Moving, Shaking and Educating it Up!

The life of a substitute teacher is always a treacherous one.  Most of the time (to borrow from Forrest Gump), substitute teaching "is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you are going to get."  The students, teachers and administrations worked with are unfamiliar, and there is always something to learn, and to teach.  Additionally, the benefits of substitute teaching are double-edged swords.  They are powerful positives, with an opposing side just waiting in the wings.

For example:

• Positive:  The substitute teacher can choose what days they would like to work.  
• Fact:  Substitute teachers only get paid for days they do work, and work is not available every day.
• Potential Negative:  If the substitute teacher chooses not to work on a particular day, who is to say that a job will be available when the sub chooses to work.

Another example:

• Positive:  The substitute teacher goes to work in the morning, and goes home at night, and does not have the office politics to worry about.
• Fact:  The substitute teacher is only with students and fellow teachers a day at a time.
• Potential Negative:  The substitute teacher has to work especially hard to develop relationships with the students, teachers and faculty.

Now for the personal side...

I love substitute teaching.  I learn so much.  The flexibility is a benefit, and my personality jives with the occupation.  I have never been happier in a paying job than I am right now..  as a a substitute teacher.

Please join me on my travels, learning as I teach, and teaching as I learn!