6Traits Digest #130 - Saturday, January 22, 2000 Re: Substitute Preparation by "Peggy George"---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Substitute Preparation From: "Peggy George" Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:43:26 -0700 Hi Ann, I am mainly a "lurker" on our SixTraitsMailring because I am a principal = and not a classroom teacher, but I thought this was an area I could = contribute. I love reading everyone's experiences on 6traits because we are = implementing them in our school/district and I frequently share your tips and resources with my teachers. Hope these will help your neighbor. Peggy Substitute Teacher's Help Page (some great information and links although = I found that some of the links were no longer available) http://homepage.netspaceonline.com/~kristy/subpage/subpage.htm Substitute Teaching: The Tricks of the Trade http://www.qnet.com/~rsturgn/index.htm The Substitute Teacher Homepage http://my.voyager.net/garmar/default.htm The following resource is found on the above site under links. I saved = it and have found it very useful. This link will tell you more about the handbook, allow you to view the Contents and send an email to request it. = It also includes comments from readers. http://www.sirius.com/~tribe/jon/Welcome.html Having Fun Substitute Teaching- Its Free! This book was written by a substitute teacher and author of this site, Jon Waite. It is intended as a resource for who are considering substitute teaching as a career or as as means to build a positive reputation in a school district. It is a fact = that substitute teaching in a district will drastically improve your chances of being hired as a full-time teacher. You can't beat the price! It is a free download that you can request, and if you decide to keep and use it they consider it "Share Literature" and ask you to send in a $10 contribution. = Substitute Teaching Institute (has a nice section on Resource Links for other sites with lesson plans and information) http://SubEd.usu.edu/teach.htm > Subject: substitute preparation > From: > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:02:53 EST I have a neighbor who is just getting ready to start substituting. She = has been going > back to school, is the mother of 3 youngsters and needs clues on how to = best > prepare herself for being a substitute teacher in elementary school. > Questions: > 1. What do you value most in a sub? What do kids like most (does = this > matter?) > 2. Do any of you have experience in subbing who would share any = useful > tips with me? > 3. What kinds of things should be in my friend's grab bag of tricks > regardless of where she will sub? Worksheets?, useful books for her to = buy > at the teachers' store?, tried and true disciplinary methods or = incentives > which work. > I think she'll do fine if she has some resources before she starts. > Thanks for your input. > Ann -- Dr. Peggy J. George, Principal Orangewood School, Phoenix, AZ 85021 mailto:pgeorge1@home.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of 6Traits Digest -- To unsubscribe, send any message at all to: 6Traits-off@. Archive of past digests is at: http://6Traits.Cyberspaces.net/archive/?_NO_DATETIME