If you're going to be absent, PLEASE have an emergency sub plan.

I know I’m a long-term sub, I don’t expect full lesson plans for the day, I know it’s short notice. But at least leave something for me to do. Google Classroom? powerpoint? Any kind of instructions? Any kind of notes or classroom procedure guides? It’s frustrating to have to come through and wander around the school searching for the person who can tell me how to use your smartboard, or work your laptop, or what the classroom rules are, or where the nearest set of bathrooms are located. I’m only a sub, I don’t know your classroom, I don’t know your kids, I don’t know your school. I’m just here to baby-sit the kids for the day for minimal pay. All I can promise is that your students will be safe and not allowed to just leave the campus. That’s about it. <br><br>All I’m saying is that I’ve been left with NOTHING to teach and NO instructions on HOW to teach by teachers before, and it’s terrible. I sometimes feel like you expect me to be all-knowing and all-powerful or something. I don’t know you, I don’t know your classroom, I don’t know your kids, and I don’t KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR CLASSROOM. It feels unprofessional and rude to your students, who have to sit and watch me try to learn how to give you a lesson. <br><br>I know that you’re in an emergency situation and you’re not thinking about the kid’s education. But it’s honestly insulting and dehumanizing, as if the education of the kids in your care don’t mean anything to you. It feels like you’re basically dumping the kids in a daycare and just sending the minimum babysitter to make sure they don’t just wander off of the campus. I know you’re not thinking about that. But it feels like shit.<br><br>I know this is a dead post on a dead subreddit. But I just needed to vent.