I am going to a conference Thursday and Friday and I am writing up a plan for Mr. DelScheider, your substitute teacher. I am wondering if you have some ideas of things I should tell him about our class that will help everyone have a good two days. What does a substitute teacher need to know to come into our digital classroom? I can't wait to hear your ideas!!Through my quick analysis...the number one response by students was to let him know that they use net-books and the second was that they could teach him about the net-books. To view the entire discussion click here.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Arranging For Our First Substitute Teacher
I wanted to capture this observation relating to student's reaction to a substitute teacher in the classroom. As the classroom teacher prepares to go to a two day conference, it is mentioned to the students that maybe they should put the net-books away for a couple of days while the substitute teacher is in the room. Students quickly expressed their displeasure with putting the net-books away for a couple of days. One student commented, "We will help the teacher" in respect to assisting the substitute teacher with understanding the net-books. One other interesting observation I have in regards to the substitute teacher is a question in which the classroom teacher posted in the daily discussion,
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Bringing a substitute teacher into this classroom does create a few questions doesn't it. Is it fair to the students to change the way learnning takes place in this classroom because the substitute lacks the skills? Will our classrooms eventually change so much that a teacher who has not been in the classroom for a number of years can not adapt to what is going on in it today? What expectations should an administrator/school division have of a substitute teacher?
ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting concept and has application beyond this one to one experience...my experience as a DIF has taught me that for some substitute teachers, it is easier to just modify the day plan to a teacher directed version of the same lesson. Conceptualizing how this all plays out is difficult if you haven't seen it...I would suggest if you haven't lived it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I have to give substitute teachers kudos. One came to my office and asked if I could show him/her where to access a resource that might help her understand the DI philosophy or alternately, explain the most popular strategies being used in classrooms. Further, I've seen substitute teachers at the UbD workshops...I'm guessing they are seeing UbD being lived out and realize they too need to operate within a backwards by design model in order to provide the best possible learning experiences.
Yet, I'm sure they do all of that at their own cost, monetary and time. What should the expectations be? I'm not sure I have the answer, but it's an interesting question.