Next time I'm bringing my knitting
Two weeks ago, I had to teach on a Saturday (We has missed a day earlier due to "inclement weather"). No one wants to be in school on the weekend, not the kids, and certainly not the adults. There were people shuffling throught the halls in their jammies and fluffy slippers. There was no learning. There were no discussions. There was MTV, and the occasional grunt that passed as verbalization. I thought the day would never end. I thought it was the longest day of my life.I was wrong.
Today I am a "resource teacher". And what would that be? To be honest, I didn't even know until I had been in the room for two hours. After I had watched my one student play computer games for said two hours. But after I found someone with the answers, well I was off and running!
Turns out, a "resource teacher" is basically a tutor. Students come in and get help with whatever subjects/projects they need help with. This is great for a regular teacher, but for a substitute this class translates into: sit and watch 0-5 students play Skip-Bo and Uno for the entire day.
Did you catch that?
The Entire Day.
I did actually have a lesson plan of sorts. Trying to decipher it helped fill some of those long hours. I copied it down so I could share the joy (changing pertinent info, of course):
1A/B
MB
Biology - homework, reading
English - vocab, writing
KL
English - vocab
1B
AR
Research paper
2A/B
DW
Paper
History - homework, reading
GR
English
Math
3A/B
Alg - homework
English - grammar, vocab
When, for some inexplicable reason, I managed to screw up my "schedule" and didn't show up someplace I was supposed to be... a teacher told me off! LOL High School is not my friend.
posted by Magpie Chick at
12:42 PM
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