TEACHER COMMENTS
“Bundle
the Teacher's Binder and the Substitute Teacher's Instruction Kit as a single
product. Outstanding materials, especially for second career teachers like
me.”
— Don Sublett, Roanoke Catholic School, Roanoke, VA, USA
“I love your books -
especially the Substitute Teacher Instructions Kit. When I was away in Dec.
it was great to know that all the information was already in the binder for
the incoming supply teacher. It sure is great for the unexpected absences.
Everything is there and even things I hadn't thought of are included. I downloaded
your book, copied the pages for my Supply Teacher Book and kept a blank so I
can prepare easily for next year!!!!”
— Diane
Hull, Grade 5, Palgrave P.S.,
Palgrave, Ontario, Canada
“I am a 25 year veteran
elementary and special education teacher so I have quite a collection of
resource materials. However, until your books I had not found anything that
fit my needs so precisely. I look forward to using my latest purchase, The
Substitute Teachers Instructions Kit. I'm not going to be able to start the
school year off in September and your book is going to help me guide my
substitute until I get back. I have used many similar ideas in the past and
always seem to reinvent myself--I won't have to do that anymore.”
— Sally J. Avery, Fairview Elementary, Henry County Schools, Stockbridge,
Georgia, US
“I teach at Fast Forward Charter High School in Logan,
Utah. It's a school that focuses on students who are at risk of not
graduating High School). I've been teaching there for 4 years as head
of the Social Studies Department - I personally teach the World Geography,
Ancient and Modern World History, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, and
Historical Mythology courses.
One of the main reasons I purchased the Substitute
Teacher Kit forms and hall passes, but now find myself using the planning
pages, the parent contact forms, reward passes, and the missing
homework/assignment sheets. More often than not, it's been too much of
a pain to take a day off because getting ready for a sub is more work than
just going in and doing the job yourself, but with the interactive forms, I
found it a lot easier to just fill in the blanks with specifics and emergency
information. It just helped the whole "day off" situation
become a lot easier. I don't feel quite so guilty taking a day here or
there anymore. My principal really appreciated the fact that my sub was
"so prepared" as well. Besides, it makes me look like the
"Organizational Queen". I have an image to uphold :).
The preformatted hall passes have also helped tremendously. So many
of our students are sometimes hard to keep in class; they have to use the
bathroom, get a drink, call home, etc. and it was hard to keep track of where
they were and where it was ok for them to be. A lot of our students
will tell us they have to use the bathroom and then go try to hang out in the
front office. Now, unless the students have an office pass, they get
kicked out and sent back to class. I also use colors - bright orange
for the office, hot pink for the girl's hall/bathroom pass, and neon blue for
the boys. No pass = the truancy officer on the student's trail (for
some reason they don't like that very much :))I also use a bonus buck system
of reward in my class and have included the computer lab passes and game time
passes as a reward system too!” — Jes Nyman, Fast Forward Charter
High School, Logan, Utah, USA
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