses. If the class is unruly a video is going to work a lot better than plans from this book. However, it is definitely a resource that I bring with me just in case, and since it's not too expensive, I think it's a worthwhile investment for a new substitute teacher.
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Sub teaching survival guide
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I wouldn't waste my money on this one. There was nothing new or creative. I was dissapointed.
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