Just thought I would take a minute to update. I've been extremely busy between two jobs. Subbing has been going great so far. I had a placement at middle school yesterday. It was my first time at that level, I had been getting called for the elementary school prior to that. It was extremely chaotic in the morning because there was an overflow of subs in the office due to a teacher training workshop going on. Time was ticking and I was waiting to get my assignment. I like to have enough time to prepare and read over the plans. One of the most stressful things is only having 5-10 mins to prepare. So, I was thrown into an eighth grade English class! Not as scary as I thought, being that I almost look like a student myself. First period went great and as the day went on, the students got more rambunctious. I had a few challenges with students who were being inappropriate and just talking about things that weren't related to the lesson. All in all, it wasn't bad; I was able to maintain control and get through what the teacher had left, for the most part. I like subbing at the middle school level because of the way the day is broken up. I like having new sets of students and being able to refine my lessons if I know something did or did not work well for a previous class.
I've been trying to find more educational pages on Facebook to follow. Here are some I will share:
National Geographic
The Teacher's Hub
Social Media in Education
Edutopia
Verizon Thinkfinity
Gateway to 21st Century Skills
I am Teacher
There are tons of great resources and information for teachers on these pages.
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