I'm on duty! Today I SUB!

OMG! The regular teacher couldn't come today and asked me to stay with her/his class.
WHAT DO I DO???

First of all you need to be extra patient and kind with the students.

Be prepared to listen and deal with comparisons: "My teacher doesn't do this in the way you're doing!"

When you listen to this, try to be nice. Tell the students that you're not their teacher, you're just doing a favor for her/him and that they should try to do on your way, because, maybe, it can be as fun as the other way.

You don't have to change your teaching, but you also shouldn't impose it. Try to make a balanced situation.

Sometimes the students freak out, you must be calm and don't yell at them.

Try to talk nicely and control them. Be strict, but don't be rude. If they don't change, focus on the students that are paying attention. There's always somebody interested on the subject. And then ask the other students to be, at least, quite.

Prepare the class. Arrive a little early to get updated, to know what they need to accomplish on that day. Avoid extra activities, musics or movies, because most of the times the class must go on. If you choose an extra activity they might get their schedule messed up.

Be natural, do your best!

After the class make a report to the regular teacher.

Hope it's helpful!

I can't go today!

Sometimes we can't go to work.
When shouldn't we go to work, first of all?!
- When we get sick;
- When we have an appointment with a doctor;
- When we have a very important test/work at college;
- When something very urgent happens with somebody from your family.

So, this week I have this birthday in another city. It's my mom's partner/best friend's 50th birthday. There's no way could say no.
And what to do when you have somebody else leading your students?
How can we have some control of it?

Of course we can't control everything, but we can have some idea of how the class will be if we prepare it very well to the other teacher. And obviously, every teacher teaches differently. So, even if you prepare very well it won't be exactly as you planned.

- First of all, prepare your students for the change and then leave a message telling the sub teacher how are the students, what are their difficulties, who needs more attention, etc.
- After, you can tell the sub teacher what that class should acomplish on that day.
- Leave a note telling what are the home productions and the due dates.
- Leave the papers that need to be handed back corrected.
- If you don't know how the teacher teaches, prepare extra papers with the content and some exercises for the students to practice, and you can correct next class.
- On the next class, just ask the students how it was and clear any doubt.

Hope it's helpful!